Jamaican Fried Dumplings

Ingredients list for Jamaican Fried Dumplings

• 2 cups Refined flour (maida)
• 4 tablespoons Margarine chilled
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• to taste Salt
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• ½ cup Milk chilled
• for deep-frying Oil

Method

1. Put flour in a bowl. Add margarine and rub with your fingertips till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
2. Add baking powder, salt, sugar and milk and knead into soft dough. Cover with a damp muslin cloth and set aside to prove for ten to fifteen minutes.
3. Divide the mixture into twelve small portions and shape into balls.
4. Heat sufficient oil in a pan. Deep-fry the balls till golden and crisp. Drain on an absorbent paper.
5. Serve hot.