Authentic Turkish delight lokum recipe
Turkish delight / lokum recipe is a classic gelly candy made by sugar , lemon juice, corn flour, vanilla essence,rose water, powdered sugar,pink food colour, cream of tartar
Ingredients for Turkish delight lokum recipe
- 4 cups of sugar
- water
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1&1/4 cup of corn flour
- 1 tsp of cream of tartar
- Vanilla essence or rose water
- Pink food colour
- Oil ,ghee
- Powdered sugar
Instructions: step by step
- Take 4 cups of sugar in a pan / kadhai
- add 1 & ½ cups of water / my 1 cup measure 200 ml
- 2 tea spoon of lemon juice
- put this pan on heat
Stir it well
- bring it to a boil
- bring sugar syrup to soft ball consistency , to check the consistency
- drop some sugar syrup in cold water ,if it comes together
- switch off the flame
- now take 1 cup of corn flour in a pan
- add 1 tsp of cream of tartar
- 3 cups of water
- mix it with out lumps
- now put this pan on heat, stir continuously until it becomes thick paste
- now slowly and gradually pour sugar syrup little by little by stirring constantly
- stir it well in low flame
- now cook it on very low flame for 40 45 mins by stirring frequently
- cook until mixture turns into golden colour
- now switch off the flame
- add 1 tsp of vanilla essence or rose water
- few drops of pink food colour
- mix it well
- take any mould apply oil or ghee well and line with parchment paper
- carefully pour prepared mixture
- let it set for overnight
- take ½ cup of powdered sugar in bowl
- add ¼ cup of corn flour , mix it well
- now sprinkle some flour mixture on clean surface
- cut into pieces with the help of pizza cutter or knife
- coat each piece with the powdered sugar mixture
- Toss them well in powdered sugar mixture
Ready to serve