Sweet Dumplings/Kaimati

Well here is another most famous  and delicious dish in E/Africa. When i was in Malaysia this dis was always on the table for Iftar but now am too lazy to cook, inshaAllah soon i will cook and share the picture with you guys. Sweet Dumplings/ Kaimati can be a light dessert with tea or coffee, breakfast, or as a starter during Ramadhan.

First, prepare the sugar syrup:
INGREDIENTS
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
half tsp. powdered cardamom
lemon rind or saffron threads (whatever flavor you prefer)
Boil syrup and cool completely.

Next, prepare the batter:
INGREDIENTS
1 cup white flour
½ cup yogurt plus a little water
1 tbsp. ghee or butter
1 level tsp. instant yeast

INSTRUCTIONS 
Mix the flour with all the above ingredients and beat thoroughly with your hand. It should be thick enough for you to be able to pick without it flowing down between your fingers, but not so thick that it’s a dough. Not runny and yet not too thick.
Cover and let it rise for about half an hour. Touch some oil with your fingertips and mix the mixture again.
Heat oil, then pick small portions and drop in the hot oil, then immediately lower the heat and fry on very low heat, stirring the Kaimatis continuously so that they color on all sides and get super crunchy.
From heat place directly into the cooled sugar syrup. Its crunchy and finger licking good.

With love RaBella