How to make puff puff with milk
Even though puff puff meal is high in calories, millions of people inside and outside Nigeria love this snack. You can find tons of recipes how to prepare these popular and beloved snacks. It can be spicy with pepper or sweet with honey and syrups. This time we would like to explain to you how to make puff puff with milk. This will be your favorite dessert snack to eat with berries and fruits or with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
How to make soft puff puff
Adding milk to the puff puff recipe is a neat idea. Most puff puff balls are soft on their own because of the main ingredients added while cooking this meal. However, milk makes them even softer and more delicious.
Of course, Nigerian puff puff recipe with milk is easy to follow. You will love the soft milky snack you will get in the end. It is an awesome snack for weekends and evenings. You can make this popular snack for your friends, family, or to enjoy yourself for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Ingredients for puff puff with milk
Since our puff puff recipe is based on milk, this is an important ingredient you must use. The whole list of ingredients looks as following:
- Milk – 200 milliliters
- Flour – 400 grams
- Sugar – 120 grams
- Yeast – 4 grams
- Water – 200 milliliters
- Oil – enough to fry puff puff in a pan
- Lime juice (or lemon juice) – 1 tablespoon
- Orange cordial (or an alternative) – 0.5 cup
- Maple syrup – 3 tablespoons
- Cinnamon – just a pinch
- Nutmeg (if you wish, this is an optional ingredient) – 0.5 teaspoon
You can notice that this is not a typical recipe. The milky puff puff are less sweet but softer. They will be perfect for adding honey or another flavor on top of them once they are cooked. In addition, below you can learn how you can prepare them.
How to make Nigerian puff puff with milk
Once you have prepared all the ingredients for puff puff with milk, you can finally start cooking this delicious Nigerian snack. Here is what you have to do:
- Step 1. Take a bowl, add yeast, and mix it with water. Make sure you are using warm water (not hot, and not cold). Use a spoon to stir carefully this mixture and put it away for a couple of minutes.
- Step 2. Find another bowl. Add flour with nutmeg (or without, if you are not using nutmeg). Now pour in the milk and keep stirring.
- Step 3. When you like your mixture, you should pour it in the yeast prepared in the first step. You should stir everything to achieve pleasant structure.
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- Step 4. Now you can add some sugar and even a bit of milk (if the consistency is not nice-looking yet). Stir until you like how your batter looks. It should look a bit thicker than regular batter prepared for pancakes. Place a kitchen napkin on top of your bowl and put it aside for half an hour. This way your batter will grow a bit and get ready to be fried.
- Step 5. Take a nice deep pan. You should pour enough oil inside to cover all the puff puff balls you are about to make.
- Step 6. Wait until oil gets hot. Now take your batter (dough you prepared in the fourth step) and create balls. Place them into the oil and fry them.
- Step 7. It usually takes 4-5 minutes to cook this meal in the oil. The cooked puff puff balls are of golden brown color. You should make sure that all the sides are evenly pretty, so cook 2-2.5 minutes one side and flip them over for another 2-2.5 minutes to complete the other side.
- Step 8. All the cooked puff puff should be placed on a kitchen towel. This way you are able to remove extra oil from them.
- Step 9. Now you are ready to eat the delicious puff puff made with milk. If you want to, you can make a special addition to your dessert. Mix cinnamon, lemon (or lime) juice, and cordial in a bowl and dip your puff puff inside before eating. You can also cover the meal with maple syrup to change the flavor.
You have learned how to cook soft Nigerian puff puff dessert using some milk and main ingredients for this popular snack. We are sure you and your family will enjoy the tasty meal!
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Source: Legit.ng
