I was feeling like something to bake today. I needed to make something to munch as an afternoon snack. So I combined my urge for baking and the necessity of preparing an afternoon snack together. And, what do I get? Churros. Confused? Actually, I omitted the frying part from the churro recipe and opted for the baking instead. It came out so good. You know what, it is an amazing dish to savor and so is its history.
There are many different stories you get to read about the birth of this widely loved dish. Some say it was China who made the first churro, though the name was different, YouTiao. And then with the Portuguese sailors, this was brought to Europe. Initially, it was a salty flour stick when it was only a part of Chinese cuisine, but as it sailed to Europe it became sweet and entered the dessert section of the European cuisine. My favorite story is the other one. It is said that it was the nomadic Spanish shepherds who made the churros. They used to live in the high mountains where pastry shops were not within the horizon. They invented the churros to satiate their sweet cravings. They named it after their favorite breed of sheep, Navajo-Churro as it reminded them of their horns.
Let’s see how you too can prepare this in your kitchen.
Ingredients:
For churros:
Water – 1 Cup
Milk – 1 Tablespoon
Butter – 1 ½ Tablespoon
Sugar – 1 Tablespoon
Flour – 1 Cup
For top coating:
Sugar – ½ Cup
Cinnamon powder – 1 Teaspoon
Procedure:
Prepare the top coat:
Take a grinder.
Powder the sugar.
Mix it with cinnamon powder.
Keep it aside.
Prepare the Churros:
Take a pot.
Add water, milk, butter, and sugar.
Cook it until the butter melts.
Add flour.
Stir and form a dough.
Remove it from the heat.
Transfer it to a piping bad.
Put a nozzle that is suitable to give the flour mix the shape of a churro, i.e. the stripe one.
Pipe it down on a baking tray.
Brush a little oil.
Bake it at 2000C for 40 minutes.
Coat it with sugar-cinnamon powder.
Serve.
This churro recipe offers 4 servings.
Nutritional Value of the Churros per serving (without the top coat)
| Calories | 687 Cal | |
| Total Fat | 56.2 g | 72% of the Daily Value |
| Saturated Fat | 22.9 g | 114% of the Daily Value |
| Cholesterol | 83 mg | 28% of the Daily Value |
| Sodium | 229 mg | 10% of the Daily Value |
| Total Carbohydrate | 45.3 g | 16% of the Daily Value |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.7 g | 2% of the Daily Value |
| Total Sugars | 26.2 g | |
| Protein | 3.7 g | |
| Vitamin D | 21 mcg | 106% of the Daily Value |
| Calcium | 43 mg | 3% of the Daily Value |
| Iron | 1 mg | 7% of the Daily Value |
| Potassium | 50 mg | 1 % of the Daily Value |
The percentage of the Daily Value is based on a 2000-calorie diet.
Conclusion:
A churro recipe is something you can make any time, any day. In this recipe, I made it eggless. The authentic churro recipe comes with eggs. If you want that recipe, do let me know in the comment section.
Till then enjoy!
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