Albanian Fried Dough (Petulla)

Albanian petulla (fried dough) shown served on a platter with fig jam, honey etc.

Albanian Petulla are fluffy, golden-brown fritters made with a simple batter of flour, yogurt, and eggs, and often served with honey, jam, or powdered sugar for a sweet and satisfying treat.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Albanian

Keyword Albanian fried dough, petulla

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Resting time 12

Total Time 12 25

Servings servings

Calories 481kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

1 Enameled Dutch Oven
1 Whisk
1 Wooden spoon

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached organic bread flour
3 eggs
1.5 cups Greek yogurt
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp baking soda
0.5 tsp sea salt
0.25 cup water
1 tbsp sugar (optional)
3 cups oil grapeseed oil, avocado oil or any vegetable oil good for frying

Instructions

Add salt and baking soda to flour, mix and set aside. If you're adding 1 tbsp of sugar, add it to dry ingredients too.
Whisk eggs, add yogurt and olive oil and mix until homogenous. Slowly add the flour mix and whisk until it's too thick to handle with whisk. Use a wooden spoon to continue incorporating ingredients. Add water too.
Cover with a kitchen towel and refrigerate overnight. Next morning let the dough rest on the kitchen counter until it arrives to room temperature and becomes bubbly.
Heat oil in a pot or wide Dutch oven in medium heat until oil is shimmery. Add dough with a big spoon, wait few seconds before you add another spoon so the dough pieces don't stick together. Fry until golden on one side, then flip over.
Dough pieces should puff up in oil. Remove with a slotted spoon when golden brown on both sides. Place on a platter lined with paper towel which will absorb the excess oil.
Serve with jams, honey, cheese or confectioner sugar. Enjoy:)

Notes

I only add a quarter cup of water to make the batter since Greek yogurt is so thick. But you can totally adjust up or down based on how thick or thin the dough looks.

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