Saturday 11 May 2013

Home made Chin-chin


Chin chin is one of the easiest snacks to make and it is an ideal snack for your family and guests.

Ingredients:
Sugar        500g
Butter/margarine   250g
Nutmeg                     1 nut (grated)
Flour.                         1.5kg
Water.                        1cup
Eggs.                          3eggs
Milk.                          1 tin


margarine 250g


Sugar 500g
Nutmeg (1grated)

Flour 1.5kg
Water 1 cup
3 eggs

Method:
Mix the water , milk and sugar to gether in a bowl to enable the sugar dissolve.
In a separate bowl mix the nutmeg and flour, rub in the butter/margarine until it looks like bread crumbs.

Add the sugar milk mixture and the eggs, mix with your hands until it forms a smooth dough.
  Knead the dough, roll out and cut into desired shape.
Deep fry in hot vegetable oil, stir constantly until it’s light brown.

Scoop the fried chin chin into a sieve to remove excess oil
Allow to cool down completely on a tray. Enjoy soft delicious home made chin-chin.

Store left over(if any) in an airtight container.

7 comments:

  1. Hello, Please what makes the dough of chin-chin not to come together and seem kind off oily?

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  2. Sorry dear for the late response, you need to add more eggs to your chinchilla - eggs are binding agents. And you have too much butter/margarine that why it's oily, dd more flour.

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    1. Sorry for the typos, chinchilla - chinchin
      dd - add

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  3. Hi. Please how do I get my chin chin really crunchy? Most recipes I have tried are good but not as crunchy as I want it to be.

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  4. Annoy sept 29th, have you tried this recipe?

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  5. What makes chin chin skin rough

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    1. The skin of chin chin will be rough if you don't knead the dough properly.

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