Name: Gulgule/Indian doughnut recipe by litushree Pradhan at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Wheat Flour - 1 Cup; Rawa/Sooji/Semolina-1tbsp; Brown Sugar-1/3 Cup; Fennel seeds 1tsp; Baking soda 1 pinch; Water 1/3 cup; Oil for frying; Salt to taste

ABOUT Gulgule/Indian doughnut RECIPE

Gulgula is a traditional sweet made in different regions of India. While no longer popular in the market places, it is traditionally made on specific festive occasions in rural areas.Traditionally they were made with jaggery. As gulgula's are traditionally made with Jaggery in my version i have substituted it with brown sugar! I will share a how to get perfect rounds in the description.

Ingredients Serving: 6

Wheat Flour - 1 Cup
Rawa/Sooji/Semolina-1tbsp
Brown Sugar-1/3 Cup
Fennel seeds 1tsp
Baking soda 1 pinch
Water 1/3 cup
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Instructions

Take a mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients first
Slowly add water and mix with help beater or fork(it helps in preventing forming of lumps)
The consistency of the batter should be like cake batter(adjust water accordingly
Place a fry pan or kadhai add oil and once the oil is heated
Once the oil is heated take a spoon (serving spoon or soup spoon) and place the batter slowly in kadhai!
Now with help of ladle, batter to puff up
When it has fully puffed up, flip it till it become a light brown in color on the both the sides
Now transfer onto a casserole with tissue paper to absorb excess oil from Gulgula
Repeat the procedure with the reaming dough balls
Serve hot with chutney's/sauce of your choice

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