Turkish delight

I tasted this once, then i liked the taste so much . It is pretty costly , i bought 15 pieces for one pound, and next time when i went to that shop , the guy in the shop told that they are out of stock, so i thought of preparing them and they came out really good. To know its taste, prepare them and enjoy your smooth and soft sweet.

Preparation time : 1 hr 30 mins
Makes : 50 approx

Ingredients :

Corn flour : 1/2 cup
Cream of tartar : 1/2 tsp
Water : 1 1/3 cup

For sugar syrup :
Sugar : 2 cups
Water 3/4 cup
Lemon juice : 1/2 tbsp

Rose water : 1 1/2 tbsp
Pink food coloring : few drops
Icing sugar : 1/2 cup
Corn flour : 1/8 cup

Method :

Take a medium pan, keep heat on medium, add lemon juice , sugar and water.
Stir till sugar melts.
Wait till sugar reaches soft ball stage (leta vunda paakam).

Parallely, take a small pan, add  corn flour, cream of tartar and water.
(If you don't have cream of tartar you can skip it)
Turn the heat on medium.
Continuously stir the mixture, until the lumps are dissolved.
When mixture achieves a thick glue like consistency, stop stirring.
Add this to the hot sugar syrup mixture, turn the heat to medium.
Stir for 5 mins.
Turn the heat to low, and cook for one hour, stir in between so that it doesn't stick to bottom.
When the mixture becomes golden colour add in rose water for flavouring.
Add food colouring.
Take it off from the flame.
Grease a dish , pour this mixture in it.
Keep it in refrigerator over night to cool.
Next day, take it out on to your work surface and cut them into one inch pieces.
Mix icing sugar and corn flour , roll each cube in it.
Store Turkish delight in an airtight container in the fridge or in a cool, dry place.
They will stay for up to one month.

Turkish delight makes a sweet addition to your tea or coffee.

There are so many flavors in Turkish delight, like orange, lemon, lime and so on.
This one is Rose Turkish delight.

Thank you , do post your comments :)