
Snack
Chin Chin
Crunchy bite sized fried pastry pieces, often lightly sweetened and flavoured with nutmeg.
⏱ 25 minutesCooking Time
🍽 10Servings
● EasyDifficulty
Ingredients
- 4 cups plain flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 125 g butter or margarine
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup evaporated milk or liquid milk, approximately
- Vegetable oil for frying
How to make it
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
- Rub butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Beat eggs with milk and add gradually to form a firm dough.
- Knead briefly until smooth. Rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll dough to about 5 mm thickness and cut into small cubes or strips.
- Heat oil over medium heat and fry in small batches until golden and crisp.
- Drain and cool completely before storing in an airtight container.