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Turkish Delight – The Best Turkish Delight Recipe – Limonlu Lokum

Turkish delight is one of the most important dishes integrated with Turkey. Turkish delight is a Turkish dessert made using water, sugar and starch. Turkish delight, which ranks first among the products of Turkish dessert culture, was first produced in Anatolia and then spread to the lands of the Ottoman Empire and the world.
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mediterranean, Turkish
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup of water with 200ml glass
  • 2 glasses of granulated sugar with 200ml glass
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed and strained lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup of starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric for coloring
  • 1 teaspoon of grated lemon peel
  • Lemon salt with the tip of the teaspoon

Instructions
 

  • First, take the lemon juice, turmeric, lemon salt and starch in a bowl, mix well and set aside.
  • Add 1 glass of water, sugar and lemon zest to your pot. Stir in the large chamber of the stove until it boils over medium heat.
  • When the water starts to boil scalding, add the starchy mixture that you have prepared on it and continue to mix quickly.
  • When it boils and starts to boil, continue to cook for 20-25 minutes, stirring continuously.
  • You have to cook it for a long time to make the Turkish delight that stretches and grows like ready-made Turkish delight.
  • After 25 minutes, roll out a piece of wax paper on the counter. Sprinkle a few drops of oil on it and pour the delight you have prepared on the oily paper.
  • Close the greaseproof paper to cover all sides of the delight. Let it sit like this until it reaches room temperature and cools down well.
  • Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of starch on the breadboard and leave the cooled Turkish delight on the starch and smear all sides with starch.
  • Slice it with a knife or kitchen scissors as you like and after you have plenty of starch, put it on a serving platter.