“Buns” is one snack I used to dislike very much because of its oil content. The buns I used to see in shops looked like they were immersed in oil without filtering. Naturally, my body couldn't accept so much oil and so I decided to avoid taking buns.
Fast forward to 2023, I met a lady on campus whose buns tasted so good and it wasn't oily. And just like that, my liking for buns was reenacted. Today, I would be showing you how to make buns and chips for breakfast as it is an amazing way to start your day.
The first thing I did was to sieve my flour. This is a very important step to prevent unwanted particles.
After sieving the flour into a bowl, I gathered the rest of the dry ingredients I would use. I like to mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl from the wet ingredients.
I grated some nutmeg into the bowl with flour
Then I added some baking powder to the bowl.
After the baking powder, I added the milk extract which is very optional.
The next thing I added was sugar. I didn't want the buns to taste too sugary so I added about three tablespoons of sugar only.
Then, I added a pinch of salt to taste.
Finally, I added a little margarine and proceeded to mix everything up. The thought of adding the margarine to the wet ingredients crossed my mind but mixing it up with the dry ingredients was better.
This is what it looked like after mixing all the ingredients properly.
I placed the bowl with dry ingredients aside and began to mix my wet ingredients.
First of all, I cracked an egg into a clean plate..
Then I added some water to the egg and whisked thoroughly.
This is what it looked like after whisking thoroughly.
The last step was to turn the whisked egg into the bowl containing the dry ingredients and mix to get a viscous consistency. The viscous consistency is similar to that of honey and this is to ensure that the buns do not turn out to be very hard and chewy.
After mixing everything together, I placed my frying pan on fire and added enough vegetable oil for deep frying.
Once the oil was sizzling hot, I scooped in my batter. At this point, you can choose what shape you want your buns to be.
I fried until golden brown which took just a few minutes.
After frying for a few minutes, I scooped out the buns, placed some old absorbent paper over my filter and then placed the buns on the absorbent paper. This is to ensure that enough oil is drained out from the buns.
The next thing I did was to peel my potatoes, slice them into preferred sizes, add some pepper and salt and then fry them.
This brought me to the end of the process. The final step was the plating. I included an almond nut infused chocolate triangle and everything was washed down with a glass of homemade zobo drink.
This was a really satisfying breakfast and the combination of buns and Irish potatoes tastes so divine. I loved every piece of the meal and I hope you do too if you decide to try this recipe out.
All images used belong to me and were taken with my mobile device except stated otherwise. This article was inspired by the April inleo monthly calendar which you can find here. You are invited to join in the fun:)
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