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Today we will make doughnuts.
Doughnuts are very appetizing and you will surely love eating them, especially kids.
Let's see what all ingredients are required for making doughnuts.
Maida - 2 cup
Milk - ¾ cup
Butter - ¼ cup (unsalted butter) (if using salted butter then don't add salt)
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Dry active yeast - 1 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
These ingredients will be used for kneading dough.
White chocolate, brown chocolate and powdered sugar for garnishing the doughnuts
Oil - for frying doughnuts
Firstly knead dough for making doughnuts.
Make the milk lukewarm.
Now add sugar, salt and dry active yeast in the maida.
There is no need to active the yeast separately. Dry active yeast can be added directly in the flour.
Also add butter.
Heat the butter at normal temperature.
Mix all ingredients and with help of lukewarm milk knead soft dough.
Add little milk at a time for kneading the flour.
Dough is ready and for kneading this much quantity of flour we have used more then ½ cup of milk.
Now keep kneading the dough until it becomes soft.
Keep kneading for 4-5 minutes until dough get soft.
Roll it giving it a round shape.
Spread some dry flour on the board.
Now with help of rolling pin roll it in a round circle with ½ or .75 thickness.
Cut doughnuts with help of drinking glass or a bowl.
Dip the glass in dry flour so that dough doesn't stick to it.
Now take a small cap of any bottle and make a hole like this in the center and press hard.
Place them on the baking tray.
Roll the left over dough again and make doughnuts from it again.
Doughtnuts are ready.
Brush the doughnuts with some oil so that they don't dry up.
Cover them and keep aside for 1.5-2 hours so that they become puffy.
Doughnuts are ready, now fry them.
Keep the oil medium hot for frying the doughnuts.
Place the doughnuts in oil.
Also keep the flame on low and medium.
Flip sides when they turn brown from one side.
Fry until they turn golden brown in color.
Doughnuts have turned golden brown in color now take them out.
Fry rest of the doughnuts like wise.
Now dust the piping hot doughnuts with powdered sugar.
Dust the doughnuts like this and place them on a plate.
Glaze the doughnuts now.
Glazing can be done in numerous ways like with honey, powdered sugar, coconut powder.
Kids like the chocolate glazed doughnuts the most.
We will glaze the doughnuts with chocolate.
For this melt the chocolate first.
For melting chocolate take water in two utensils like this and place them on flame.
Now place bowls like this on the top for melting chocolate.
Break the chocolates into small pieces so that they get melted easily.
Water has become hot now place white chocolate and brown chocolate in the bowls.
Now let the chocolated melt completely.
Stir after every 1-2 minutes.
Bring the flame to medium now.
Chocolate is melted now but it cannot be used right now as it should have pouring consistency.
Chocolate is melted now with a pouring consistency.
It takes 20-25 minutes for melting chocolate.
Both the chocolates are melted now turn off the gas.
Place the chocolate bowls on top of wire rack.
Make the chocolate frigid so that it can be handled with hands.
Now take one doughnut and immerse it in the chocolate like this.
Place it on plate like this.
Dip rest of the doughnuts in white chocolates with same manner.
You garnish these chocolate doughnuts with silver balls or finely chopped walnuts.
You can also use brown chocolate for garnishing white chocolate doughnuts and white chocolate for brown chocolate doughnuts.
You can use a spoon or cone for making lines on the doughnuts.
For making cone just take a paper and hold one corner like this and join it with other corner.
Now fill it with some chocolate.
Keep the doughnuts on a plate and make lines like this.
Luscious doughnuts are ready.
Glaze doughnuts with your choice.
Try making this recipe at your home and share your experiences with us.
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