Old Fashioned Doughnuts

Ingredients 

• 300 grams refined flour (maida) + as required
• 120 grams castor sugar 
• 3 egg yolks 
• 15 grams butter 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 190 grams sour cream 
• 7.5 grams baking powder
• 6 grams salt 
• Oil for deep-frying
• ½ cup melted white chocolate 
• ½ cup melted dark chocolate 

Method

1. Put castor sugar in a bowl. Add yolks, butter and vanilla essence and whisk using an electric beater till light. Add sour cream and whisk well.
2. Sieve together flour, baking powder and salt and fold till the dough is formed. 
3. Line the worktop with a cling film, place the dough, lightly flatten and wrap it. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours. 
4. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. 
5. Dust the worktop with some flour and roll out the dough into ½ inch thick sheet. 
6. Coat a medium size cookie cutter with some flour and cut the sheet into roundels. 
7. Cut the center of each roundel using a small cookie cutter to shape them into donuts.
8. Dust the excess flour from the donuts, put in hot oil and deep-fry till golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper and slightly cool.
9. Dip one side of each donut in melted white chocolate and melted dark chocolate to make different patterns. 
10. Serve.