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Churros con chocolate / Churros and Chocolate Sauce

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Spain became World Cup 2010 soccer champions with single goal against Netherlands. Spain will remain as world champions until next soccer cup in 2014 in Brazil. Initially I was not a fan of Spain, my favorite team was Argentina, and however, they had a pathetic defeat against Germany. Then I started noticing the games of Spain, they are the team with less mistakes and very low fouls, however in the final match, both teams where fouling each other. My hubby told me that Netherlands was going to win, I told no, Spain is .May be I am with Paul the psychic octopus who predicted the Spanish win. In order to celebrate the win I made churros.
Churros are the Spanish street sweet pastry usually consumed with thick chocolate sauce or pudding. I am a fan of street food, I feel every country has their signature street food or snacks. Next in line was to search for recipes to make them at home. I have seen one recipe by Minimalist Mark Bittman . I like his recipe’s as usually they are fail proof. Then there are recipes for this dish at some Spanish food blogs also. I found that in authentic Spanish churros, eggs and cinnamon are not added. In order to make this dish they use a special device similar to our murrku acchu for making churros. So I used my murruku acchu. I know pressing murruku with murruku acchu means you need to be a body builder; otherwise it is a tedious job. I asked my hubby to do one time pressing of churros into the oil; he did it for me and told me how hard it is. I added one egg into my churros recipe instead of adding 3 eggs for 1 cup flour mentioned by Mark Bittman . I also dusted some churros with confectioner’s sugar. In addition I also made a chocolate sauce to go with it. I made the chocolate sauce similar to french spiced chocolate Xocopili. I used 90 % dark coca chocolate with chili powder, cumin powder, cloves, powdered sugar and milk. 
Churros came really good, even though mine was not able to get the fluted shape and it tastes really good. You can have even just like that without any sauce. Here goes the recipe.

What you need

For Churros

Bread flour/All purpose flour: 1 cup
Unsalted butter: 3 tablespoon
Sugar: 1 tablespoon
Confectioner sugar: 2 tablespoons
Egg: 1no
Salt : ⅛ teaspoon
Water: 1 cup
Cinnamon: 1 teaspoon (optional)
Water: 1 cup
Canola oil: 4 cup (for frying)

For chocolate sauce

 Lindt dark Chocolate (90% cocoa): 4 pieces
Milk: ¼ cup
Powdered sugar: 1 tablespoon
Chili powder: ⅛ teaspoon
Cumin powder: ⅛ teaspoon
Cloves: 2 no
Cornstarch: ¼ teaspoon

How I made 

Churros

Add 4 cup oil in a deep skillet or sauce pan to come to a depth of at 2 inches and heat to about 350 degree Fahrenheit.
In a sauce pan combine 1 tablespoon sugar, 3 tablespoon butter and ⅛ teaspoon salt and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, and add flour, all at once. Stir constantly until mixture forms a ball, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat, and beat eggs and to mixture, stirring until it become smooth and incorporated well.
Spoon the dough into a murruku acchu or into a pastry bag with a large star tip (or simply drop spoons full of batter into oil). Press strips of dough about 4 inches long into hot oil. Cook as many as will fit comfortably at once, turning as they brown it took about 8 minute.

Remove churros from oil, and drain on paper towels, then immediately roll them in cinnamon-sugar mixture/ dusted with confectioner’s sugar. Serve hot or warm. Enjoy with chocolate sauce. 

Chocolate sauce
In a microwave safe bowl add chocolate pieces and ⅛ cup milk , chili powder, cumin powder, cloves and 1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar and heat it for 15 seconds at high.
Mix everything and heat for another 15 seconds so that chocolate melts and all the spices get incorporated.
In a small cup add rest of milk and corn starch and mix well and set aside.
Once the chocolate is melted add cornstarch milk mixture to it and heat for another 15 seconds. 
Enjoy with churros.

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Yield 1 dozen 4- to 6-inch churros
Verdict: Tasty
Will you make again: Yes I will

Swathi

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  1. Clumbsy Cookie says

    What a perfect way to celebrate Spain's victory! I love churros!!! They're one of my favourite spanish things!

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  2. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) says

    love churros....urs look crispy n melts in mouth...love tht lastpic..pass me tht plate can finish off in one take..haha

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  3. RAKS KITCHEN says

    This is new to me and sounds really mouthwatering,looks tempting!

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  4. shahana says

    very tempting pictures!

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  5. Cinnamon-Girl says

    Your churros look so scrumptious! The chocolate sauce for dipping is a nice touch!

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  6. Faith says

    This is such a treat! I haven't had churros in so long! The chocolate sauce is the perfect addition.

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  7. Jay says

    Wat a great n delicius idea...very tempting da.

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  8. munchcrunchandsuch says

    I love them..and I love the way the sugar coats the churros

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  9. GayathriRaj says

    Hey Swathi that is really very new name....very diff....when i saw the name of the dish i dint understnd anythng but i when i read the post then it sound better....i think tastes yummy....

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  10. RV says

    This is a great tasting snack..yumm.
    -RV (www.foodfor7stagesoflife.com)

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  11. Panchpakwan says

    Wow yummy chrros..that o dunked in chocolate is so mouth watering..

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  12. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    Beautiful looking churros. I love them, never had them with chocolate, but I can only imagine how delctable they must have been 🙂

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  13. Usha says

    Looks fabulous ! I was routing for Spain in the end too so I was just glad when they won...

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  14. PranisKitchen says

    swathi really deliicous one da.. feel to grab some and taste.. sauce looks so yummy really liked it

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  15. Vrinda says

    Lovely churros..me too posted long back..

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  16. Priti says

    Wow .....lost for words..looks so delicious...

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  17. Guna's kitchen says

    luks delicious and perfect...

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  18. Niloufer Riyaz says

    mouthwatering Churros with delicious Sauce

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  19. Hamaree Rasoi says

    I just saw churros recipe at priya's place. Looks yummy and your chocolate version seems totally different as it has chilli, cumin, cloves..sounds very interesting

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  20. Satya says

    yummy churros ..love to try it soon

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  21. Life is beautiful!!! says

    Swathi, how are you doing? This snacks looks very yummy. The photos look too gus too 🙂

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  22. aipi says

    OMG..i am drooling here.. churros dipped in choco sauce.. yum! lovely clicks and presentation 🙂

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  23. vineetha says

    Mhmmm..really worth trying.Looks absolutely delicious.

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  24. PALATABLE says

    They look beautiful and perfect, 1st time came across choc sauce flavored with chili and cumin powder, yum..yum...

    http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

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  25. Rach says

    Looks super yummy!

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  26. Priya says

    Swathi, same pinch..even i have posted churros, but not with chocolate sauce..will try definitely next time with chocolate sauce, yummy churros..

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  27. Neha says

    looks good...never heard of this spanish food before..

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  28. Sushma Mallya says

    Yummy churros...would love to try it soon...beautiful clicks swathi

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