Puff puff
Puff puff, from above
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Puff puff

Golden fried dough balls, soft and sweet inside. Party guests vanish with them by the handful.

90 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Party in a ball1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayYeasted dough, nutmeg, fried golden.
The original
313kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
90minutessame

Classic puff puff.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups
Sugar¼ cup
Instant dry yeast2 tsp
Whole spicesa pinch of grated nutmeg
Salt¼ tsp
Water1 cup, lukewarm
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Mix flour, sugar, yeast, nutmeg and salt. Add lukewarm water and beat into a sticky, stretchy batter.
  2. 2Cover and leave in a warm spot until doubled.
  3. 3Heat oil to medium hot. Squeeze batter through your fist or drop with a spoon into the oil.
  4. 4Turn and fry until golden all over. Drain.
Serve it like this

Pile in a paper lined basket, dust with sugar if you like, and serve warm with chai, zobo or chapman.

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What goes with Puff puff: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Gizdodo60 min
On the side Dodo15 min
A little snack Suya40 min
To drink Zobo40 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
Something sweet Rasgulla60 min
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