Ghotab - pastries made with yoghurt and filled with nuts and sugar,then fried.William MeppemTime:2 hours +Makes:about 30
My friends Goli and Ali Hazrati were lamenting the fact that the ghotab pastries available in London were nothing like the ones they remembered from their childhoods in Iran. I turned to Margaret Shaida'sThe Legendary Cuisine of Persia,took a leap of faith,adapted it and nervously took my attempts to a Nowruz (Iranian New Year's Day) dinner party at my friends'house. There is nothing so gratifying to witness as the satisfied,ecstatic faces of homesick expats.