Wuhan Fried Donut (武汉面窝)

Wuhan Fried Donut is a traditional local breakfast pastry that you would see at street vendors everywhere. Here 10,000 km away, it becomes a luxury item that hard to find. This is my friend Hanbin's recipe. It is pretty easy, but it is time consuming and oily to make this.

Ingredients

Rice - 4 cup

Soy bean - 1 cup
Green onion - chopped, 3 TBSP or more

Ginger root - chopped, 1 TBSP

Salt - 3 tsp or to taste

Sesame (optional)- for sprinkle
Makes about 40 donuts

Steps

1. Soak rice and soy bean overnight. Drain the water. Then add water to just cover the rice and beans.

2. Using Vitamix, blend the rice and soy bean together. Add salt, green onion, sesame and ginger to the rice milk to taste. The rice milk should be waffle consistency and ready to pour.

3. Let the rice milk rest for 10 minutes.

4. Heat up a pot of oil, and dip the donut mold in hot oil to warm up first.

5. sprinkle some sesame in the mold , pour some rice milk in, then sprinkle some sesame on top. Fry until the top turns golden, then take the donut off the mold and fry the other side until it is golden also.

6. Place donuts on paper towel to remove excessive oil. Serve warm.