Puff-puff
African fried dough snack and pastry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Puff-puff is a traditional snack made of fried dough and eaten across Africa, especially in the west of the continent. The name "puff-puff" is from Nigeria, but many other names and varieties of the pastry exist (see below).
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Type | Doughnut |
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Course | snack |
Place of origin | Nigeria[1] |
Main ingredients | Flour, yeast, sugar, salt, butter, water, eggs, vegetable oil |
Variations | Boflot, kala, mikate, togbei, beignet dougoup |
Puff-puffs are generally made of dough containing flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, water and eggs (which are optional), and deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden-brown color. Baking powder can be used in place of yeast, but yeast is more common.[2] After frying, puff-puffs can be rolled in sugar. Like the French beignet and the Italian zeppole, puff-puffs can be rolled in any spice or flavoring such as cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg. They may be served with a fruit dip of strawberry or raspberry.