hey dudes I'm Hilah and today on Hilah
cooking is Christmas around the world
series we are celebrating Columbia and
I'm going to show you a recipe for
buñuelos Nami Daniels the recipe comes
from Christina they're like savory
donuts and I loved them so much I'm so
glad that she shared this recipe with me
and now I can share it with you to make
the buñuelos better in this bowl I've
got some cornstarch and I think in
Europe it's called corn flour it's this
it's not cornmeal it's not polenta it's
a really really fine
almost like talcum powder texture I've
got some of that and I've got a little
bit of tapioca starch or manioc or yuca
it goes by a lot of different names so
that's what you're looking for it's got
a very similar texture to the corn
starch it looks about the same like baby
powder so I've got those in there along
with some baking powder and sugar and
salt so I'm gonna add some milk and egg
that I'll beat up together okay I'm
actually not gonna add that just yet and
but for the cheese part well add that
first um it was queso castaigne I think
is the colombian cheese that's used i
cannot get that here so christina
suggested that queso cotija which is
like a Mexican cheese would be a good
substitute so I've got a block of that
here sometimes you can get cotija cheese
that's already graded and it kind of
looks like that parmesan that dry
parmesan like in a little green canister
you can use that it's got a nice fine
texture but it's gonna be a little bit
drier than the stuff that comes in a
block so I'm gonna use the block cheese
and just I'm grading it just on the
really fine holes of a microplane cotija
is similar to a really dry feta very
salty dense kind of cheese so you could
maybe use some feta also if you can't
find this so I'll add this to my dry
stuff they're so unusual because they're
not sweet but they usually served with a
custard called nutty
or with a like a hot chocolate so um
yeah but I just gosh I don't even need
anything with them except some drinks
they're really good drinking snacks guys
and then you just want to get your hands
in there and start mixing this together
gosh it sounds weird it's like squeaky
if there's any bigger lumps of cheese
just kind of squish those with your
hands eventually we want to form a
really smooth dough probably should take
off your rings before you get any
further along make a little well dump
that in I'll get it started with a fork
and then okay that's mixed up with your
hands and the finished product if you
ever had the Brazilian cheese bread that
Punda Kissel
that's like baked and it's made out of
tapioca starch and cheese this is really
similar in flavor but of course it's
fried so maybe it's a tiny bit more
delicious let's see what that does it's
all an experiment guys okay that's
better
it's almost feels like clay kind of
feels cool to your hands so now we'll
just start pinching off balls a little
bit smaller than an egg maybe like a
golf ball or something maybe even a
little bit smaller than that you want to
make sure that when you're cooking them
the inside gets cooked through without
the outsides getting too dark just kind
of cup your hands really tight around it
to try to get a round of a ball as you
can and compress it I think that once
your balls are rolled you want to heat
up about two to three inches of oil to
about 325 it's a little bit low fry like
four at a time or something and they'll
sink and then they'll start to float and
then they'll start to get really nice
and brown
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okay so my Banuelos are ready they're
nice and golden-brown do you notice that
your abuelo start to crack open that
means that your oil is probably too hot
so you know just keep it as keep it low
even a little bit below 325 is is okay
and these took about 10 minutes they'll
cook faster hotter but then they'll
explode and the insides might not be
finished well that these cool for a
moment before I bite into them but there
you go I hope you like this Colombian
Christmas recipe check out my website at
Hilah cooking calm for this printable
recipe and also some other Colombian
recipes muchas gracias Christina for the
recipe it's so good and we've really
enjoyed it and if you're still in the
market for Christmas presents for people
that you love that need to know how to
cook or it's just like chuckle I have a
cookbook that is for sale that you come
by for your people
it's got drawings in it and recipes
alright there you go thank you so much
for watching I hope everyone has a great
holiday season and oh wait I got a taste
one so the outside is really really
crispy and then the inside is nice and
soft
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way to go Columbia film a-lister badass
thank you so much bye
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