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lokma

Traditional dish from Iraq

Must Try Street Food Vegetarian

About lokma

Levantine dessert, common to the former Ottoman geography

Lokma is a dessert made of leavened and deep-fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. The dish was described as early as the 13th century by al-Baghdadi as luqmat al-qādi, "judge's morsels".

Components

  • dough
  • flour

Dietary Information

✓ Vegetarian friendly
✓ Popular street food
✓ Must-try when visiting Iraq
Traditional Iraq cuisine

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