Asian Recipes
Mochi donut. Those little donut holes are so addictive…and evil. Once you pop it in your mouth, you won’t stop munching them. My love for these donuts or pon de rings started when there’s a pop-up shop in the Bay Area. It took me 2 hours waiting in-line to get these donuts.
So this is a completely simplified version because maybe I was too lazy to make the dough like tangzhong when making bread. And maybe I can’t wait for too long to enjoy these mochi donuts. AND MAYBE I LIKE SIMPLE. Whatever the reason. I just kept this recipe really basic.
WHAT ARE MOCHI DONUTS?
They are a hybrid of regular donut combined with Japanese mochi texture so they’re chewy and dense with the crisp interior. In short, they’re awesome!
I use a combination of all-purpose flour and mochiko sweet rice flour. Mochiko is an ingredient to make Japanese mochi to give foods a slightly chewy texture.
CAN I MAKE THESE DONUTS GLUTEN-FREE?
Yes! Since #BacktoSchoolTreats week is here, I’ll share an easy mochi donut recipe that you can follow at home. It’s a shortcut recipe using a pancake mix so you can skip your stand mixer. So you can use a gluten-free pancake mix and combined it with sweet rice flour to make it a gluten-free version.
The best part about making this recipe is it does not require any proofing or resting. It only takes 5 minutes to knead the dough and shape them into donut holes before you fry them. Once they are puffed up and golden brown, transfer to a cooling rack and let them cool before you put the icing or powdered sugar. Easy peasy, folks!
HOW DO YOU FRY PON DE RINGS?
Pon de rings are the whimsical shape of donuts. In a regular donut shop, they use a machine to do the work; however, you can also make them at home easily. Make 1-inch donut holes from the dough. When all dough balls are formed, arrange 6 or 8 balls into a ring form, glue them with a bit of water. Place them on a piece of parchment paper. When you’re ready to fry them, simply drop a pon de ring with a parchment paper attached. The parchment paper will easily detach and you remove it using a tong.
As for the icing, I have a combination of sweet and a hint of salty. Sweet from Torani caramel sauce that is so silky smooth with a pinch of salt and melted salted butter. It’s a light glaze that can tickle your taste buds.
Mochi Donuts With Salted Caramel Glaze
Mochi Donut. These are super delicious and highly addictive! For those of you yet to be introduced to mochi, allow me to lead you to this new journey that will make your taste buds dance.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup pancake mix
- 1 cup Mochiko rice flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- Pinch of salt
- Oil, for frying
For the icing:
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
- 2 tablespoons Torani caramel sauce
- Sea salt
- In a bowl, combine pancake mix, mochiko, and salt. Slowly add milk to the flour mixture and mix well into a dough. Add egg, mix well until thoroughly combined.
- Scrape the dough onto a surface that’s dusted with more rice flour to prevent sticking. Roll the dough into a long snake, about 3/4″ thick. Cut into 1″ pieces and roll all the pieces into balls.
- Arrange 6 or 8 balls to form a ring on a piece of parchment paper, connect them with a dab of water.
- Add vegetable oil to a pot and set on medium-high. Once the oil is ready, turn the heat down to medium-low. Carefully add donut, along with parchment paper, into the oil. Remove the paper with a tong once it’s detached. Fry donut for a few minutes on each side until the donuts are puffed up and golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack.
- To make the icing: melt the butter and combine with caramel sauce. Transfer to a shallow bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon of milk if icing is too thick. Dip one side of donut into the warm icing and immediately sprinkle the dipped side with salt.
This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Ketchupwithlinda.com. Thanks so much!
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