🇰🇼 Kuwait cuisine · #15

Legaimat

Legaimat
Time45 min
Serves6
Ingredients8

Fried dough balls drizzled with date syrup or sugar syrup — present at every Kuwaiti Ramadan ghabga.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Mix to a sticky batter.
  2. Rise an hour.
  3. Fry small balls.
  4. Drizzle with date syrup.
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