TURKISH LOKMA: the best sweet fritters ever!

I must warn you that it’s addictive! These taste so darn good and they’re super easy to make:

Lokma is a Turkish little yeast-risen dough puffs deep-fried to a golden brown, then drizzled with honey syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon.

It’s not a very heavy dessert, it’s not hard to make and it’s very delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup flour.

• 3/4 cup water.

• 1 tbsp of cornstarch.

• 1 tbsp of yeast

• 1/2 tbsp sugar

• 1/4 tbsp baking powder

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

• 1 tsp vanilla

INGREDIENTS FOR SYRUP:

• 1 1/4 cup sugar

• 1 1/4 cup water

• 3 tbsp of honey

• Cardamom

• a pinch of salt

METHOD:

Make yeast dough, let it rise for 1 hour

Syrup:

Mix water and sugar in a saucepan, let the sugar dissolve, cook for 5-10 minutes.

Add cardamom, salt, mix

Add honey

Heat the vegetable oil for frying

Transfer the dough into a bag and squeeze the balls, cut with KITCHEN SCISSORS

Fry until golden brown

Roll them in syrup and serve with syrup.

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