Luqaimat

We had this in Dubai Heritage Village...awsome tasting...so finally I got this recipe and tried it...

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Wheat flour
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
salt
1/3 cup yogurt
3/4 cup warm water
oil

Procedure:
In ¾ cup of lukewarm water, add sugar and yeast and stir well. Keep aside for around half an hour until a thick layer of froth forms over the yeast mixture.
Take a large bowl, Add flour, salt and mix well. Then add yogurt and yeast mixture and stir well until you get a sticky batter. You can mix the batter in the food processor if difficult to mix them by hand. I usually use hand for mixing the batter, but it takes quite longer time. Keep it in a warm area for about 4-6 hours.
At this stage you can see bubbles formed in the batter. Knock down the bubbles and stir well again
Heat oil in a kadai until it really gets hot.
Dip the fingers in water and take a good size pinch of batter(a teaspoon size) and drop in oil slowly. Since the batter is sticky and has dropping consistency, it will be difficult to handle the batter without dabbing the fingers with water. Add few more pinches of batter in oil by dabbing finger in water every time you take the batter.
Once they fall in oil they will puff up and take round shapes or almost round shapes. DOesnt matter if it doesnt come into exact round shapes. Deep fry them until they turn golden on all sides. It is very important not to make it golden brown cause it will be hard rather than crispy. Strain them using slotted spoon and place them on kitchen towel to drain out excess oil.

Transfer into serving dish and pour datesyrup or honey or sugar syrup all over.