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There are two typical ways to make Turkish delight. One is the "easy western" way - sugar, rosewater, gelatin. This is obviously not halal. The second is the "h
by kweks 8y ago
There are two typical ways to make Turkish delight.
One is the "easy western" way - sugar, rosewater, gelatin.
This is obviously not halal.
The second is the "hard authentic" way: sugar, rosewater, cornflower.
Cooking confectionery is a real trial. For Turkish delight, you heat a large amount of sugar for a very long time making it hover between a very tight temperature tolerance.
If you go over you make toffee, if you go under you make caramel.
After a few hours, you mix in the cornflour slurry, mix for a few more hours, and then pour to set.
In my experience, your cornflour lumps (three hours wasted), the temperature spikes or drops (fail), sticks (fail) or you get hot sticky napalm on extremities.
However, if you pull it off it is delightful, and your Turkish friends will be very impressed!
- denzil_correa 8y agoThanks for the recipes! That said my personal opinion is that, recipes are best communicated when they are as precise and clear as possible. Therefore, words like a "few hours", "cook it for sometime", "large amount" etc. would generally give very little detail to try. I do understand that not everything can be precise but in those situations it is important to communicate WHY one can not be precise. Otherwise, it is very difficult to follow recipes.
- nkrisc 8y agoI don't think this was intended to be a detailed recipe, but a description intended to give an idea of what goes in to the process of making it.
- mrob 8y ago>One is the "easy western" way - sugar, rosewater, gelatin. This is obviously not halal. Why can't you use halal beef gelatin?
- reitoei 8y agoWho is going to know if you do or don't?
- DiabloD3 8y agoNot only that, it'd be easy to get: Great Lakes in the orange (not green) can would seemingly be perfect for this.
- kweks 8y agoYou most definitely could! However, the traditional recipe doesn't use gelatin, so presumably there'd be some difference in texture as well.