HOW TO MAKE PUFF-PUFF A NIGERIAN SNACK(with health benefits

HOW TO MAKE NIGERIAN PUFF-PUFF

Puff-Puff is a delicious snack that you eat and never forget. It is fluffy, spongy, and simply delicious. A lot of folks say it tastes like
   The Nigerian puff-puff is also similar to the arabic Luqaimat and also known as Bofrot in Ghana. 

 INGREDIENTS  USED IN MAKING PUFF-PUFF

Makes about 40+ medium sized Puff-Puff
•500g of Plain Flour
•100g Sugar (caster/castor sugar)
•2 level teaspoons powdered/dry baking  yeast OR 5g fresh yeast
•Half teaspoon of ground Nutmeg
•About 2 cups OR 300ml of Lukewarm water (more or less, until you get the consistency as described in the video below )
 •Half teaspoon of Salt
•Vegetable Oil (for frying)

Tip: You can double or reduce the quantity of all the ingredients to suit your need

  DIRECTIONS OF MAKING PUFF-PUFF

*If you're using fresh yeast, dissolve the yeast with a little warm water and set side.

*Pour the flour into a big bowl; add the ground nutmeg, sugar, salt and the dry yeast (or fresh yeast mixture): and mix together.

*Now add the water, bit by bit and mix thoroughly.
Puff-puff is usually mixed by hand, but you can also  mix with a flat wooden spoon  
   Mix for about 10 minutes or until there are no lumps in it, and the batter is smooth , but it should not be watery.

*Cover the bowl (airtight) with a clean dry cloth or aluminum foil and leave the batter to rise for about 45 to 50 minutes. To know if the batter is ready for frying, you will notice some air bubbles on it and also that the batter has doubled in  size and  is little thicker and stretchy

.*Now, heat up some oil in a deep pot, the oil should be deep enough to cover an egg, so that when you drop the batter into the pot, you won't get a flat puff-puff.

*Now do an oil test. This is done by dropping a little of the batter into the oil. The oil is ready when the puff-puff rises to the top.
 
*Scoop the batter into your palm and drop into the oil by pressing the batter between your thumb and your fore finger (that's the finger closest to the thumb).To prevent spills, bring your hand closer to the pot.

*Fry until brown. Then transfer onto a sieve lined with paper towels (serviettes).

HEALTH BENEFITS OF PUFF-PUFF

1.   It contains vitamin B3 which aids the formation of co-enzymes involved in cellular respiration.

2.   It increases total calories which are necessary for speedy recovery from intense exercise.

3.   It reduces lipoprotein which is known as bad cholesterol level.

4.   It helps maintain muscle because they help balance cortisol.

5.   It contains vitamins B5 which helps the development of young infants.