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Mochi Donuts (Pon de Ring)
These Mochi Donuts (Pon de Ring) are a crisp, light, delicious and chewy treat. Small balls of dough are linked together and fried to form a ringed donut.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 245 kcal
Course:
Snacks
Cuisine:
Asian , Japanese
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 120 ml whole milk warm
- 20 g granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 20 g all-purpose flour
- 160 g glutinous rice flour
- 40 g tapioca starch
- 1 large egg beaten, about 55g
- 10 ml vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Matcha glaze: (optional, other glaze flavour ideas in blog post)
- 100 g white chocolate melted
- 1 teaspoon matcha powder
For frying:
- peanut oil or high smoke-point vegetable oil
Instructions
For key visual process photos, refer to the body of the blog post.
Make the mochi donuts:
- In a large bowl, combine warm milk, sugar and yeast. Give it a stir and let the yeast mixture become slightly foamy.
- Into the bowl, add in all-purpose flour, glutinous rice flour, tapioca starch, beaten egg, vegetable oil, baking powder and sea salt.
- Combine and mix well, until it forms a dough. Use your hands to continue to knead until the dough becomes smooth and shiny.
- Transfer dough to a lightly greased bowl.
- Cover the bowl and place in a warm location until almost doubled in size.
- Once the dough is a little puffy, deflate the dough and divide into 6 equal dough balls.
- From each dough ball, divide the dough into a further 8 balls.
- Shape each dough into a small round ball and place it onto a square piece of parchment paper, connecting so the little balls of dough form a ring.
- Continue with the remainder.
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Fry the mochi donuts:
- Heat a few inches of oil in small sauce pan over medium high heat.
- Once the oil temperature reaches 365°F/185°C on an instant-read thermometer, gently place one donut ring (including parchment paper) into the heated oil.
- Fry for 1-2 minutes, and carefully remove the parchment paper.
- Flip and continue to fry until golden brown in colour.
- Remove the pon de ring donut with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.
- Repeat with the remainder.
Glaze the donuts:
- Once cool, place the mochi donuts onto a wire rack.
- Use a double-boiler or microwave to melt the white chocolate.
- Sift in matcha powder and mix until the matcha chocolate is smooth.
- Dip the mochi donuts into matcha chocolate glaze and add sprinkles, or make a simple glaze with a little milk and powdered sugar.
Notes
- You can easily change up the flavour of the glaze. Check the body of the post for other flavor ideas.
Nutrition Information
Calories
245kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
43g
(14%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.003g
Cholesterol
37mg
(12%)
Sodium
204mg
(9%)
Potassium
112mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
14g
(28%)
Vitamin A
107IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
96mg
(10%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 245
% Daily Value*
Calories | 245kcal | 12% |
Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
Protein | 4g | 8% |
Fat | 7g | 11% |
Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
Trans Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
Cholesterol | 37mg | 12% |
Sodium | 204mg | 9% |
Potassium | 112mg | 2% |
Fiber | 1g | 4% |
Sugar | 14g | 28% |
Vitamin A | 107IU | 2% |
Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
Calcium | 96mg | 10% |
Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.