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banh tieu served with milk tea

Banh Tieu

This banh tieu is the Vietnamese soft and chewy sesame topped fried doughnuts with a hollow inside and are great to have with a coffee.
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: Breads, hollow doughnuts, streetfood
Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • Cups All purpose flour
  • Water
  • 2 tsp Instant dry yeast
  • ½ cup Sesame seeds
  • 3 cups Oil For deep frying
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ¼ cup Sugar

Instructions

  • Add everything to your bread machine and set it on dough cycle. Let it rise for an hour. This can be done manually too.
    kneading and proving the dough
  • Punch and knead the dough. Divide it into ten equal portions. Cover the dough with a wet cloth.
    dividing the dough to portions
  • Take a portion of the dough, slightly flatten it and coat it with sesame seeds. Using a rolling pin, roll it into a 6-7 inch disc. Repeat with the remaining dough portions.
    rolling the dough with sesame
  • Heat oil in a pan over low medium flame. Slide a disc into the oil, swirl and add the hot oil on top with a slotted spatula continuously until it puffs up completely.
    Frying banh tieu
  • Flip and cook the other side until golden brown. Remove from the frying pan and drain. Repeat with remaining discs.
    frying
  • Serve banh tieu as such or stuffed with fruits, cheese, or jam with coffee, tea.
    banh tieu served with milk tea