Plantain Puffs

Name: Plantain Puffs
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose Flour; 3 very Ripe Plantains (blended into a smooth paste); 1 tbs Yeast; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; 1/4 cup sugar (you dont really need plenty sugar because of the sweetness of the plantains); 1 1/2 cup luke warm milk (you.can.use water to.mix in the absence of the milk); Vegetable oil for frying

Nd Beau @BeauCanCook

Ojodu, Ikeja , Lagos State

Plantain week challenge continues and since I had very ripe plantains at home, I just thought of making plantain puffs for a quick breakfast before hitting the road for a weekend event.
Plantain puffs are a common street food here in Lagos Nigeria but home made ones are always more yum!! :)

Nd Beau @BeauCanCook

Ojodu, Ikeja , Lagos State

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Ingredients

2 cupsall purpose Flour
3very Ripe Plantains (blended into a smooth paste)
1 tbsYeast
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspNutmeg
1/4 cupsugar (you dont really need plenty sugar because of the sweetness of the plantains)
1 1/2 cupluke warm milk (you.can.use water to.mix in the absence of the milk)
Vegetable oil for frying

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Steps

1

In a mixing bowl.
sieve in the flour
Add.Salt, Yeast, Cinnamon, Nut meg, Sugar
All the dry ingredient.
and turn it round.
2

Pour in the Warm Milk and mix into a smooth batter.
mine wasn't water but slightly thick.
3

Cover the bowl and allow to rise for about 30mins
4

After.30mins,
open up and turn the batter...
then.pour in the blended plantain and mix it all...
5

Pour enough oil into a deep frying pan...
Allow the oil to get hot...
Use your hand and scoop the batter into the oil...
fry till golden brown
6

Once its done, remove from oil and set on paper towel to drain excess oil...
And Serve and Enjoy...