Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Favorite Lokum (Turkish Delight)

Lokum (Turkish Delight)
Lokum (Turkish Delight)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lokum (turkish delight). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lokum (Turkish Delight) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Lokum (Turkish Delight) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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. Get 1/2 tbsp ★ Lemon juice
  3. Make ready 200 ml ★ Water
  4. Get 50 grams ○ Cornstarch
  5. Get 1/2 tbsp ○ Cream of tartar
  6. Prepare 200 ml ○ Water
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp ○ Rose water
  8. Get 30 grams Your choice of nuts
  9. Make ready 1 Olive oil (for greasing the mold)
  10. Take 1 Powdered sugar (preferably the non-melting type)
Instructions 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.

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