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Biscoitos fritos, Brazilian polvilho fritters with cinnamon sugar

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Brazilian fried small biscuits made with sour and sweet cassava starch (polvilho), eggs, sugar, and butter, hand-rolled, immediately fried, and sprinkled …

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Recipe from Atoj, Rotlimena, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The cassava flour, a type of starch, gives the biscuits a light and crispy texture. They are fried as soon as they are rolled out, in hot oil, to prevent them from absorbing too much fat.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$4.31 $0.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

20 people
  • $2.00
  • $0.19
  • $0.28
  • $0.09
  • $0.67
  • $0.79
  • $0.29

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Combine the two flours, the eggs, the sugar, the butter, and the yeast. ≈ 4 min
  2. Place the dough on a floured work surface (ideally, a marble or stone one). ≈ 3 min
  3. Knead until the dough is pliable and easy to roll. ≈ 10 min
  4. Roll the cookies and then fry them immediately in hot oil.
  5. Drain them and sprinkle them with cinnamon-sugar. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Biscoitos fritos, Brazilian polvilho fritters with cinnamon sugar

  • 5 eggs$2.00
  • 1 cup of fine sugar$0.19
  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.28
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder$0.09
  • wheat flour, for the countertop$0.67
  • oil, for deep frying$0.79
  • and sugar and cinnamon, to finish$0.29

Total$4.31

that's $0.22 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of sour starch (cassava starch)
  • 300 g of sweet potato starch (cassava starch)
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup of fine sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • wheat flour, for the countertop
  • oil, for deep frying
  • and sugar and cinnamon, to finish

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