Kefir donuts fried in a frying pan are a quick baked pastry for breakfast or tea using kefir dough with baking powder, which is kneaded more easily than yeast dough. Pieces of kefir dough are most often formed in the form of rings, although this is not necessary, fried in a large amount of oil, like donuts, and eaten hot. Filling is usually not added to donuts, but tasty options are possible with the addition of yeast, cheese and cottage cheese to the dough.
Delicious kefir crumpets fried in a frying pan
Delicious kefir crumpets fried in a frying pan are considered a classic version of this breakfast pastry and the set of ingredients is small. In this recipe, we mix the dough with whipped egg whites, ground yolks with sugar, kefir, vegetable oil and soda.
- Kefir 250 (grams)
- Chicken egg 2 (things)
- Flour 400 (grams)
- Baking soda 5 (grams)
- Salt 5 (grams)
- Granulated sugar 80 (grams)
- Vanillin 1 (grams)
- Vegetable oil 60 gr. in dough + for frying
- Powdered sugar for decoration
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Fried donuts with kefir in a frying pan are prepared quickly and easily. Divide the eggs into whites and yolks.In a separate dry bowl, beat the whites with a mixer with salt until fluffy. -
In a mixing bowl, grind the yolks with sugar until smooth. Then pour kefir and vegetable oil into them and mix. -
Place the whipped egg whites into the kefir mixture. -
Then add soda with vanilla and half the sifted flour. Mix these ingredients. -
Without stopping kneading, add the rest of the flour into the dough. -
Sprinkle the worktop with flour, transfer the kneaded and folded dough onto it and simply roll it in flour. There is no need to knead kefir dough for a long time, like yeast dough, otherwise it will turn out rubbery. -
Divide the kneaded dough into small equal pieces. Roll them out a little into a flat cake and make a hole in the middle. -
Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and place the formed crumpets into it in portions. Fry them until golden brown on both sides. Then remove excess oil with paper towels. -
Place the prepared delicious kefir crumpets, fried in a frying pan, onto a dish, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve immediately hot for breakfast. Bon appetit!
Fried donuts with kefir and soda, just like grandma’s
Many people remember the taste of fried donuts with kefir and soda, like grandma’s, from childhood. Such crumpets can be prepared even now, because there are no special secrets in the recipe. The dough is kneaded with kefir, soda, egg and vegetable oil, and the grandmothers shaped them in different ways: into turntables, rings, and just flat cakes, which did not affect the taste at all.
Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Kefir 3.2% – 1.5 tbsp.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Flour – 3-4 tbsp.
- Soda – 0.5 tsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Sugar – 4 tbsp.
- Vanilla sugar – 1 sachet.
- Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil for frying – 1 tbsp.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Immediately measure all the ingredients for the crumpets according to the recipe proportions.
Step 2. Break one egg into a bowl for kneading dough, add regular sugar and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
Step 3. Then pour slightly warmed kefir with vegetable oil, add soda and mix well. Sift the flour into a sieve and add portions to the liquid ingredients.
Step 4: First use a spoon to knead the dough. Transfer it to a floured work surface and finish kneading with your hands until it is smooth and does not stick to your palms. There is no need to knead the dough for a long time, otherwise it will become dense and the donuts will not rise.
Step 5. Roll out the kneaded dough into a flat cake at least 1 cm thick and cut out circles using any device. You can form pinwheels, like brushwood or rings.
Step 6. Heat a glass of vegetable oil in a deep frying pan. Place crumpets into it portion by portion.
Step 7. Fry them over medium heat until golden brown on all sides. During frying, the donuts made with kefir dough will rise well.
Step 8. Remove excess oil from the fried crumpets with napkins.
Step 9. Serve the prepared fried donuts on kefir with soda, like grandma’s, hot for breakfast. Bon appetit!
Donuts on yeast-free dough with kefir
In this recipe, we form the crumpets on unleavened dough with kefir in the shape of a loop of dough, which in modern times is called “Krebli”. Kefir dough with soda makes the crumpets very airy and soft, but not crispy like brushwood, although they are similar in appearance. Donuts are prepared for breakfast, for a snack, and for serving with the main course.
Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Kefir – 1.5 tbsp.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Flour – 3 tbsp.
- Soda – 0.5 tsp.
- Salt – 0.5 tsp.
- Sugar – 4 tbsp.
- Vanilla sugar – 1 sachet.
- Vegetable oil – 300 ml.
- Powdered sugar - for decoration.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Heat the kefir a little, pour it into a bowl for kneading dough and completely dissolve the amount of regular and vanilla sugar and salt indicated in the recipe.
Step 2. In another bowl, beat two eggs with a mixer, pour into the kefir mass and mix.
Step 3. Sift the flour into a sieve. Pour half of it into the kefir mass, add soda and mix. After small bubbles appear on the surface, add the rest of the flour and knead the dough so that the flour absorbs all the liquid.
Step 4. Transfer the dough to a floured countertop and use your hands to complete the kneading until the texture is soft, homogeneous and does not stick to your palms. Cover the dough with a napkin and leave to rest for 20 minutes.
Step 5. After this time, roll out the dough into sheets at least 0.5 cm thick. Cut it into rectangles with a cut in the middle.
Step 6. Then form the crumpets like brushwood.
Step 7. Heat 300 ml of vegetable oil in a deep frying pan. Fry the crumpets on it over low heat until golden brown on both sides. Use napkins to remove excess oil from the fried donuts. Sprinkle the crumpets with powdered sugar.
Step 8. Cool the prepared donuts on yeast-free kefir dough a little and can be served. Bon appetit!
Kefir donuts with cheese in a frying pan
Kefir donuts with cheese in a frying pan are prepared simply, quickly and their taste is different from ordinary ones, and the texture is airy and soft. Cheese does not weigh down the dough.Pumpkins are prepared both for breakfast and tea, and as an addition to soup at the dinner table.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Kefir 3.2% – 1 tbsp.
- Flour – 2 tbsp.
- Soda – 0.5 tsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Sugar – 1 tsp.
- Grated cheese – 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Grind any hard cheese on a coarse grater to make about 1 cup. Transfer it to a bowl for kneading dough.
Step 2. Pour a glass of warmed full-fat kefir into the cheese.
Step 3. Then add baking soda, sugar, salt and mix well.
Step 4. Pour sifted flour into this mixture in portions and at the same time, after each portion, knead the dough.
Step 5. After adding all the flour, use your hands and on the table to finish kneading so that the dough is smooth and does not stick to your palms.
Step 6. Divide the kneaded dough into small identical pieces and form them into donuts with a hole in the middle.
Step 7. Fry the crumpets in well-heated vegetable oil. Fry over low heat and be sure to cover the lid so that the cheese-kefir dough rises and bakes inside.
Step 8. Place the kefir and cheese crumpets cooked in a frying pan first on a stack of paper napkins to remove the oil, then transfer to a dish and serve hot for tea while the cheese stretches. Bon appetit!
Kefir donuts with dry yeast in a frying pan
Pumpkins made with kefir with dry yeast in a frying pan turn out more fluffy and airy compared to those prepared with kefir dough with soda or baking powder. Dough made with dry yeast, especially quick-acting, rises quickly. They can be formed into any shape: flat cakes, balls, bagels with holes.The baked goods turn out delicious without various additives and fillings.
Cooking time: 40 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Kefir 2.5% – 250 ml.
- Flour – 450 gr.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Sugar – 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Measure out the ingredients for the crumpets according to the recipe proportions. Sift the flour into a sieve.
Step 2. Kefir of any fat content must be heated to approximately 30°C.
Step 3. Pour heated kefir into a bowl for kneading dough, break a chicken egg into it, pour in the required amount of dry yeast with sugar and salt, pour a spoonful of vegetable oil and mix well with a whisk or spoon until smooth.
Step 4. Add flour in portions and knead the dough until it has a uniform texture so that it does not stick to your palms. Roll the dough into a log, cover with a napkin and place in a warm place for 15-20 minutes to activate the yeast and rise.
Step 5. After this time, roll out the risen dough into a layer at least 0.5 cm thick and cut out circles of any diameter from part of it.
Step 6. Fry the round donuts in well-heated vegetable oil for 2 minutes until golden brown on one side.
Step 7. Then turn over and fry the crumpets on the other side.
Step 8. Cut the rest of the dough into strips and make a cut in the middle.
Step 9. Fry these crumpets for one minute on each side.
Step 10. Transfer the kefir crumpets cooked in a frying pan with dry yeast to a dish and serve hot with tea, adding any topping. Bon appetit!
Fried donuts on kefir with cottage cheese
Fried donuts on kefir with cottage cheese are prepared simply, quickly, and are distinguished by their splendor and good taste.They can be prepared both sweet and salty with the addition of herbs. Cottage cheese is added to kefir dough. In this recipe we form the donuts into rings.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 8.
Ingredients:
- Kefir 2.5% – 500 ml.
- Cottage cheese – 250 gr.
- Flour – 700 gr.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
- Salt – ¼ tsp.
- Sugar – 100 gr.
- Soda – 1 tsp.
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
- Powdered sugar - for decoration.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Heat the kefir a little, pour it into a bowl for kneading dough, dissolve a teaspoon of soda in it and leave for 10 minutes so that the mixture is covered with air bubbles.
Step 2. Then break an egg into this kefir mass, add cottage cheese, pour two tablespoons of vegetable oil, add sugar and salt and mix well until smooth.
Step 3. Sift the flour into a sieve, pour portions into the kefir base and knead the dough until the texture is soft, elastic and does not stick to your palms. Roll the kneaded dough into a ball, cover with a napkin and leave to proof for half an hour.
Step 4. After this time, roll out the dough into a layer at least 1 cm thick. Use any device to cut out rings from it.
Step 5. Heat the vegetable oil well in a deep frying pan and place the formed crumpets on it in portions.
Step 6. Fry them over moderate heat until golden brown on both sides. Remove excess oil from the fried crumpets with napkins.
Step 7. Transfer the fried donuts on kefir with cottage cheese to a dish, sprinkle with a small amount of powdered sugar and serve hot. Bon appetit!
Fried donuts on kefir with filling
In the classic versions, filling is not added to the crumpets, because then you get a pie, not a crumpet, but if you add chopped sausage, cheese, vegetables or apples to the kefir dough, you get fried kefir crumpets with filling. In this recipe, we prepare unsweetened donuts and fill them with sausage and cheese. Donuts with filling are fried over low heat and covered.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Kefir – 1 tbsp.
- Flour – 3 tbsp.
- Salt – ½ tsp.
- Soda – ½ tsp.
- Sugar – 1 tsp.
- Vegetable oil – 80 ml.
For filling:
- Sausage – 60 gr.
- Hard cheese – 60 gr.
- Greens - to taste.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Immediately prepare the filling for the donuts. Grind hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Step 2. Grate the boiled sausage in the same way. Place these ingredients into a bowl for kneading dough.
Step 3. Add any finely chopped greens to them.
Step 4. Add the required amount of salt, sugar and soda to the filling.
Step 5. Then pour warm kefir over the filling and stir.
Step 6. Pour sifted flour into the kefir mixture with filling and knead the dough.
Step 7. The kneaded dough should be soft, elastic and not stick to your palms.
Step 8. Then divide the kneaded dough into 8 equal pieces.
Step 9. Roll the pieces of dough into balls and make a hole in the middle of each one to make crumpets, and they will fry more evenly.
Step 10. Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and place the formed crumpets onto it in portions.
Step 11. Fry the crumpets over low heat, covered, until golden brown and crispy on both sides.
Step 12. Serve the prepared fried kefir donuts with filling to the table hot. Bon appetit!
