Monday, July 12, 2010

Churros - Spanish Fritters

Spain won their first world cup and am very happy for them eventhough am not a great fan of Spain...Yesterday while everyone gets ready to watch out the final match, i prepared this Spanish fritters to munch while watching the match..Churros, sometimes referred as a Spanish doughnut or else fried dough pastry based snack..These churros originated in Spain and they are also popular in Latin America, France, Portugal, Morocco, the United States, Australia, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands. There are two types of churros in Spain. One is thin and usually knotted while the other one especially popular in Madrid, is long and thick. They both are normally eaten for breakfast dipped in hot chocolate or for snacks springled with sugar.Churros are typically fried until they become crunchy, and then are sprinkled with sugar. The surface of a churro is ridged due to having been piped from a churrera, a syringe with a star-shaped nozzle. Churros are generally shaped as straight, curled or spirally twisted.

Like pretzels, churros are often sold by street vendors, who often will fry them freshly on the street stand and sell them hot. In Spain, Mexico, and Argentina, they are available in cafes for breakfast, although they may be eaten throughout the day. Oten eaten while warm and sprinkled with sugar or drizzled with honey,they are quick and easy to make.For making my churros, i used the pastry bag with star nozzle and i piped directly these churros directly in hot oil, we enjoyed having this incredible fried doughnuts simply sprinkled with sugar, next time am gonna prepare a chocolate sauce to enjoy along with...

Churros

1cup All purpose flour
1/4tsp Baking powder
1cup Water
1tbsp Oil
Salt
Oil of deep frying
Sugar to sprinkle

Mix the flour and baking powder, keep aside..Heat the water with oil and salt, bring them boil..immediately add the flour mixture and stir until its turns as a dough, take care that the dough shouldnt be watery..take enough dough in a pastry bag with star nozzle..Meanwhile heat the oil for deep frying, once the oil is hot squeeze out the dough in the hot oil either as long strips or curled strips..Fry until they turns golden brown..

Roll the fried churros in sugar or springle enough sugar over the fried churros..Enjoy warm..

45 comments:

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

wow...looks great...perfectly done churros...fantastic

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent Lovethis Priya.Was thinking of making some.:P

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Churros are so delicious! ohoho, I can imaging dipping them in a thick hot chocolate!! :-D
I am truly amazed and impressed by your talent for all kind of cuisines!
Wishing you a great week!

Sreelekha Sumesh said... Reply To This Comment

Great Priya.This one is my hubby's fav.Looks perfect!

Aps Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

WOw...excellent priya... pass me on some :D

Jacqueline Meldrum said... Reply To This Comment

Those look great. Bet they would be wonderful sprinkled with cinnamon too :)

Jaisy James said... Reply To This Comment

wow looks yummy dear. tahnks for sharing the recipe

My Kitchen Antics said... Reply To This Comment

ah urs have turned out nice..i hope im able to make the long ones next time atleast :)

jayasree said... Reply To This Comment

Love these fritters. Looks easy to make. The recipe and prepration sounds similar to jalebi making where in it is soaked in sugar syrup.

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

delicious recipe....nice one

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

wow.looks so good. i too made this last week but with butter.. but they turned out to be soggy after half an hour. We enjoyed by dipping it in hot chocolate sauce.. ur pictures are making me drool.

MaryMoh said... Reply To This Comment

Oooh...I love this. Used to buy them at the International market which is here a few times a year. Thanks for sharing the recipe. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

i like the cinnamon flavoured churros.. look perfect!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Looks crispy and yum priya..

sonu said... Reply To This Comment

yummy churros..we 3 loves it very much and my daughter loves with chocolate coated on it..u got lovely colour and perfect ridges on it..

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்தது...அருமை..அப்படியே சாப்பிடுவேன்...சூப்பர்ப்..

Vineetha Sush said... Reply To This Comment

Visted few other spaces too celebrating spanish victory with spanish food..Urs has came out so well.

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

I am drooling here.... You make it look so easy !! nice presentation..

Life is beautiful !!! said... Reply To This Comment

Such a simple and delicious snack Priya. I haven't mailed you my onion recipe to u. Extremely sorry. Can I send you now? Bcoz of some important work I couldn't come to the blogoshere.

Nitha said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect and yummy churros..

Satya said... Reply To This Comment

looks so crispy n tempting ...i will try it soon

Cool Lassi(e) said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely Churros! Nice snack to go with a cup of coffee.

Pavithra Elangovan said... Reply To This Comment

Ohhh I love churros... and in my to do list too. THis looks so yummy and my son loves this sooooooooo much.

Niloufer Riyaz said... Reply To This Comment

Mouthwatering churros Priya!! Kudos to Spain on winning WC

~ Lopa said... Reply To This Comment

Ohhh you reminded me of Choco Con Churros i had at Madrid....absolutely delight, and thanks for reminding as that means i got to try preparing that combo at home ! ;)

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so good Priya.

Madhuri Krishna Bhat said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious... never heard or tasted... interesting

Guna's kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

luks delicious and crispy

Saraswathi Iyer said... Reply To This Comment

My fav. when I was in Panama. used to have daily....good one.

RV @ Food for 7 Stages said... Reply To This Comment

I love churros... it is such a great tasting snack.. Did you know Spain will win already.. a perfect thing to munch while watching football game.
-RV (www.foodfor7stagesoflife.com)

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Nice churros priya. I posted the same. I love making and eating them.

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Wow looks delicious and inviting..looks too good.

Indian Khana said... Reply To This Comment

Wow looks so cute and yummy....nice one Priya

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

We (me and DH) love these churros :) One of the common snacks we buy while on trips :) can imagine yummy taste of warm churros :)

Usha said... Reply To This Comment

Looks crispy and tempting ! I have been wanting to try this for a while now and just looking at your pictures makes me want to try it real soon:-)

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

j'adore quand ça croustille sous la dent
bonne journée

Mahi said... Reply To This Comment

my hubby's favorite snack! looks perfect priya!

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Yummilicious churros Priya...

Love
Kairali sisters

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely golden color of churros !!! I love them, in winter months specially :)

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

I adore churros. Yours look great and sound delicious. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said... Reply To This Comment

lovely entry...made the same for the awed- spain event..haha...smart minds think alike...stil lying in my drafts...made with eggs though..urs looking awesome n crisp ..can feel them melting in my mouth....wil try ur eggless version soon..

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

fritters looks perfect snack...very healthy n yummy recipe...!

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Wow very yummy churros.Love them with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

pass me some..looks yumm

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

super fritters,one of my favourite...