Doughnut Balls

Name: Doughnut Balls (Lokma)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 4 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 300 g (10½ oz/1⅓ cups) caster (superfine) sugar; sunflower or other vegetable oil for deep-frying; sunflower or other vegetable oil for deep-frying; 10 g (¼ oz) fresh yeast or scant 1 teaspoon dried; 10 g (¼ oz) fresh yeast or scant 1 teaspoon dried; 250 g (9 oz/1⅔ cups) strong flour; 30 g (1 oz) potato starch

Lokma

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

About

These sweet little puffs keep for a few days, if stored in an airtight container.

Ingredients

30 g (1 oz) potato starch
250 g (9

Asia
Turkey
Dessert
Mediterranean
Istanbul
Vegan

Method

First, make the syrup. Put the sugar and 150 ml (5 fl oz) water in a small saucepan, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Place the saucepan over medium heat. Bring the syrup mixture to the boil, still