Churros
by Tarla Dalal
Churros are a crunchy snack, prepared by deep-frying stick-shaped pieces of sweetened dough. Churros have a unique, crunchy texture because the plain flour is sweetened with an oily sugar syrup. On deep-frying, this gives the Churros a beautiful texture. When coated with a sweet cinnamon mixture, the Churros become just too heavenly to bite into. Churros with chocolate sauce is a favourite snack in many parts of the world like Spain, France and parts of America, where it is sometimes even served for breakfast.
Churros recipe - How to make Churros
Preparation Time: Cooking Time: Total Time:
Makes 30 churros
1 cup plain flour (maida)
2 1/2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
a pinch of salt
oil for deep-frying
To Be Mixed Into A Castor Sugar-cinnamon Mixture
1/4 cup castor sugar
1 tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder
For Serving
chocolate sauce
- Method
- Combine 1¼ cups of water, sugar, oil and salt in a saucepan, mix well and bring to boil on a medium flame. This will take approx. 2 to 3 minutes.
- Switch off the flame, add the plain flour and mix well with the help of a spatula to form a soft dough.
- Transfer the mixture onto a plate and keep aside to cool for 5 minutes.
- Knead the dough again for 1 to 2 minutes or till it is smooth.
- Put the dough in piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe out 50 mm. (2”) sized churros on a flat surface.
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick kadhai and deep-fry 10 to 12 churros at a time on a medium flame till golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
- Add the churros into the castor sugar-cinnamon mixture and toss well till they are evenly coated with the mixture from all the sides.
- Serve immediately with chocolate sauce.
Handy tip:
- Handy tip:
- At step 5, use a piping bag made of cloth instead of plastic as plastic bag might tear while piping out churros.
Churros Video by Tarla Dalal
| Energy | 78 cal |
| Protein | 0.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 5.5 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Vitamin A | 54.9 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
| Folic Acid | 0 mcg |
| Calcium | 0.8 mg |
| Iron | 0.1 mg |
| Magnesium | 0 mg |
| Phosphorus | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 0.3 mg |
| Potassium | 4.8 mg |
| Zinc | 0 mg |
Iam in love with this recipe.. I had churros in a restaurant in mumbai and then i came accross this recipe one day.. I made it the next day itself and it was just devine. Crunchy from outside and little soft from inside and dipped into chocolate sauce.. Just yuumm!!! Blast of sweetness in my mouth..