Eggless & Yeast-free doughnuts

 It was an Eureka moment for me!! Tried my hands to prepare doughnuts at home for the very first time. That too on a Thursday when we people do not eat non-veg so I could not even use eggs which made me a little scared. And also I did not want to go through the yeast fermentation process etc today out of excitement & curiosity.

So this is an Eggless, yeast-free, doughnut shape cutterless fresh DOUGHNUTS from my kitchen. I have always been wanting to make doughnuts at home. Somehow I got the courage today to try my hands for the very first time. Soft from inside and crusty upper just perfect. The little had one full even after she finished her dinner. Also asking to pack in her tiffin box tomorrow . And I know if my daughter is asking for more it has to be the tasty one.

Doughnut is a type of fried dough confectionary or dessert food, is popular in many countries as breakfast or sweet snack. They are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or without a hole and often filled. You can give many variations to your doughnut glaze with maple syrup, milkmaid, honey glaze, chocolate  sauce/or by using different food colours.


Ingredients:

Plain Flour/maida: 1 1/2 cups
Sugar: 4 tbs superfine (you can increase the amount of sugar as per your taste)
Milk: 1/2 cup
Butter: 50 gms.
Vanilla essence: 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder: 1/2 tsp
Baking soda: 1tsp
Baking powder: 1 tsp
Refined oil: for deep frying


For the glaze

Milk: 1 cup
Condensed milk: 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder: 3-4 tbsp. for chocolate sauce
Store bought Chocolate sauce: 1-2 tbsp. for chocolate sauce
Green food colour: 1 pinch is enough to get the colour
Castor sugar: 1 tbsp. or as required to sprinkle over the doughnuts

Method:

In a bowl, add the melted butter and sugar and beat well until they combine well. Add the milk and mix them well and keep aside.

In another bowl, sieve the flour, baking soda, baking powder. Now pour in the above mixture slowly to this dry mixture. Combine all well and knead until you get a dough like consistency. In case the dough is sticky and very moist, you can add some dry flour also. Keep the dough covered to rest for about half an hour.

Divide equal medium sized portions from the dough and make balls, flatten it with palm of your hand You can roll out the balls with a rolling pin also (while flattening the balls or rolling out dust some dry flour). I kept the balls size medium as this would double up while frying. Now with the help of a doughnut cutter (if you have), cut out approx. 3-inch-diameter rounds with 1-inch-diameter holes. I do not have doughnut cutter ,so I used the cap of my mustard oil bottle (little weird, but no other options available with me. But that worked just perfect for me). Repeat the same process for the rest and arrange them in a dish.

Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan/kadhai.  Deep fry the doughnuts one or two at a time for about 1-2 minutes or till golden brown on both sides and keep aside.

For the sauce:

Make the glaze by heating a pan , add the milk, condensed milk and stir continuously till it gets thicken. At this point I divided this sauce into two portions. In one portion, I added the cocoa powder and the chocolate sauce. Mix them well till everything combines well. In the remaining portion, I added the green food colour and combine all well. You can use any food colour of your choice or you can make only chocolate sauce dipped doughnut.

Place all the fried doughnuts on a cooling /wire rack and let them cool for a minute or two. Do not forget to keep a dish under the rack. Now pour in the chocolate & green coloured sauce on the doughnuts and let it set for about 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle the castor sugar on the doughnuts with the help of a tea strainer.

Now enjoy your soft doughnuts with your cuppa.

You can make this doughnut healthier by baking it instead of deep frying.