Ramadan Recipes: Luqaimat

Publish date: Tuesday، 28 March 2023 Last update: Monday، 15 May 2023

The traditional Emirati dessert Luqaimat is a well-known dish enjoyed by Emiratis during special occasions and is especially popular during the holy month of Ramadan and is a staple dessert in many countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the Gulf countries.

In some Middle Eastern countries, such as Lebanon, the sweet dumpling is known as Awameh or Awamat, which translates to 'floaters' or 'swimmers', and Zalabya. It is called 'little bites' and 'judge's bites' in Jordan and different regions of the Middle East. In Turkey, it is called Lokma and is often spiced with cinnamon and served in honey syrup. Sometimes, it is eaten with cheese.

Luqaimat is made with yeasted dough, fried to a golden-brown color, and dipped in syrup, honey, or sugar.

Ingredients
- 10 Minutes
- 6 Serving
- 350 Calories

Luqaimat

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon dry yeast

1 ½ teaspoon sugar

Pinch of salt

5 tablespoons mashed potato the secret of a lasting crunch

½ teaspoon cardamom powder

½ teaspoon saffron

1 ¼ cup warm water

Oil for deep frying I used sunflower

Method & Directions
- 80 Minutes

Add and Mix
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In a small bowl, mix saffron and cardamom with 1/4 cup warm water and keep it aside. Sift flour with salt and keep it aside.
Add sugar
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In a separate bowl, add sugar and instant yeast to 3/4 cup of warm water. Keep it aside for 5 minutes. Add mashed potato to the saffron and cardamom mixture and mix well.
Mix the saffron-potato mixture with flour
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Mix the saffron-potato mixture with the flour and gradually pour in the yeast mixture while stirring until the batter looks like cake batter.
Cover the batter and leave it to rise
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Cover the batter and leave it to rise until it doubles in size, which may take 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the temperature of the kitchen.
Start heating oil
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Once the batter has doubled in size, whisk it for a few seconds to release any trapped air bubbles. Then, heat oil. Take around a teaspoon from the batter, and carefully drop it in the oil, if it floats quickly, the oil is too hot.
Scoop the batter
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Scoop the batter with your fingers (take around ½ tablespoon from batter), use your thump to push the batter off your fingers and in the oil, or dip a spoon in cold oil then take ½ tablespoon from batter and pour it in the hot oil.
Move the dumplings around using a wooden spoon
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After 1 minute of frying, move the dumplings around using a wooden spoon or spatula, this will make them cook evenly. When the dumplings are light brown, remove them from oil, and place them on kitchen paper.
Pour and serve
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Pour your favorite syrup on top. The syrup should be at room temperature and finally serve!