Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, loqmat al qadi (loukoumades). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Loqmat al Qadi (Loukoumades) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Loqmat al Qadi (Loukoumades) is something that I have loved my entire life.
The Arabic word luqma (لقمة ) (plural luqmāt), means morsel, mouthful, or bite. The Turkish name for the dish, lokma, is derived from the Arabic, as is the Greek and Cypriot name loukoumádes. Lokma or luqmat al-qadi, as some Arabs call it, is one of those desserts that are made across the Middle East.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have loqmat al qadi (loukoumades) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Loqmat al Qadi (Loukoumades):
- Prepare 7 grams Yeast ( about 1 packet)
- Get 1 cup water
- Get 1 tsp sugar
- Take 2 cup flour
- Prepare 1 frying oil
- Make ready 1/2 cup water (for syrup)
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar (for syrup)
- Get 1/2 cup honey (for syrup)
- Make ready 1/2 lime (for syrup)
- Take 1/2 cup powdered sugar (for sprinkling)
- Get 1 tsp cinnamon (for sprinking)
In a separate saucepan, add water, sugar, and honey, and lime juice. Take off heat and leave to cool off. Lokma (), luqma (Arabic: لقمة ), or loukoumádes (Greek: λουκουμάδες), with other names in other languages, are pastries made of leavened and deep fried dough, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. Loukoumade is a sweet dessert consisting of deep fried dough balls dipped in honey syrup and sprinkled with sugar.
Steps to make Loqmat al Qadi (Loukoumades):
- mix in yeast, lukewarm water, and sugar. leave to prove for 10 minutes.
- slowly mix the yeast into flour. add 2 tablespoons of water into the mix. when the mixture reaches a dough-like consistency, cover bowl and leave for an hour.
- While waiting, make the syrup. In a separate saucepan, add water, sugar, and honey, and lime juice. Mix for 10 minutes until sauce thickens. Take off heat and leave to cool off.
- When dough is just about ready, prepare heating up the frying oil. Pour so it is about 1 1/2 inch deep of oil.
- When oil is ready, use a spoon to fry one inch pieces of dough. Turn from time to time.
- when dough becomes golden brown in color, remove with a sieve and put it into cooled syrup. Mix in syrup until covered. remove and place in collinder to allow extra drainage.
- when all pieces are fried and dunked in syrup, sprinkle powdered sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. serve
It has a mixed origin in Greece, Persia, and Egypt. The dish is also called Lokma in Turkey, Lokmades in Cypriot and Luqmat al-qadi in Persia. Loukoumade is considered to be the oldest recorded dessert in world. In some Middle Eastern and Levant countries, this dessert is known as luqaimat or luqmat al-qadi, which roughly translates as judge's mouthful. The deep-fried balls are usually covered with date syrup, honey, or flavored syrups, while some prefer them sprinkled with various seeds.
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