Sweet Yummy Pastry
Super yummy sweet and delicious this picnic snack is made with saffron, vanilla and deep fried. Add chocolate or syrup.
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon custard powder “vanilla.”
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon oil
- ½ teaspoon dry yeast
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
- ¼ teaspoon saffron threads crushed
- ¾ cup of warm water you might need less.
- 2 cup oil or enough for deep frying
- *Keep around three tablespoon oil in a small separate bowl to help in forming the balls.
- *Put syrup to pour on the luqaimat.
- In a small bowl, mix the warm water with cardamom powder, sugar, dry yeast, and saffron. Keep aside for 5 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour, custard powder, and baking powder. Mix well.
- Add the wet ingredients gradually and while whisking to the flour. Whisk for two minutes until there are no lumps.
- The batter should be thinner than pancake batter and in pouring consistency.
- Cover the bowl and let the batter rise for 1 and a half hours to two hours.
- In a deep-frying pan add enough oil to cover the dumplings or luqaimat.
- To test how hot the oil is, take a teaspoon from the batter, and carefully drop it in the oil, if it floats quickly, the oil is too hot.
- Dip a spoon in separate oil, then take a heaped teaspoon from the batter, push the batter off it using another spoon. Careful while dropping the batter in oil.
- Move the dumplings around using a wooden spoon or spatula; this will make them cook evenly.
- When the dumplings are light brown, remove from oil, and place them on kitchen paper.
- Pour syrup on top. The syrup should be at room temperature.
- You should serve these dumplings the same day you make them.
- Cali picnic ready!
Cook this delicious dish in a super cool deep fryer:
Sweet Treats are Picnic Yummy!
