Luquimat is a Traditional Arabic Sweet famous in Dubai, UAE and other GCC countries. The first time I had this dessert was at Global village Dubai a few years ago. There weren’t many places in Dubai where Luqaimat was available so the only time I could have Luquimat was at Global village. Last year when the food trucks started in Dubai I came across this small place “My Karak” where they sold Luqaimat. My husband and I frequented “The Last Exit” to have Luqaimat on many evenings. Unfortunately two months ago the chef at My Karak went on leave. I started to search for other places where Luquimat was available. After an extensive search, I could barely find a handful places where they made Luquimat and most of the time they were out of stock. Not only was I frustrated that I couldn’t find Luquimat when I needed it, I also had a guilty feeling of having Luquimat without my daughter as we always visited “The Last Exit” late at night when my daughter was already asleep.
So, I had enough motivation to explore a new dish and this is how I created my Luqaimat recipe.
Total Time: 25mintes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serve: make: 20
Ingredients:
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon corn flour
- 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- pinch of salt
- ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
- ½ teaspoon saffron
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 3/4 cup warm water
- Oil for frying I used sunflower
Instructions:
- Mix all the dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, corn flour, cardamom powder and baking powder in a big bowl.
- Add sugar and Yeast in warm water for 5 minutes.
- Add saffron to milk for flavor and color.
- Combine the dry and wet ingredients and mix well until you get a combined smooth batter.
- Pour in a bowl, cover, and let it double in size in warm place. It may take upto an hour.
- Make tiny balls out of the dough and deep fry in oil.
- When the dumplings are light brown, remove from oil and place it on kitchen paper.
- Serve hot with date syrup or Nutella or honey as per your likes and choice and sprinkle some sesame seeds.
Enjoy!
