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Indulge in Traditional Emirati Dessert "Luqaimat" served in Dubai. These bite-sized sweet dumplings is a pure delight in every bite. Luqaimat is the delicious arabic sweet dumplings.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook luqaimat (small bites) emirati dessert using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Luqaimat (small bites) emirati dessert:
- Make ready 2 cup flour
- Take 1 tbsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp yeast
- Take 1 tbsp powdered milk
- Make ready 2 tsp cardamon powder
- Prepare 1 pinch saffron
- Take 2 eggs
- Get 1/4 cup oil
- Make ready 2 tbsp yogurt
- Get 1 cup water
- Make ready 1 Oil for frying
Luqaimat (Sweet Dumplings) - Known as the gateway to the world of Emirati desserts, these sweet treats are irrestistable. Translating to "bite-sized" in English (from Arabic), these traditional desserts are especially popular during the Holy Month of Ramadan. An Arabic word that literally means 'bite-sized', it is a traditional dessert popular amongst ancient Bedouins for its ease of preparation; the luqaimat is a firm favourite at Iftar Known as the gateway to the world of Emirati desserts, they are made of butter, milk, sugar, flour, saffron and cardamom. Luqaimat, a traditional Emirati dessert often enjoyed with Arabic coffee.
Steps to make Luqaimat (small bites) emirati dessert:
- In a deep bowl mix the flour, sugar, powdered milk, cardamon, saffron, and yeast.
- Create a "well" in the dry mixture and add the water, oil, eggs, and yogurt. Mix until all the ingredients are incorporated, the consistency is similar to pancake batter.
- Cover the bowl and place in a warm place for an hour or until it doubles in size.
- After the dough has risen beat it with your hand or a spoon to deflate it.
- In a frying pan add enough oil for deep frying and heat it.
- Once the oil has heated take a scoop of the dough with your hand and drop it into the oil (drop it close to the oil so that the oil doesn't splash on you) or using 2 tablespoons scoop the dough with one spoon and use the other spoon to drop the dough into the oil.
- Fry the dough balls until they are golden brown and place then on kitchen napkins to absorb any excess oil
- Usually we eat these with date syrup, but you can also eat them with honey, simple syrup, powdered sugar, etc.
Luqaimat is a well-known traditional Emirati dessert that many Emiratis and non-Emiratis indulge in. Heat some oil to deep fry the dough while simultaneously shaping the dough into small balls and dropping them into the oil. This mouthwatering dessert is not only so simple to make, but we can definitely taste the UAE culture with every bite, as this treat is known to be a traditional Emirati dessert. Luqaimat is a puffy sweet fried dumpling dipped in honey or syrup. It is made of flour, corn flour, yeast, sugar and water.
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