Sweet Dumplings (Looqemat) 3 cups white flour 2 teaspoons yeast with a pinch of sugar 2/3 cup yogurt 1/2 cup warm water water oil for frying 3 medium sized onions 1/2 bundle chopped parsley 1 teaspoon mixed spices 1 teaspoon ground black pepper oil for frying salt Add to flour a little salt, water and the yogurt, and mix to a thick batter. Leave aside for six (6) hours. Mix the yeast with the sugar and warm water, leave to ferment. Add the yeast to the batter and mix until batter peaks; leave aside for a further three hours. METHOD OF FRYING Heat the oil. Shape batter into little balls, and put them a few at a time in the hot deep oil and fry until golden brown. Dumplings should be entirely covered with oil during frying. Take great care as the oil will splash during the course of frying. When frying is complete soak the dumplings in syrup and serve hot. Recipe from "Saudi Arabia Magazine" (an official publication of the Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia), Summer 1996 middle eastern recipe index christina m k al-sudairy buy the book!