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Ube/Purple Yam Donuts

14 Thursday May 2015

Posted by mysimpledelights in Fruit & Veg, Sweets

≈ 17 Comments

Tags

donuts, food, purple, sweet, vegan, vegetarian

Just thought I’d share a super quick post of these gloriously coloured donuts I made earlier to have as a mid afternoon snack. They are exactly like my Sweet Potato Donuts recipe but PURPLE!💜   

 Ingredients

  •  4 to 5 small Purple Yams (about 400gms)
  • Self raising flour
  • Sunflower oil for frying

Method

1. Peel the skin off the purple yams and roughly chop them. Drop them in a pot of boiling water till they soften before mashing them. 

2. In a big bowl, combine the mashed purple yam with the self raising flour. Not too much or it will make the donuts quite hard. I used about 3 tbsps, just to be able to bind the mixture together.

3. Roll into balls, flatten slightly and with your pinky, pierce a hole in the centre of the dough to shape like a doughnut. Place on a floured surface.

4. In a pan, heat the oil and slow fry them on a medium high heat. Flip over once they are cooked on one side.

5. Once cooked, remove from oil and drain on kitchen towel.

Dust with powdered sugar and serve!

Happy Thursday!☺️

Jemput Jemput Pisang (Banana Donuts)

19 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by mysimpledelights in Asian, Sweets

≈ 22 Comments

Tags

asianfood, dessert, donuts, doughnuts, food, sweet

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I spent my Saturday roller blading at a place called Artxanda where there is a public outdoor skating rink and you can also get a spectacular view of the city!

On Sunday afternoon, my husband requested for Jemput Jemput Pisang, which is a traditional Malay sweet that we usually have for afternoon tea in Singapore. “Jemput” in Malay means invite or invitation and “pisang” means banana so I don’t really know how the name of this donut came about really. Anyway, all you need for these sweet fluffy bites are just 2 ingredients not including the oil for frying.

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Ingredients
• 3 ripe bananas (medium sized)
• 1 cup of self raising flour
• sunflower oil for frying

Method
1. In a big bowl, mash the peeled bananas.
2. Add the flour and combine thoroughly. (You can add sugar if you wish but for me, the sweetness of the bananas were just perfect.)
3. Heat some oil in a saucepan. When it’s really hot, turn down the heat and with a spoon, drop the batter into the oil. (It takes seconds to turn golden brown so make sure you flip them over every so often and don’t put too many into the pan at the same time.)
4. Once golden brown on both sides, place on kitchen paper towels.

Dust with powdered sugar, serve hot…

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Perfect sweet snack for a cold Sunday afternoon!

Here are a couple of black & white shots of Bilbao that I took from the skating rink in Artxanda.

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Have a great Monday!💕

Sweet Potato Doughnuts

03 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by mysimpledelights in Asian, Sweets

≈ 65 Comments

Tags

asian, dessert, donuts, doughnuts, food, sweet, tea time

Yes…you heard me correctly, Sweet Potato Doughnuts! This is a traditional Malay dessert/tea time snack from Singapore and Malaysia…we call it Kuih Keria. I remember as a child my aunt would make these and we would have them for our afternoon tea.

I had 1 lovely sweet potato left from before so I decided to try out for the first time to make these sweet golden rings of sweetness using only the natural flavours of the sweet potato. No added sugar except a little for dusting.😊

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Ingredients
• 1 Sweet potato (mine was 400gms)
• Self raising flour
• Sunflower oil for frying

Method
1. The potatoes are usually steamed but it could make it very watery so I just roughly chopped them and placed them in the microwave for 9 mins on high before mashing them. Add a few drops water if you find it’s too dry.
2. In a bowl, combine the mashed potato with the self raising flour. Not too much or it will make the doughnuts quite hard. I used approx. 90gms, just to be able to bind the mixture together.
3. Roll into balls, flatten slightly and with your pinky, pierce a hole in the centre of the dough to shape like a doughnut. Place on a floured surface.

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4. Heat oil in a skillet and slow fry them on a medium high heat. Flip over once golden brown.

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5. Set aside to cool slightly.

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Dust with icing/dusting sugar and serve warm-ish…

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Just like a normal doughnut but healthier…apart from the frying of course…

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It’s usually drenched in a thick sugar water before serving but I am not a fan of super sweet sweets and in this case, I wanted to keep the natural flavours of the sweet potato.

My measurement made 6 small-ish doughnuts and that was sufficient for us as a treat!

What was your favourite childhood tea time sweet?

Happy cooking!💞

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