Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008

Loukoumades


In my posting here, Ayi mentioned about loukoumades (loo-koo-MAH-thes), Greek donuts which served warm with honey syrup and dust of cinnamon. It sounds yummy to me so I browsed the recipe right away. Then Dita offered me to make loukoumades and blog at the same time which is today. Check out her version.

I adapted this recipe. Just finished making my loukoumades and am having them as my breakfast now. They're good!

Source: About.com: Desserts/Baking and adapted by Mindy

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar substitute
2 tsp instant yeast
Lukewarm water
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Cinnamon to sprinkle



Directions:
Sift flour and salt. Add instant yeast and sugar substitute. Combine well
Add lukewarm water, bit by bit, until a soft, sticky dough is formed. Cover and let it double in size
Heat vegetable oil. Wet a teaspoon or tablespoon, make a ball using a wet spoon then drop it into hot oil. Do again until the batter is finished. Fry until golden brown. Pour syrup over hot loukoumades and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve immediately

Syrup
Ingredients:
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp lime/lemon/orange zest

Directions:
Cook honey and lime/lemon/orange zest over a small flame until dissolved


8 comments:

  1. waaahh mau...apalagi lapisana madu... manis sehat.....yuuukk tukeran... aku cemilan asin kamu cemilan manis :)

    simpel ya ternyata ga seribet kyk donat

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  2. aahhhaayyyyy, punya lo ginuk-ginuk menul-menul menggiurkan gitu, Ndoel. Iya bener, istilah maknyus itu tepat bgt buat cemilan ini. Pas anget-anget digigit....nyusssss.....madunya ikut meleleh di mulut. Tapi emang endangnya sih pas masih panas, pas udah dingin udah gak asik dan bentuknya juga jadi jelek :D.
    seru ternyata ide ini, boleh nih kapan2 lagi kita nyoba resep2 tertentu. Asiknya si cemilan2 ringan dari negara2 lain.

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  3. enak bnaget keliatan nya Mindy...:D...kapan2 gue ikutan dwehh..cuma sekrang lagi males banget poto2 :((((

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  4. terlihat menggoda sih.. cuma kalo disuruh ikutan bikin, sptnya males :D

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  5. What a wonderful job you did - these look incredibly light and delicious!

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  6. mindy....rasanya kayak berliner kah?, cuman nggak pake isi marmalade aja ya.

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  7. Beda banget mBa. klo Berliner kan donat, ini dalemnya bolong² karena hefeteig-nya.

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  8. kenyang makan donat Min? ;D

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