What fried pastry filled with jelly is traditionally eaten on Hanukkah?

What fried pastry filled with jelly is traditionally eaten on Hanukkah? It is called a sufganiyah, or sufganiyot in the plural. This round, deep-fried pastry is typically injected with jam and dusted with powdered sugar.

Sufganiyot are especially associated with Hanukkah because fried foods recall the holiday’s traditional story of oil lasting eight days in the rededicated Temple. Modern versions may contain strawberry or raspberry jelly, custard, chocolate, dulce de leche, or other fillings. The pastry is usually made from sweet yeast dough.

The food has European and Mediterranean connections. Jelly doughnuts developed in several European cuisines, and Polish Jewish immigrants brought related pastries to Palestine. The Hebrew name is connected with Talmudic terms describing spongy dough; it is not derived from the popular story linking the word to the Garden of Eden.

In the United States, latkes remain a classic Hanukkah food, while sufganiyot are particularly prominent in Israel. The singular is sufganiyah; sufganiyot refers to more than one.