Fried Sourdough Starter
This fried sourdough starter (discard) recipe is so easy and quick to make. Deep-fried in avocado oil or other light flavoured oil and coated in cinnamon coconut sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of active sourdough starter. You may use sourdough discard too. If you are using sourdough discard (inactive sourdough starter) add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda per cup of sourdough discard and mix it in.
- 1 tsp. of honey
- A pinch of salt
- 1 cup of avocado oil or any lightly flavoured oil
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar or plain sugar.
- 1 tsp. ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Prepare the dry and wet ingredients. Mix the coconut sugar and cinnamon and put them aside. Place active sourdough starter, honey, and salt in a bowl and mix.1 cup of active sourdough starter., 1 tsp. of honey, 1/4 cup coconut sugar, 1 tsp. ground Cinnamon, A pinch of salt
- Heat up the oil. Pour avocado oil into a saucepan and heat it on medium-low heat.1 cup of avocado oil
- Deep pan-fry them. When the oil looks heated and shiny, take one spoonful of sourdough starter mix and drop it inside the saucepan. I drop two at a time. Do not overcrowd the saucepan. Be patient and let them fry on each side until golden brown.
- Coat them. Then take the fried ones out and coat them with the coconut sugar and cinnamon mixture while they are hot. And continue with the rest.
- Serve and enjoy! Served them hot and fresh as a sweet treat. I served them with tea or coffee for adults and with milk for kids.
Notes
Tips
- Use high smoke point oil. High-smoking point oils such as avocado oil or similar, is perfect for frying, so it does not leave any burning flavor or taste.
- Heat up the oil well. Ensure the oil is hot and shiny before adding the batter; otherwise, it will stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Sprinkle with some sugar. Do not skip coating for extra sweetness. Or use any other glaze you like the best.
- Get creative with coatings. You may add other herbs, spices, or seeds to the sugar coating.
- Make them fluffier. If you are using sourdough discard, add 1/4 tsp. baking soda per cup of sourdough discard and mix them.
- Make the balls small. This way, the interior of the sourdough balls cooks evenly.
- Use medium-low heat. Fry them on medium-low heat so the inside cooks through and the oil does not get burned.
- Make popcorn. Use leftover oil and make popcorn.
- Adjust the sweetness. Feel free to adjust the sweetness to your taste.
- Use other toppings ideas. You may use other toppings such as chocolate or vanilla glaze, powdered sugar, coconut flake, a drizzle of honey, pumpkin, cardamom, or nutmeg sugar.
- Make a glaze. To make a glaze, mix powdered sugar with milk and cocoa powder or vanilla.
- Make it vegan. Replace honey with other sweeteners.
- Make it gluten-free. Use gluten-free sourdough starter and gluten-free flour to feed it.
- Make apple cider flavor. You can make these bread bites into apple cider bites by feeding the sourdough starter with flour + apple cider instead of flour+ water.
- Make them savory. Skip the sweeteners completely and make them savory. Add into the batter spices and herbs you like.
- Skillet-fried it. You may use a cast-iron skillet and pan-fried it flat instead. Sprinkle on top of sourdough starter any finely chopped veggies (onion, mushroom, olives) before flipping it over. Or you can saute the veggies and add sourdough discard over the sauteed veggies. Cut it into pieces and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 13mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5g
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