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Just because this recipe fries dough in order to achieve that crispy, flaky texture doesn’t mean it’s bad for you! In fact, at Sims Home Kitchen, we like to come up with the healthiest ways to fry foods. That way, you can enjoy your favorite crunchy meal without worrying about betraying your diet. Add another ingredient- You may add cocoa powder to the puff puffs to give them a chocolatey flavor. Vegetable Oil- Any good vegetable oil or sunflower oil works well. Since I deep-fried the puff puff, I avoided using olive oil.
Pour your cooking oil into a deep pot and when it’s hot, scoop in small portions of the mixture into the vegetable oil. This African doughnut-like snack is delicious and addictive and we love it so much. We eat it as snacks but it can be served as breakfast, or brunch served with tea. It's similar to South Africa mandazi, Cameroon puff puff, and French beignets.
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However, these are delicious treats to make every once in a while. This classic recipe of puff puff is all you need to start your day with a great treat. Homemade, vegetarian, versatile and utterly delicious, these puff puffs make great quick snacks for a busy day.
Another reason is that you did not use enough oil for deep frying the dough. Using a deep pot with 3 inches deep oil in it will give your puff puff the right shape. Therefore, make sure to add enough lukewarm water to the flour mixture until you get a slightly thicker mixture than a pancake batter. This is the best puff puff recipe perfected over years. This is an updated recipe that makes use of fast action dried yeast which needs no proofing. Cooking oil –We’re gonna need a lot of oil for deep frying the puff puffs.
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Puff Puff is a popular Nigerian snack. Nigerian puff puff is deep fried similarly to doughnut and Ghanian bofrot. It is soft, spongy, fluffy, easy to make and requires just few ingredients. Add 650ml of warm (but not hot!) water to a mixing bowl. Add ½ Tbsp of salt, 200g of sugar, and 1 pack or 2 ¼ tsp of active dry yeast to the bowl. Whisk these ingredients together and let them sit for 5 minutes while the yeast activates.
I haven't tried it before, but if it stays too long outside, the batter might be ruined and have a bad odor. Nothing impress me most than the way you teach. You make teaching as simple and easy that even a novice can understand immediately.
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If it browns too quickly, oil is too hot, take off the heat and cool for a minute. Add in half teaspoon of nutmeg, yeast and sugar, salt and lukewarm water. In a small bowl, mix the yeast, sugar, nutmeg, salt, and warm water together. If your batter is too thick, the puff puffs may be dry, hard and not fluffy. Add water to have a not-so-thick consistency. Also, overmixing may result in tough balls.
Use warm water to mix the batter and not hot water as hot water can kill off the yeast leaving you with a batter that won't rise. The perfect puff puff is round, light golden brown, fluffy inside, soft, and sweet. It should not be yeasty neither should it be soggy. Hi Love,did you do the oil test in step 6 before frying? I guess you dropped it in when the oil was too hot and after the puff puff had crowded the pan, the puff puff then starts to absorb the oil.
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Puff Puff without yeast- These puff puffs can be made without yeast. A quick recipe would involve adding yogurt to mix the batter of flour. This results in instant puff puffs and you don’t have to wait for the batter to rise. Though the taste would be different. In one hand, scoop a ½ handful of the mixture and squeeze it into the heated oil. With a slotted spoon, remove the puff puff and let it dry.
I am so flattered by your kind words . Thank you for trying out my recipes. Hi IQ, what about buns or bons, the snack that has to be baked or Fried either way. 1, The temperature of the water to use is such that will be comfortable for a baby’s mouth.
If your residence is too cold, turn on the stove for about 2-3 minutes until it is warm. Then turn it off and wait for the puff puff to rise up alongside it. Very few people can resist their allure.
Put in more scoops of the batter, as much as the space in the frying pot will allow without overcrowding. Test that the oil is hot enough by putting a drop of batter into the oil. If it sizzles and comes up to the surface of the oil, then the oil is hot enough. If the oil is not hot enough, the batter will go down to the bottom of the oil and stay there. Keep mixing till the batter is smooth but not too watery to flow from a spoon.
In Nigeria, it is common to find students keeping their pocket money just to have a taste of it. Enterprising people also always want a chance to serve at any of their big meetings. One might want to underestimate how delicious this Nigerian delicacy is because of the cheap price of the ingredients. However, a single taste of it will keep you asking for more every day.
They’re created with yeast dough and deep-fried until golden brown. It has a doughnut texture, but it’s a little chewier. It is a widely consumed snack in many countries, however, it is known by various names and prepared in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, it is called puff puff because of the yeast. There is good news for you though, you can make Nigerian puff puff without yeast. Check this buns recipe, alternatively, use self-raising flour, sugar and milk.
Welcome to Ev’s Eats, my food and lifestyle blog! When the oil is hot, drop the batter either by hand or with a spoon into the oil. Gradually begin to add the water mixture to the flour.
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