Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups of flour
• 1 ½ cups of water or more if needed
• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• for the syrup:
• 1 ½ cups of sugar
• 1 ½ cups of water

Directions:

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl with your hand until soft smooth dough.
• Cover and set aside to rise, until it doubled.
• Using a spoon or your hand drop the dough in the hot oil, move it around until golden.
• Drain on a paper towel and place it in the syrup for few minutes and then remove.
• Or you can drizzle the syrup over the fried dough.

For the syrup:

• Mix all ingredients in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved.
• Bring to a boil, and then allow it to simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.