Reply to: The feelgood thread

[thunderlizard]

Feelgood story

My radio broke last night, 6 days before the end of John Lewis's 1 year warranty. I took it in this morning and emerged about 15 minutes later with a shiny replacement.
The process involved 6 people, but I was passed between them swiftly and with great geniality, and only once very briefly looked at as if I was a scumbag. Hooray for John Lewis!

[EternalOptimist]

Not exactly like doughnuts but along the same lines. Dough balls deep fried and sweetened.

In this case they are the size of walnuts, the dough is made from mostly milk powder with some flour added and moistened with fresh milk or cream. They are sweetened with a sugar syrup infused with cardomom. You are supposed to soak them in the syrup before eating but we like them warm and just dipped in it as you eat them. You could dust them with sugar instead if you wanted.


Basic Recipe :

For the Syrup :

250g Sugar
200ml Water
2 or three cardomom pods.

For the Balls :

130g dried milk powder
3 tablespoons gluten free flour
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
125ml whole or semi skimmed milk
Oil to fry.

Make up the syrup by dissolving the sugar in the water and bringing to a simmer. Once it has all dissolved and the syrup starts to thicken take it off the heat and add the cardomom pods. Leave to stand while you make the balls.

Mix the dry ingrediants in a bowl and add the melted butter. Mix and start adding the milk untill you have a smooth dough. Let it rest for 20 minutes.

Divide the dough into walnut sized balls. This should make 15 to 20.

Either in a deep sided frying pan or a deep fat fryer bring the oil to a medium heat. You dont want it too hot or they balls will split open as they cook.

Cook the balls in two batches, so they have room to move in the oil, untill they are dark golden brown in colour.

Remove from the oil and drain. You can either serve them straight away with the syrup on the side for dipping, or the traditional way which is to place them in a dish and pour over the syrup, leaving them to soak for an hour or so before eating. Done this way they go very nicely with clotted cream or icecream.

wowser.

i just told him, i swear he is getting aroused

[DaveB]

gluten free donuts ?

many spies have died to bring me that information. many brave men.

I have a Celiac (sp) friend who will be forever in your debt

Not exactly like doughnuts but along the same lines. Dough balls deep fried and sweetened.

In this case they are the size of walnuts, the dough is made from mostly milk powder with some flour added and moistened with fresh milk or cream. They are sweetened with a sugar syrup infused with cardomom. You are supposed to soak them in the syrup before eating but we like them warm and just dipped in it as you eat them. You could dust them with sugar instead if you wanted.


Basic Recipe :

For the Syrup :

250g Sugar
200ml Water
2 or three cardomom pods.

For the Balls :

130g dried milk powder
3 tablespoons gluten free flour
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
125ml whole or semi skimmed milk
Oil to fry.

Make up the syrup by dissolving the sugar in the water and bringing to a simmer. Once it has all dissolved and the syrup starts to thicken take it off the heat and add the cardomom pods. Leave to stand while you make the balls.

Mix the dry ingrediants in a bowl and add the melted butter. Mix and start adding the milk untill you have a smooth dough. Let it rest for 20 minutes.

Divide the dough into walnut sized balls. This should make 15 to 20.

Either in a deep sided frying pan or a deep fat fryer bring the oil to a medium heat. You dont want it too hot or they balls will split open as they cook.

Cook the balls in two batches, so they have room to move in the oil, untill they are dark golden brown in colour.

Remove from the oil and drain. You can either serve them straight away with the syrup on the side for dipping, or the traditional way which is to place them in a dish and pour over the syrup, leaving them to soak for an hour or so before eating. Done this way they go very nicely with clotted cream or icecream.

The finished product

[EternalOptimist]

WHS + 1

We eat them a lot cos they work really well with gluten free flour and are the closest she can get to doughnuts

gluten free donuts ?

many spies have died to bring me that information. many brave men.

I have a Celiac (sp) friend who will be forever in your debt

[DaveB]

try making Gulab Jamun ,they are yummy

WHS + 1

We eat them a lot cos they work really well with gluten free flour and are the closest MrsB can get to doughnuts

[Andy2]

As its Diwali tomorrow I went for an Indian theme and made Besan Burfi

http://www.bengalisweet.com/images/B...20FIN%20SM.jpg

Except I used chopped Almonds

try making Gulab Jamun ,they are yummy

[DaveB]

Chap sitting opposite me has just passed round a large bag of assorted sweeties.

Coal Bottles, Fried eggs, Jelly worms and marshmellow teeth.


nomnomnom

[EternalOptimist]

As its Diwali tomorrow I went for an Indian theme and made Besan Burfi

http://www.bengalisweet.com/images/B...20FIN%20SM.jpg

Except I used chopped Almonds

Nice one Tony. not a big fan of Almonds but each to their own eh ?

[Swiss Tony]

As its Diwali tomorrow I went for an Indian theme and made Besan Burfi

http://www.bengalisweet.com/images/B...20FIN%20SM.jpg

Except I used chopped Almonds

[realityhack]

I managed to resist the temptation to batter someone to death with my keyboard yesterday, and I think I'll be able to make it through today without using my laptop as a frisbee to decapitate someone. So that's good.

[EternalOptimist]

Cake day today and I made it all by hand, none of this store bought malarkey.

(No I am not in HR)

mmm

what flavour of cake?

[Swiss Tony]

Cake day today and I made it all by hand, none of this store bought malarkey.

(No I am not in HR)

[singhr]

I spent the train journey this morning looking at a beautiful young blond girl who appeared to have been 'glassed' at some point in her life but had still managed to keep her eye and her beauty still shone through.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I just had to hear that one so I found it on YouTube.



But as soon as I started it, the fraking street cleaners turned up outside. They stay there for a bit making a noise with there vacuum thingamabob as they brush stuff into it. I'll have to wait for them to go before I can listen.

[DaveB]

Resons to be Cheerful

Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed
Why don't you get back into bed

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Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly
Good golly Miss Molly and boats
Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet
Jump back in the alley and nanny goats

18-wheeler Scammels, Domenecker camels
All other mammals plus equal votes
Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willy
Being rather silly, and porridge oats

A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it
You're welcome, we can spare it - yellow socks
Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty
Going on 40 - no electric shocks

The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot
A little drop of claret - anything that rocks
Elvis and Scotty, days when I ain't spotty,
Sitting on the potty - curing smallpox

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Health service glasses
Gigolos and brasses
round or skinny bottoms

Take your mum to paris
lighting up the chalice
wee willy harris

Bantu Stephen Biko, listening to Rico
Harpo, Groucho, Chico

Cheddar cheese and pickle, the Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
Woody Allen, Dali, Dimitri and Pasquale
balabalabala and Volare

Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy
Being in my nuddy
Saying hokey-dokey, singalonga Smokey
Coming out of chokey

John Coltrane's soprano, Adi Celentano
Bonar Colleano

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Yes yes
dear dear
perhaps next year
or maybe even never

in which case

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