Desserts
Easy Turkish Delight Recipe
An easy Turkish Delight recipe, tried and tested at home with ingredients found in every kitchen. You can add any flavor you desire, such as rose or lemon, to give the Turkish Delight your preferred taste.
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Easy Turkish Delight with a tried-and-tested homemade recipe!
Ingredients
- 4 cups sugar
- 3 cups water
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 cups fine white starch
- 1 tablespoon ground mastic
- Orange blossom water and rose water as needed for the mixture
- Wait until the delight cools, then cut it into small cubes
- For more sweets, here is the link: How to make Almasiya dessert
Method
- In a small pot over heat, combine sugar, water, and honey until the mixture heats up and the sugar dissolves.
- ...Add the cornstarch, previously dissolved in a little orange blossom water and rose water... then add the mastic.
- Stir the ingredients until the mixture thickens over low heat.
- Separately, mix half a cup of cornstarch with half a cup of powdered sugar.
- Spread the Turkish Delight dough that formed in the pot over the powdered sugar and cornstarch mixture to your desired thickness.
- Wait for the Turkish Delight to cool, then cut it into small cubes.
Notes and serving ideas
- How to Make Almasia Dessert






