Firi Firi is a Tahitian breakfast recipe, These doughnuts have the coconut flavor and tastes delicious when had warm with some sugar coated over it. I am landing to french polyenesia today, these doughnuts are a very popular street food breakfast . Tahiti is one of the largest islands in polynesia , it is shaped like 8 .. This is the reason why traditionally the doughnuts are shaped 8 I assume.. Firi Firi can be shaped two ways the traditional way is to make it 8 shape or long strips or if you want you can shape them anyway you like. I opted for the long strips and I will post the 8 shaped too once I make them after the marathon gets over, the dough is the same but you need some patience to make them 8 shaped ones, as the dough is quite sticky to handle. The dough is shaped 8 for even cooking. I opted for a no messy hands way using a piping bag it was a breeze to make. Tahitian cuisine is known for its tropical fruits and the array of jams they produce with the fruits available.
When I was researching F I had a hard time choosing as there are so many recipes I wanted to try but I went with this easy and delicious recipe which was a perfect breakfast to start a day. I read so much about this country I had never came across and this is my first Tahitian recipe. I just fell in love with the cuisine , I will sure try some more from this cuisine and post it here. For my last day of the week I wanted to end it with a sweet and what is more better than doughtnuts. Here goes the recipe..
Recipe is Adapted from here
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – 2 1/2 cup
- Sugar – 3/4 cup ( I used castor sugar)
- Coconut Milk – 1 cup
- Water – 1/2 cup ( Lukewarm)
- Dry active yeast – 2 1/2 tsp
- Oil – for Deep Frying
- Granulated sugar – 1/2 cup ( to coat)
Method
- In a bowl of lukewarm water add the yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar. Mix it well and set aside.
- Let it stand for 10 mins or till it gets frothy and the yeast gets activated.
- In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour, sugar, the yeast mixture, coconut milk, salt and form a thick batter.
- Cover and let it rest for 2 hours in a warm place. If you living in a cold country preferably in the oven with the light on.
- Heat oil in a pan. Meanwhile, in a piping bag with a round nozzle fill in this batter and keep it ready.
- Take granulated sugar in a plate and keep it ready.
- Pipe the batter into the hot oil cutting out (about 4 to 5 inches long) with the help of a knife.
- I fried 5 at a time, depending on the size of your kadai fry them till golden brown from both sides.
- Transfer the doughnuts to a kitchen towel lined plate and then roll the doughnuts in the plate of granulated sugar when they are still warm.
- Serve them warm with any jam or as it is with coffee.
- All-purpose flour - 2½ cup
- Sugar - ¾ cup ( I used castor sugar)
- Coconut Milk - 1 cup
- Water - ½ cup ( Lukewarm)
- Dry active yeast - 2½ tsp
- Oil - for Deep Frying
- Granulated sugar - ½ cup ( to coat)
- In a bowl of lukewarm water add the yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar. Mix it well and set aside.
- Let it stand for 10 mins or till it gets frothy and the yeast gets activated.
- In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour, sugar, the yeast mixture, coconut milk, salt and form a thick batter.
- Cover and let it rest for 2 hours in a warm place. If you living in a cold country preferably in the oven with the light on.
- Heat oil in a pan. Meanwhile, in a piping bag with a round nozzle fill in this batter and keep it ready.
- Take granulated sugar in a plate and keep it ready.
- Pipe the batter into the hot oil cutting out (about 4 to 5 inchs long) with the help of a knife.
- I fried 5 at a time , depending on the size of your kadai fry them till golden brown from both sides.
- Transfer the doughnuts to a kitchen towel lined plate and then roll the doughnuts in the plate of granulated sugar when they are still warm.
- Serve them warm with any jam or as it is with coffee.
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Manjula when I come to your space I am just gazing at the pictures , they are awesome ! The Tahitian donuts remind me of our Gulab Jamun s , they look real cool ! They must have been so delicious and that coconut topping makes them very attractive .
This is one Cuisine I haven’t explored at all , must read on it .
Oh man Manjula,those Tahitian doughnuts look absolutely amazing. Love the name too – firi-firi sounds so rhythmatic and they look very very addictive. The shape also is quite unique. Good pick for the letter F.
Unbelievable !! That is such a fantastic find. y kids are drooling all over me as they peep over my shoulder. Bookmarked and my kids just requested this treat to end their spring break on a sweet note 🙂
Perfect kid friendly doughnuts.. My lil one demands finger foods always and this is perfect.. Bookmarked..
Those firi firi are calling pri pri at me, yes cant resist to this ultimate doughnuts, especially they are just prefect for kids to carry and go to munch them without any fuss. Simply fabtabulous Manju, gal seriously stop torturing me like this.
Oh such an amazing pick Manjula, you surely get all dishes done and seem so easy girl!.love your clicks and look forward to teh 8 soon..:)
I can have this type of breakfast any day. These doughnuts look so beautiful and I am sure they taste divine..
Wow, such a amazing donut recipe,Manjula. This Firi Firi Doughnuts is so new to me, i’m in for anything with coconut , i ‘m sure that i will love this,so bookmarked to try !! Kudos to your efforts for sharing such a unique recipe.
oh wow… what a lovely pick for F and these doughtnuts are alluring.. loved the addition of coconut..
Awesome clicks and I wouldn’t worry about the 8 shape. These are great and sufficient for me. 🙂 What an awesome presentation and as Vaishali mentioned this does remind the kala gulab jamun. 🙂
I have heard about these donuts and have wanted to look for it. Looks great Manjula and gorgeous clicks. I am sure the kids would love it and so would the adults. The flavor of coconut milk will be just too awesome.
These look like our dry jamuns! The clicks are always so good Manjula that I keep scrolling up and down a few times and only after that I read the post! You certainly do a lot of research on the dishes!!
Wow, I never knew that have doughnuts for breakfast in Tahiti. The doughnuts look so delicious and I just want to grab some from the screen.
Totally drooling manju! those doughnuts look awsome, that beautiful color and those sugar coating like crystals, looks stunning!!!
I just love the name of the doughnuts. What a pleasant and different kind of recipe you’ve prepared with F. Making an 8 shape must be difficult. Love the clicks too.Its such a dilemma when there are too many recipes with certain letters and hardly any with some.
I never heard about this donuts.. looks so tasty and moist.
These look delicious! Can you use a deep fryer, like a fry daddy, to cook them or do they need to be cooked in a pan?
Thanks
Hi Alisa,
Thank you so much !! Yes you can use any fryer to make them.
I remember bookmarking them for one of the earlier BMs and not able to cook them then. Doughnuts in any size ,shape and flavor are welcome here with open arms.