DOUGHNUT

 

Ingredients

 

This makes about 15-20 donuts

 

 

- 480 g of plain flour

 

- 2.5 tablespoons of instant dry yeast/15g fresh yeast

 

- 5 tablespoons of warm water

 

- 25g of melted Butter or Margarine

 

- 1 large egg

 

- 180ml warm milk

 

- 50 g of sugar

 

- 1 teaspoon of salt

 

 

Tip: if you're using powdered milk, dissolve 2tablespoonful of the milk in 180ml of water.

 

 Preparations 

 

1. In a small bowl, add the yeast, 3tablespoonful of flour, 5 tablespoons of warm water and mix together. Cover and leave in a warm place to rise and double and begin to form small bubbles in it. Then set aside

Tip: this mixture is called a ''starter' '. It shows you how active the yeast is and also kick-starts the leavening (rising) process of the dough.

2. Into another large bowl, add the remaining flour, sugar and salt. Mix well.

3. Now add the egg, warm milk, melted butter and the yeast batter ( starter). Mix thoroughly for about 10 minutes, then fold the sticky dough into a rough ball & place in a greased bowl.

Cover with a clean napkin or nylon, tilt to one side and leave for about 1 hour until the dough doubles in size.

4. When the dough has risen, place on a floured table; flatten with your palms and rub a little flour on the sticky flattened dough.

You can also flatten with a rolling pin, but the first method yields fluffier donuts.

If the dough is too sticky for your liking, you can add a little flour and fold it into the dough.

5. Now using a biscuit cutter or the wide top of a glass cup, cut the flattened dough into doughnuts rounds. If you like you can use a syringe (without the needle) to fill the donuts with jam, you can also do this after frying the donuts.

6. If you want very large donuts, you can leave the donuts to rise for another 20 minutes before frying.

7. Heat up the oil until very hot- about 180º C (you can do an oil test by dropping a little of the dough in the oil, to see how fast it will fry )

Now fry the donuts in the oil for 1 minutes on each side. Transfer into a sieve, lined with paper towels, to absorb excess oil.

8. If you desire, roll the donuts in sugar or any glaze of choice and Enjoy.                        

HOW TO MAKE NIGERIAN MEAT PIE

Nigerian Meat Pie is a tasty and delicious snack, filled with minced meat and vegetables. Here is a detailed recipe showing you how to make the perfect and classic Nigerian Meat pie. Feel free to get creative and make this recipe yours. Enjoy.

Note: This process might look lengthy to you but, believe me, it really isn’t, so don’t be discouraged.

Nigerian Meat Pie Ingredients:

The ingredients of the Nigerian meat pie is divided into two;

Firstly, The meat pie filling ingredients:

3 medium carrots

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

Seasonings

Minced meat (300g)

Garlic (optional)

2 medium Irish potatoes

1 medium onion

Water

Salt

Green peas (optional)

Secondly, the Nigerian meat pie dough:

Flour (500g)

1 teaspoon of baking powder

Pinch of salt

Water

Margarine (250g)

Preparations for making the Nigerian meat pie filling.

Grind the meat.

Peel the vegetables, (potatoes and carrots).

Wash the vegetables.

Scrape the carrots.

Cut the vegetables into very small (tiny) pieces.

Chop the onion into pieces.



Note: the directions for making Nigerian meat pie is also divided into two;

the first directions are to prepare the filling of the meat pie.

First, put oil on pan and heat on medium heat.

Second, put the chopped garlic and onions into the oil.

Third, add the ground meat and stir until it loses its pink colour. 

Then, add water to the pot.

Add the thyme, curry and stock cube.

Now, cover the pot and leave it for 10 minutes to boil.

Preparations for Nigerian meat pie recipe, continue.

Now, put the diced vegetables, carrots, Irish potatoes and green peas into the pot.

Add salt.

After that, allow it to cook until the vegetables are all done.

Once the vegetables are cooked, put the flour in a cup and dissolve it in water. 

Next, mix the mixture of the, then add it to meat pie filling in the pot.

After that, stir very well. 

Leave it to cool.

Note: the flour mixture just helps the filling to retain the moisture.

The second step is to prepare the dough;

Step 1: Break the egg and beat the egg in a small bowl.

Step 2: Put a little margarine inside the tray.

Step 3: Get a big bowl and put the plain flour.

Then, add a pinch of salt, baking powder and mix it well.

Once you finished this, put the margarine and mix it thoroughly until the mixture looks like sifted garri.

If you complete this, you complete this, add a little water gradually. Keep mixing thoroughly until the mixture becomes a stiff dough.

Finally, knead the dough until it becomes smooth.

Lastly, allow it to rest for about 5 minutes.

How to Make Nigerian Meat Pie.

First, put the smooth dough on a table and roll it with a rolling pin. Leave it intermediate, not flat or too thick.

Then, use a circular cutter (any clean circle object) and cut out some circles.

Remove the excess dough.

Next, put some of the meat pie filling in the centre of the circular dough. Rub some whisked egg or water and flour mixture on the edges.

Finally, fold one side of the circular dough to join the other part and form a semicircle.

The Last step is to use a fork and press the edges.

Once you have finished that, filled a pot with sand or stone and put it on the stove.

Rub a tray with margarine and set it in the preheated pot.

When the meat pie is done it starts turning brown.

This is a Nigerian meat pie made without an oven, made with stove. 

Enjoy this classical delicious Nigerian meat pie.