Kul-kuls

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 drops vanilla essence
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 for frying the kul-kuls you need a deep frying pan and cooking oil about 2" depth in the pan.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and powdered sugar and set aside.
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine egg, butter.
• 4 in a measuring cup measure your milk and add vanilla.
• 5 mix the butter and egg well into the flour (so it becomes nice and crumbly).
• 6 add the milk mixture a little at a time and knead well.
• 7 the dough has to be nice and pliable.
• 8 if too dry add more milk or if it is too sticky adjust by adding flour.
• 9 keep the dough covered tso hat it does not dry.
• 10 take a little at a time (about the size of a ping pong ball) roll it like a rope 1/2 inch in diameter and then make into small balls.
• 11 flatten these balls either on a comb or a fork and then roll along the bake of your fork to make shapes as shown in the photograph (a spiral type effect.
• 12 put these plates or trays.
• 13 heat the oil on a medium setting (do not overheat).
• 14 put about a handful of the kul-kuls into the hot oil and fry stirring with a spatula (used for deep frying) til golden (light) brown (till crisp).
• 15 reduce heat and remove.
• 16 continue frying the rest in the same manner. (sometimes while frying the kul-kuls the oil starts to froth if so just reduce the heat slightly and keep stirring all the time).
• 17 i usually put the fried kul-kuls in a bowl lined with paper towels to allow them to drain.
• 18 once these are cooled they can be coated with a sugar coating, but they taste best without in my opinon!
• 19 if you want to know how to coat them with a sugar coating, please contact me :).
• 20 if you have any questions feel free to zmail me or find me on the boards!