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    Home » Snack-Varieties » Loukoumades – Greek Honey Doughtnuts

    Loukoumades – Greek Honey Doughtnuts

    May 12, 2017 · Modified: Dec 21, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    I was in a big dilemma for the last recipe on the Greek cuisine theme. I couldn’t decide between Lagana bread, Halva and this honey doughnuts.  The lazy me chose the easiest honey doughnuts. A no knead dough, rested for an hour, in my case a day in the fridge and then deep fried and served with lots of honey syrup and nuts on top.
    I have a love for doughnuts, who doesn’t? I have some delicious doughnuts from around the world like this Yemeni Bakhmir, Croatian Krafne, Persian Bamieh, Somalian Puff puff the list is long. These loukoumades are another addition to that long list. 

    I made them as our weekend treat. Hubby relished it straight from the pan, loved the taste of it. Do not miss the cinnamon powder, it gives a nice kick to the dessert. If you want to make it vegan, try drizzling chocolate sauce instead of honey syrup. I know chocolate would make it all the more better.


    Ingredients (Makes around 25-30)
    1 cup whole wheat flour/All purpose flour
    1 teaspoon instant yeast
    ¾ cup warm milk
    ½ cup warm water
    2 teaspoon sugar
    ¼ teaspoon salt
    crushed walnuts for garnish
    oil for deep frying the doughnuts


    For the syrup
    ½ cup honey
    ½ cup water
    ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder

    Method

    • In a large bowl, add flour, yeast, sugar and salt, whisk well to combine. To this add warm milk and warm water and using a fork mix well to form a sticky dough. The dough should be well hydrated, so if you feel the dough is dry, feel free to add 2 tablespoon of warm water. Do not add more water at the same time, then it will be a batter
    • Let the dough sit for an hour on the kitchen counter and the yeast works it magic. After an hour, the dough will be well puffed up and ready for the doughnuts.
    • When the dough is resting, make the syrup. Heat water in a sauce pan, when it is hot, take it off the stove, add honey and cinnamon powder and mix well. Do not heat honey, it might turn toxic. 
    • Heat oil in a deep-pan, when it is hot enough, wet your hands and take small portions of the dough and drop it in the hot oil.
    • The dough will be very sticky, if you don;t wet your hands, it will be a mess. If you don’t want to use your hands, then use a wet spoon to drop the dough balls.
    • Once dropped in oil, do not disturb the balls immediately. Let it cook for a minute and start holding that round shape, then using a slotted spoon, turn the balls to cook even.
    • Cook the doughnuts in a medium flame to golden brown. Remove using a slotted spoon on a kitchen towel
    • To serve, place 5-6 warm doughnuts on a serving plate, drizzle a generous portion of honey syrup on top, garnish with walnuts. Serve warm to enjoy the flavors.

    Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#76


    Want to know the other doughnuts 

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    Yemeni Bakhmri


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    Comments

    1. Unknown

      May 13, 2017 at 8:29 am

      wow they look awesome…

      Reply
    2. Priya Suresh

      May 15, 2017 at 4:13 pm

      All time favourite, if i make them at home, i wont keep myself away from them, love it to the core.

      Reply
    3. Harini R

      May 17, 2017 at 5:58 pm

      That is a neat presentation, tempting to the core!!

      Reply
    4. Gayathri Kumar

      May 19, 2017 at 5:01 am

      Greeks love their honey and walnuts. I remember how tasty these doughnuts were. And you have done a great job in capturing these beauties..

      Reply
    5. Chef Mireille

      May 25, 2017 at 4:29 am

      look so light and fluffy – kind of like Italian zeppole

      Reply
    6. Pavani

      May 25, 2017 at 6:19 pm

      I made these airy and delicious Greek donuts for a previous BM. Your tempting me to try these some time soon again.

      Reply

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