Fried Doughnuts(Home Made)

Ingredients

1. Flour: 2 cups
2. Egg: 1
3. Luke warm milk: ¾ cup
4. Sugar: ¼ cup
5. Yeast: ¼ tsp
6. Curd: 1tsp (optional)
7. Baking powder: 1 tsp
8. Salt: needed
9. Powdered sugar with cardamom: as required for coating

Method of Preparation:

·        Beat the egg well

·        Dissolve yeast in a teaspoon milk.

·        Combine egg, milk, sugar, dissolved yeast, curd and salt.

·        Add flour to it; knead to form like chappathi dough. If needed you can add little more flour.

·        Keep in warm place for at least 2 hours (or till the dough comes double the size)

·        Roll the dough on a rolling pin to a half inch thick and cut with a doughnut cutter.

·        Deep fry the doughnuts in any refined oil till done.

·        When it is warm itself coat with powdered sugar.

Tips: If using self- raising flour instead if Maida, it will come softer. When using self raising flour don’t use yeast.