Fried Donut Twist (Pilipit) Recipe
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Toni
(10 votes, average: 4.1 out of 5)
Loading ...Ingredients:
2 cups rice flour
1 cup dry coconut flakes or fresh shredded coconut (optional)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 whole egg, beaten
1 ½ cups coconut milk extract, fresh or canned
confectioner’s sugar
cooking oil
Preparations:
1. Put rice flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Mix together.
2. Add egg and enough coconut milk to bring the dough together, adding 3/4 cup first and then little by little until the dough can be kneaded into a ball. You may not need to add all coconut milk. You can use water if you need more liquid.
3. On a rice flour-dusted surface, roll the dough ball into a rope. Dust your hands first with rice flour. Use the palms of your hand and light pressure, rolling the dough back and forth and starting from the middle and the going outward toward the edges to lengthen the rope.
4. When the rope gets as long as you can handle, start breaking it into smaller pieces that you’re comfortable working with. You may want ropes of 1/3-1/2 inch diameter and about 6 inches long. Take each 6-inch piece and twist it. Dust the dough with rice flour if it starts sticking to your hand.
5. Depending on how much flour you use in the dough, making the twists can be easy or a little difficult. Don’t make too moist dough as it will fall apart. Practice makes perfect.
6. Heat oil in a skillet or wok to 360 degrees over medium-high heat. Or test the oil by throwing a piece of bread into the oil. Check if the pilipit turns brown. If it browns very quickly, the oil is too hot. If it takes more time to brown, then it’s not hot enough. Adjust the temperature as needed.
7. Fry the pilipit one at a time. Separate from each other as dough since they’ll stick together. Cook until evenly browned, turning as necessary. It takes just a few minutes.
8. Drain the fried donut twist or pilipit. Roll or powder with confectioner’s sugar. You can also put chocolate syrup as toppings when warm enough.
