Nigerian puff puff is a snack made of fried dough and spices! I first heard about puff puff when I was reading The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (review here!), and I knew I just had to try it out for myself.
I found the recipe I used on Tinuola's Blog. Tinoula has some great anecdotes and memories throughout her puff puff post, so be sure to check it out! It's a super interesting read.
Ingredients:
500 g. all-purpose flour
4 teaspoon yeast (I used instant yeast packets)
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. nutmeg
2 c. lukewarm water
frying oil (I used Canola)
Instructions:
In one bowl, combine flour, yeast, and nutmeg. (There are other recipes that call for other spices, and I have even seen some with peppers and onions, but I went with Tinoula's suggestions!)
In another bowl, combine sugar and salt with lukewarm water. Sugar should dissolve!
Add the water mixture to the dry ingredient mixture, bit by bit. Mix with your hand or a large spoon (hands worked better for me) until smooth.
Cover the batter with a kitchen towel or other thin lowel and set aside in a warm place to rise.
After about 45 minutes - 1 hour, your batter should be ready! It will have formed bubbles if ready.
Heat your frying oil on medium heat in a deep frying pan. You can drop in a bit of batter to test if it is ready. Make sure the oil it not too hot, or else the center of your pastry will not cook.
While the oil is heating, set up a drying rack nearby, with paper towels to catch your excess oil.
Scoop balls of batter with your hands, a spoon, or an ice cream scoop. I used my hands, which is probably why my puff puff did not turn out round--it got a bit sticky, which caused some issues.
Once the oil-down side of batter is golden brown, flip it so the other side can cook. It's done once both sides are golden brown.
As your puff puff finishes, set aside on your drying rack to dry and drain excess oil.
As you can see, my puff puff didn't turn out quite round and pretty, like it should have, but it tasted DELICIOUS.
For a more detailed recipe, you can also check out this New York Times one. If you use other recipes that you enjoy, I'd love to try them out, as well! Happy eating!
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