Luqaimat can be otherwise called as Arabic Doughnuts, is a very famous dessert among Arabs, which is believed to be originated in the Saudi Arabia. It’s a must have Ramadan dish and also served in almost all the cultural festivals here in UAE.
These little balls can be added with different flavors, like a simple sugar syrup drizzle or honey drizzle or a dates syrup or even a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. Once you have a taste of it, you simply can’t resist having a whole bunch.
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp. Sugar
- 1 tbsp. Corn Flour
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 tsp. Oil
- ½ tsp. Yeast
- ½ to 1 cup Warm Water or (as required)
- Oil for Deep Frying
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Water
- ½ tsp. Cardamom Powder
- Sesame seeds for Decoration
- Add the flour, corn flour, yeast, salt and sugar altogether in a mixing bowl.
- Add the warm water little at a time while blending, do not add all together.
- Mix until you get a smooth batter.
- Pour in a bowl, cover, and let it double in size in warm place. May take an hour.
- In a deep frying pan, add oil and when hot reduce to medium heat.
- To test how hot the oil is, take a teaspoon from the batter, and carefully drop it in the oil, if it floats quickly, the oil is too hot.
- Dip a spoon in separate oil, then take a heaped teaspoon from batter, push the batter off it using another spoon.
- Careful while dropping the batter in oil.
- Move the dumplings around with a spoon, this will make them cook evenly.
- When the dumplings are light brown, remove from oil, and place them on kitchen paper.
- Prepare the syrup by adding sugar, water and cardamom powder.
- Bring it to a boil and slightly reduce.
- Let it cool and come to room temperature.
- Top the dumplings with prepared sugar syrup.
- Garnish with sesame seeds, I just slightly toasted the seeds.
- Serve and enjoy…..