Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight

Turkish delight adalah sejenis manisan yang sangat popular di negara Turki. Semasa lawatan ke Turki, kami dibawa singgah ke sebuah kedai manisan ini, Mozaik Lokum namanya, yang menjual Turkish delight tu.

Ketika kami masuk je ke dalam kedai itu, terus dihidangkan dengan promeganate tea sambil dipanggil untuk mendengar penerangan oleh tuan punya kedai. kita boleh merasa semua yang ada kat atas meja tu, tapi manis sangat kan... semua cubit sikit-sikit je. Yang laku keras jenis kekacang... hahahaa..

Turkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange, or lemon. 

The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar, to prevent clinging. Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint. In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive.

berbagai packaging..

The exact origin of these sweets is yet to be definitively determined; however, the Turkish word lokum comes from the Arabic al-halkum. In the Arab world, Turkish delights are called rāḥat al-ḥulqūm (رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم) which means "throat comfort".

The origin of the confection is not precisely known, but the candy is known to have been produced in Turkey as early as the late 1700s.

Beginilah pula lambakan lokum Turkish delight di banyak kedai dalam Grand Bazaar di Istanbul...

gambar dari google..

Ini pula lambakan Turkish Delight di Spice Market. Ada 1 kedai ni yang bagus, kata local guide lah. Nama kedai Cikita.

 

Jangan makan banyak-banyak tau!
kena kencing manis plak nanti...
😅