Luqaimat Recipe | Arabic Sweet Dumplings

Hello foodies,
Today am here to show an authentic Arabic sweet recipe which is Luqaimat. Let's see how to make it.

How to make Luqaimat ( Arabic Sweet Dumplings )

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp active yeast
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 3 cardamom / 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/2 tsp saffron 
• 1 cup warm water
• Pinch salt
• Oil for deep fry 
• 4 tbsp honey/date syrup
• 1/2 tsp sesame seeds

Method of preparation

• Take a bowl add yeast, sugar, warm water mix well and keep aside for 10 min.
• Take another bowl add cardamom, saffron, warm water mix well and kept aside. 

• Sieve all purpose flour and salt together and add saffron and yeast mixture.

• Now start to mix it well with a spatula or you can use your hands and mix well. Note that there shouldn't be lumps in the batter.

• The consistency of the batter should just like a cake batter not too watery or too hard.
• Now cover it with clip wrap and keep aside for raising.  It will take 40 to 50 min. 

• Now you can see the batter is fermented.

• Heat oil for deep and once the oil gets heat using a spoon take a small portion of batter and gently drop it in oil.

• Now using a spatula gently turn the dumpling so that all sides cook well.

• Once it turns into a golden brown colour remove it from oil and drain the excess oil.

• Now pour the honey or date syrup on top of the fried dumplings and garnish with white sesame seeds.

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