🇬🇧 Desserts: Yovo Doko (Benin)

Today we will know a recipe from Benin, Africa, called Yovo Doko. They are a good choice to serve at snack time.

Ingredients:

• 500 g of flour
• 500 ml of water
• 200 g of sugar
• 1 sachet of yeast and a pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or nutmeg
• Frying oil

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder, add the sugar, vanilla or nutmeg and water a little at a time. Mix well until you get a homogeneous paste, neither too liquid nor too thick. When the dough starts to bubble, you know it's ready.
2. Leave to rest for 1 hour at room temperature. After this time, check that the dough is well leavened.
3. Heat the oil, when it is very hot, put the dough in small quantities with the help of a spoon or by shaping balls with your hand. The yovo dokos should immediately rise to the surface. If not, the dough has failed or the oil is not yet hot enough.
4. Place the yovo doko on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
5. Serve hot, sprinkled with sugar.

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