Luqaimat Recipe From Dubai Restaurant Siraj

Name: Buying Doughnuts Will Be Boring After Trying This Luqaimat Recipe
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mediterranean/Middle Eastern
Ingredients: Flour No. 1 – 500 grams; Corn Flour – 200 grams; Baking Powder – 100 grams; Yeast – 2 teaspoons; Sugar – 4 teaspoons; Oil; Saffron – a pinch; Cardamom; Date Syrup; Milk – 100ml

Buying Doughnuts Will Be Boring After Trying This Luqaimat Recipe

11 April, 2016 by Leah Simpson

Siraj Restaurant in Dubai's Souk al Bahar shares their recipe for the traditional Arabic sweet dough ball dessert that is Luqaimat.

Luqaimat

Siraj Restaurant

Ingredients

Flour No. 1 – 500 grams

Corn Flour – 200 grams

Baking Powder – 100 grams

Yeast – 2 teaspoons

Sugar – 4 teaspoons

Saffron – a pinch

Cardamom

Date Syrup

Milk – 100ml

Directions

Mix the flour, corn flour, baking powder and yeast.
Add sugar and crushed cardamom.
Heat the milk with oil and add saffron for color and flavor.
Mix everything together well and allow the dough to rise for half an hour.
Make tiny balls out of the dough and deep fry in oil at 160c.
When the dumplings are light brown, remove from oil and place it on kitchen paper.
Serve hot with date syrup.

Information

Category: Desserts, Doughnuts
Cuisine: Mediterranean/Middle Eastern
Yield: 10
Total Time: 1 hour, 9 minutes, 59 seconds

Image Source: Siraj Restaurant