Selroti (rice Donut, Nepali Style)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups basmati rice, soaked for a few hours
• 3 cups soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 cup almond nuts
• 1/4 cup cashew nuts
• 2 tablespoons grated coconut
• 3 cups chilled whole milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 liter cooking oil
• powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 in a blender, grind soaked rice, grated coconut, almond and cashew nuts into a coarse paste.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine ground rice, butter and sugar; mix well.
• 3 add vanilla extract and salt; incorporate well.
• 4 start adding milk gradually to the rice-butter mixture, constantly stirring.
• 5 the end result should yield a batter with consistency similar to that for pancakes.
• 6 heat oil.
• 7 pour some of the batter into a baking pipe.
• 8 pipe out the mixture into oil so that you have created an enclosed circle.
• 9 allow frying until the oil side of selroti is golden brown; turn over on the other side.
• 10 remove from oil once both sides are cooked to golden brown and crispy.
• 11 place on a sheet of paper towel to absorb excess oil.
• 12 continue frying until all the batter is finished.
• 13 to serve, place two selrotis on a plate; dust them with powdered sugar.