🍩HOW TO MAKE MANDOCAS (Venezuelan Donuts)

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

Boil 7.5 cups of water and add the dehydrated sugar cane, letting it sit for 30-35 minutes to cool down.

Grate the cheese using the second size of the grater until you have about 2 to 3 cups.

Grate 1.5 plantains using the highest level of the grater to create nice big chunks.

In a mixing bowl, knead the dough by adding 4.5 cups of the cooled sugar cane water in portions until no lumps remain.

Add the grated plantains to the kneaded dough and mix well.

Incorporate the grated cheese into the dough, adjusting the amount based on desired cheesiness.

Heat vegetable oil in a deep skillet on high heat until hot.

Roll small portions of the dough into a horseshoe shape, making them medium-sized, not too thin or chunky.

Reduce the heat to medium and fry the mandocas, flipping them until they are golden to light brown, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Remove the fried mandocas and drain on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

Serve warm with pink sauce (ketchup and mayo), cheese, or butter.

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