How To: Buns, Eggroll, Puff Puff

I got on a cooking spree sometime last week and decided to make Nigerian buns, eggroll, and puff puff...three snacks that are very common among the people of Nigeria and neighboring countries.

For buns/eggroll:

You'll need a clean bowl for mixing, sugar, nutmeg, baking powder, and evaporated/powdered milk

Mix the bowl content and add lukewarm water to form a soft dough. You can add egg yolk

Section out buns balls to desired size

 ***For eggroll, boil some eggs*

Wrap dough around boiled egg

Fry for 10-15minutes

Fry buns on low heat for about 20 mins, or until  cooked

It looks soft, but certainly has the texture of your typical buns

For puff puff:

Mix flour, sugar, nutmeg, milk, and yeast (for baking bread) in a bowl. Add warm water and stir

Mixture should be of this consistency. Not thick and not too watery.

Cover tightly. You can use foil, plastic wrap, or a towel. Pretty much anything that gives it a tight seal.
 Leave to sit for 1.5-2 hours

When the flour has risen, scoop out the mixture in small quantities and fry on medium heat until puff puff is golden brown.

You have to pay close attention to these things, cos they'll burn at the slightest chance...as you can see in mine.

School starts back today for me. Back to the fun busy life.

xxxo

How To: Chin Chin

Hi everyone!

A little story...

Two weeks ago, a member of my church celebrated his birthday; food and drinks were served. As always, chin chin wasn't an exclusion.

I was able to get a bottle of chin chin which lasted me for about 2 week. Just yesterday, after *pinching*/mincing it for so long, my bottle finally emptied itself.

I was determined to get more, but how?

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Today, I made a trip to Walmart to get necessary ingredients and got to frying!

Know that this is not a tutorial per say, cos I won't include precise measurements for each items (because China doesn't measure when cooking, I just do rough estimates).

Pour a quantity of granulated sugar in a bowl (200g)

100g of powdered milk into the same bowl. I used NIDO

Add evaporated milk to the bowl content. If you use condensed milk, be sure to mix with little water

 

In a clean bowl, pour desired quantity of plain flour. I used about 100kg

Add nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Mix well.

Add butter/margarine. Mix well til it feels like crumbs

Add the sugar-milk mixture

Mix thoroughly by hand

You're going to add water little by little until the flour hardens.
I added too much water. If this happens, don't worry, just add more flour to it!

Knead dough in bowl then transfer to a flat surface (board or kitchen counter).

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to desired thickness.

 Cut into desired shape.
I cut mine into the shape we all know it to be.

In a pot of hot vegetable/corn oil, deep fry.

When done, store chin chin in an airtight container or munch away :)

I made bigger pieces too...

I know I wasn't precise on my measurements (I never am).

Sincerely speaking, you don't need to be accurate with these! If you have a sweet tooth, add more milk/sugar/nutmeg, if you don't, go less on them. It's that simple.

(((Chin chin is a fried snack common in Nigeria and all or parts of West Africa)))

If you have questions, please ask away.

xxxo