Tulumba

For the city in Argentina, see Villa Tulumba. For the department, see Tulumba Department.

Tulumba

Origin
Place of origin	Ottoman Empire
Region or state	Countries of the former Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus
Details
Type	Dessert
Main ingredient(s)	Flour, butter, salt, water, egg, syrup

Tulumba (Turkish: tulumba tatlısı, Greek: τουλούμπα, Cypriot Turkish bombacık; Cypriot Greek πόμπα (pomba); Armenian: պոմպ (pomp) or թուլումբա (tulumba), Albanian tullumba, Bosnian tulumba, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: тулумба) is a popular dessert found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis and churros.

The sweet is also found in Iranian cuisine as bamiyeh, and in Egypt, as balah ash-sham (Arabic: بلح الشام‎‎). In the Arab world, it is called asabe Zainab (Zainab's fingers), and it is customarily consumed during Ramadan.

Zulbiā and bāmieh in Iran

It is made from unleavened dough lump (about 10 cm long) given a small ovoid shape with ridges along it using an 'icing' bag with a special nozzle. It is first deep-fried to golden colour and then sugar-sweet syrup poured over it when still hot. It is eaten cold.

Name

Tulumba literally means 'pump', as does the Cypriot πόμπα.

See also

• Churro
• Jalebi
• Lokma