Lokum (Turkish Delight)
Lokum (Turkish Delight)

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lokum (turkish delight). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lokum (Turkish Delight) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lokum (Turkish Delight) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Lokum was introduced to Europe via an unidentified English voyager who simply labelled them on boxes with the words “ Turkish Delight. Turkish Delight With Pistachio & Pomegranate. Turkish delight (lokum) is a traditional Turkish candy. This recipe is very poplar and you can find this candy in different colors, flavors and with.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have lokum (turkish delight) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lokum (Turkish Delight):
  1. Make ready 300 grams ★ Granulated sugar
  2. Make ready 1/2 tbsp ★ Lemon juice
  3. Get 200 ml ★ Water
  4. Take 50 grams ○ Cornstarch
  5. Take 1/2 tbsp ○ Cream of tartar
  6. Get 200 ml ○ Water
  7. Get 1 tbsp ○ Rose water
  8. Get 30 grams Your choice of nuts
  9. Take 1 Olive oil (for greasing the mold)
  10. Take 1 Powdered sugar (preferably the non-melting type)

It is often flavored with rosewater, mastic or lemon; rosewater gives it a characteristic pale pink color. This recipe makes enough Turkish Delight to share. Bring the confection to a special friend or a NOTE: Sometimes thermometers are slightly off. Because of this, my Turkish Delight came out.

Steps to make Lokum (Turkish Delight):
  1. Combine the ★ ingredients in a sauce pan and heat over medium heat. Once it starts to bubble, reduce the heat.
  2. In a separate sauce pan, combine the ○ ingredients, thoroughly dissolve the cornstarch, and heat over medium heat. While heating, use a whisk to combine evenly.
  3. While whisking over heat, the mixture will stiffen into a paste as shown; when it does, remove from heat.
  4. Gradually mix in the liquid from Step 1 to the saucepan from Step 3.
  5. Thoroughly mix over low-medium heat. Until it thickens, it will tend to lump, so mix well.
  6. Once the mixture turns yellowish and becomes pasty, add the nuts and rose water, and combine until even. Nuts are optional. If adding color, this is the time.
  7. Grease a tray with olive oil, then pour into the tray. You can also pour them into baking molds, such as silicon molds. Chill well.
  8. Once they cool and set, remove from the mold, then cut into cubes and dust with powdered sugar.

Bring the confection to a special friend or a NOTE: Sometimes thermometers are slightly off. Because of this, my Turkish Delight came out. The Turkish delight which was an important part of the palace cuisine in the Ottoman period, has How is Turkish Delight Made? Lokum is made with citric acid, sugar, starch, food color and aroma. In Turkey lokum is one of the traditional foods of Bayrams, so I made home made lokum for this Bayram.

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