Luqmi (; pronounced lukhmi in Dakkhani) is a typical mince savoury or starter of the cuisine of

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

, India. The snack's authentic preparation includes stuffing with

mutton Lamb and mutton, collectively sheep meat (or sheepmeat) is one of the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, ''Ovis aries'', and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in their first year, hogget, from sheep in thei ...

-mince qeema (ground meat). The luqmi is a flat square pastry. The word comes from '' loqma'' or morsel in Arabic.

Ingredients

Mince meat (qeema),

flour Flour is a powder made by Mill (grinding), grinding raw grains, List of root vegetables, roots, beans, Nut (fruit), nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods. Cereal flour, particularly wheat flour, is the main ingredie ...

and

yogurt Yogurt (; , from , ; also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial Fermentation (food), fermentation of milk. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to ...

Preparation

Prepare the dough in yogurt, mixing it thoroughly until it becomes very smooth, and stuff it with minced meat. Kheemey-ki-Luqmi is still served as a starter in the authentic Hyderabadi weddings and other celebrations.

References

External links

Chicken lukmi recipe
Indian snack foods Indian fast food Hyderabadi cuisine Telangana cuisine Dumplings Indian pastries Muhajir cuisine {{india-cuisine-stub

Ingredients

Preparation

See also

References

Further reading

External links