Magwinya: Doughnut Bites from Botswana

Dessert · world favourite.

Ingredients

• 300g All purpose flour
• 1/4 cup Warm Water
• 2 tablespoons Sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp Yeast
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 1/2 tsp Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 cup Ground Sugar
• 2 cups Vegetable Oil

Method

1. Mix together — Mix the dough In a stand mixer bowl. add the water, sugar, and yeast.
2. Add ingredients — Leave to get foamy, about 5 minutes. Add in the flour, salt, and vegetable oil.
3. Knead — Knead with a dough hook until a smooth dough forms, about 5 minutes.
4. Mix together — Leave the dough to rise Remove the dough from the mixer bowl and form into a ball.
5. Continue cooking — Lightly mist the bowl with oil and replace the ball of dough into it.
6. Cover and cook — Cover the bowl and let rise in a warm place, 1 to 1½ hours, until doubled.
7. Preheat the oven — Shape and fry the doughnuts Preheat about 5cm (2") of vegetable oil in a pot to 180℃ / 350℉ – you can use a smaller pot needing less oil to fill but cooking less doughnuts at a time, or a larger one and cook more each batch.
8. Drain — I also like to set up a drying rack set over a paper-towel-lined sheet pan to drain the doughnuts on, so they stay crispy.
9. Continue cooking — You can also prep a plate with paper towels if you don't want to bother.
10. Continue cooking — When the oil is at temperature, use a cookie scoop or two regular tablespoons to form a piece of dough into a rough ball shape and place in the oil.
11. Continue cooking — Repeat for as many doughnuts as will fit in your pot without overcrowding.
12. Fry — Fry each doughnut for about a minute on each side, turning halfway through.

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