Orange Delight
There is a kind of sweet treat ,made of orange, lemon, grapefruit or pomegranate juice, corn starch and sugar. They are called Lokum or Lokma in Turkish.
In Iran, there are varieties of this soft and delight sweet consist of chopped walnuts, almond or hazelnuts, rose water or orange blossom for more flavour, as you see in the following photos.
In Arabic language it is called Rahat- al halgum it means comfort for the throat.
Orange Delight
There is a kind of sweet treat ,made of orange, lemon, grapefruit or pomegranate juice, corn starch and sugar. They are called Lokum or Lokma in Turkish.
In Iran, there are varieties of this soft and delight sweet consist of chopped walnuts, almond or hazelnuts, rose water or orange blossom for more flavour, as you see in the following photos.
In Arabic language it is called Rahat- al halgum it means comfort for the throat.
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Ingredients
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Squeeze the orange
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And strain the juice.
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Pour the orange juice, sugar, corn starch and orange zest in a pot. Whisk until sugar and starch dissolved. in this step you can also add nuts to the juice.
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Now put the pot on the heat. Simmer and gently stir the mixture until the batter turns into a thick smooth paste. (it will take about 10 minutes to reach to a soft consistency). and for a hard consistency, it will take 25-30 minutes).Remove from the heat.
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Wet inside the cup with plain water and pour in the batter.
Or grease or wet again the plate and pour in candy batter.
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Let lokum set up in room temperature until firm to cut and handle it.
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Cut it with a sharp knife into squares, round, lozengen.
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Generously dust the lukme with shreded coconut, or powdered sugar and corn starch.
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