Sunday, May 6, 2012

Churros and Award


Churros ( or Spanish doughnuts ) are deep-fried sticks of dough, sprinkled with sugar and served with warm chocolate sauce for dipping. The dough is a mixture of flour, water and salt. These taste best when they are freshly fried.

Churros 
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Source: The Encyclopedia of Desserts
  
Serves : 4 - 6

Ingredients :
  • 300 ml.  water
  • 175 gm.  plain flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • Groundnut or sunflower oil, for deep frying
  • Caster sugar mixed with ground cinnamon, to coat the churros

Method :
  • Bring the water to the boil in a heavy pan. When it is boiling furiously, tip in all the flour and salt, and beat vigorously until it becomes a smooth & stiff paste and the ball of the dough leaves the side of the pan.
  • Remove from heat and beat in the eggs gradually until the mixture is smooth and glossy.
  • Put the mixture into a large piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle.
  • Heat the oil in a large saucepan on medium heat.
  • Working in batches, pipe sections of dough directly into the oil, about 4 inches long. Using a small knife or your finger, cut the dough strips off at the nozzle.
  • Fry them until golden brown, turning occasionally.
  • Remove the churros from the pan with a slotted spoon and toss in cinnamon sugar.
  • Serve immediately with warm chocolate sauce, if desired.

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I've been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award from Reena of Achu's Amma's Kitchen. She has a wonderful blog, good collection of recipes. Please check out her blog, if you haven't already. Thank you so much  Reena once again, so sweet of you :)


I am sharing this award with:
  1. Tina at Flourtrader
  2. Jen at LoveFoodCookFood
  3. Heather at MadeFamousBy
  4. Winnie at Something Sweet
  5. Balvinder at Gluten Free Food
  6. Katerina at Culinary Flavors
  7. Jay at Tasty Appetite
  8. Elpiniki at Tomato Sauce
  9. Maha at Mahaslovelyhome 
  10. Nash Nordin at FOODIES by ai 
  11. Simran at lazy cooks kitchen
Please accept this award and pass on to other blogger friends to keep the ball rolling :)

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you enjoy the recipe!!!

59 comments :

  1. Ambreen, perfect churros! I think I could gobble up a few of those. wink!

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  2. Churros look so tempting.Lovely presentation.
    Deepa

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  3. yes with a cup of thick choclate this tastes heavenly. very well made.

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  4. I love churros! Although I never got the time to prepare them. Congratulation on the award and thank you for sharing them :)

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  5. the churros look so good!an easier donought..love this...going to try it out real soon......thank you so much..i just saw my name in your list....so touched that you thought of me.

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  6. Found you on Shaken Together blog party. These look really good!

    Amber
    recipeswelove.net

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  7. Congratulations on both the award and making such fabulous churros my friend - off to say hi to your nominees :D

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  8. These look so tempting and delicious!

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  9. yummy n lovely sweet...............

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  10. this looks perfect. so inviting. love it

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  11. Just love this churros with a cup of tea while its raining..yummm beautifully done.

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  12. Thank you so much for including me in your list and congratulations on the well worth it award Ambreen. I will write about it in my next post! The churros are terrific, so mouthwatering!

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  13. Found on feature yourself link party, being hispanic I had to pin your image so that I can remember to come back and make these for my family.

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  14. A BIG Thank You for the award! It was a brilliant surprise and a great start to the week. :-) It may take a bit of time for me to pass it on to other deserving winners because I am up to my ears with work at the moment. :-( I promise I will pass it on as soon as I can.

    I love the look of your churros. I've never had them so I think I will have to try making them. :-)

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  15. A BIG Thank You for giving this award. It was a brilliant surprise and a great start to the week. :-)

    I love this recipe too. :-)

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  16. hi ambreen, perfect with warm choc dips. would love to try this. have a nice day

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  17. Your churros do look tasty! I have never gone to the point of actually making them myself, because I have such a weakness for them. You did a wonderful job on these.
    Also, congrats on the recent award! So sweet of you to think of me when passing it along-it is always nice to have this form of thumbs up granted! I am behind on my public thanks for awards, so I am rolling out two every Wednesday, but I will let you know when I link you up. Have a wonderful day and thanks again!

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  18. Great work dear!! Super delightful Churros and you made them perfect!! Lovelly !!

    Ongoing event CC:Mom’s Recipe

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  19. Dear Ambreen
    Your churros look wonderful!!
    Some of us make them here for Hanukkah
    (I've already seen your post on Sun but didn't have time to comment until now. Sorry....)

    Congratulations for recieving the award ! You are definitely deserve it
    And thanks so much for sharing it with me. I'm honored and thrilled!

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  20. Those look yummy! how do you shape them like that?

    http://Islamicnotesfrommariam.blogspot.com

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    1. Mariam, I've used a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle. Just put the mixture in the piping bag and pipe out directly into the hot oil. Will try to take picture of this step, next time :)

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  21. Thank you Ambreen for the award. If you know me, I take time to pass on the awards so hope that you will bear with me.
    I saw churros first time when I went to Disneyland, couldn't eat it because of APF but my daughter was enjoying every bit of it.
    So nice to see this recipe on your blog.Well done!

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  22. Churros look so professional Ambreen! Only difference is the size..we get long churros here in the shops. Neatly presented! :)
    Congrats on your award as well!

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  23. Oooo, these look so good! We hope to see you back next week to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” Thanks for coming!! -The Sisters

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  24. wow..looks amazingly tasty delicious..cant wait to try now..
    congrats on your well deserved awards dear...thanks a lot for passing the honour to me..:)
    Tasty Appetite

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  25. Thank you everyone of you for your lovely comments. I've been a little busy these days. Sorry for not responding quickly to your comments, will catch up soon :)

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  26. Yum! I adore churros but mine never turn out as pretty as yours! Maybe I'll try your recipe next time.

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  27. This is my first visit here. This recipe sounds great..congrats on the award you were given!! Ü

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  28. WOW! These look amazing! I haven't tried my hand at churros yet but I'm going to now :) Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. I can't wait to see what you link up next week. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Michelle

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  29. Churros recheados com doce de leite é melhor ainda!!!

    Bom fim de semana!

    ¸.•°`♥✿⊱╮
    ❤♡
    BOM DOMINGO!!!

    Beijinhos.
    Brasil
    °Âº °♫♫♪¸.•°`

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  30. HI AMBREEN, I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT THESE CHURROS TASTES BEST WHEN HOT-ITS SOFTER. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY DEAR

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  31. Now this one I have to try! I remember eating these at food stalls in Spain - SMOTHERED in chocolate! YUM!!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  32. Churros as so yummy... and they don't look too hard to make.

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  33. I have never made churro's I am going to give this a try!

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    1. Thank you Beverly Lee, it was my first attempt making churros. Hope you enjoy it :)

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  34. Thank you for participating in Show Your Stuff Blog Hop, You are invited to come back:
    http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2012/05/show-your-stuff-24-bread-machine-banana.html

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  35. I love these and can remember buying them at the california swap meet from the vendors! I would love it if you would come share these on my Summer Bucket List Link Party at http://www.missinformationblog.com/2012/05/my-little-chef.html

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    1. Thank you Kelly for your kind words & for the invite to link up :)

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  36. These look wonderful! I'd eat the entire plate!

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  37. They look delicious! I am following you from Judy's Monday hop. A very yummy blog you have, happy to have found you. I would be very pleased if you followed me back.
    evescrochet.blogspot.com
    Hoping you have the best of days.

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    1. Thanks for visiting & for liking my blog. I'll check out your blog soon & would love to return the favor :)

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  38. Ok this is just so much fun! I would love to try and make these for my son and the other little ones that I keep!


    Thanks so much to linking this up to our Naturally-Nifty Linky Party last week! I just wanted to let you know that we featured this post of yours on our party today! Stop by and check it out, and link up this week while you are there! Also remember to pick up a featured button to brag with!

    By the way, we pin all of our features to our Pinterest, so check that out too!

    http://natural-nester.blogspot.com/2012/05/naturally-nifty-party-15.html

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  39. Can't wait to try these. My kids LOVE churros. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. I can't wait to see what you link up next week. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Michelle

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  40. Yummy these look so good,thanks again for linking up :)

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  41. This recipe is a must try for me. Thanks for sharing.

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