Last Updated on May 19, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Yuca Donuts – Gluten Free Cassava Donuts – These donuts are a popular Nicaragua street food.
If you’re Gluten Free, cassava/yuca should be your best friend in all it’s forms. Whether you are eating the vegetable itself or indulging in a sweet bowl of tapioca pudding (yep tapioca is made from yuca) or using tapioca starch in baked goods, cassava/yuca helps you easily create gluten free meals.
The next time you are struggling to create a gluten free dish whether it’s breakfast or dessert, remember yuca and tapioca and the choices will be endless.
A few days ago it was Ube Donuts and today we have Yuca Donuts. I found out about these when I was watching an episode of Street Eats, a Travel Channel program that explores the street foods from countries all over the world. As they were going through Central America, the yuca donuts of Nicaragua intrigued me. Although maybe not an exact replica, this is at least a close cousin to the one I saw on the show.
Before we get to today’s recipe, let’s check out some other Donut Recipes…
Donut Recipes
- Samoan Banana Donuts with Coconut Glaze
- Oliebol – Dutch New Year Doughnuts
- Middle Eastern Spiced Stuffed Doughnuts
IN THE MAKING – HOW TO MAKE YUCA DONUTS
Yuca Donuts – Gluten Free Cassava Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups yuca peeled and finely grated (or defrosted frozen grated cassava)
- 3/4 cup queso fresco crumbled (paneer can be substituted)
- 1/3 cup frozen grated coconut defrosted and all liquid squeezed from it
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- oil for frying
- Syrup Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups piloncillo jaggery can be substituted
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 4 cinnamon stick
- juice of 1 lime
Instructions
- Combine all the syrup ingredients and boil for about 15 minutes, until syrup consistency is achieved. Let cool.
- Combine yuca, queso fresco, coconut, egg and baking powder until a soft batter is formed.
- Heat oil to 350 F.
- Using a mini scoop take a spoon of the batter, pressing well against the side of the bowl to make sure the batter is tightly compacted.
- Drop into the hot oil. It will bubble a lot. Once bubbles subside, using a spider remove any excess particles that broke off from the ball of batter. This will keep your oil clean so that you can reuse the excess oil. Fry until golden brown.
- Repeat until all the batter is used.
- Drain on paper towels. Place donuts in syrup and coat on all sides.Serve warm.
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Doughnut looks superb dear !! fabulous choice for Y !! 🙂
Wow!! Same pinch with the vegetable selection MIr….Yuca for me as well, but I love this preparation 🙂 First time I am cooking this vegetable and I am in love with it already..Thanks for all the Indian substitutions that you have mentioned. makes it easier for us to try.
Mireille you are so good with your international cuisine…I dont have the guts to try so many new things..truly amazing.
Very interesting I have cooked with yuca before but never made doughnuts. This recipe is super will book mark and try. It would be great if you link it to Lets cook with coconut and Flavours of Caribbean as yuca is one of their key ingredients in their cuisine.You can get event links at simply.food
looking very tempting .
Omg, those yucca doughnuts are just breath taking, you rock Mir, seriously i want to make and taste different cuisines like u..
that is seriously drool worthy!!! my mouth is watering here!!
Sowmya
Oh my those doughnuts looks sublime. My mouth is salivating just looking at your pictures. Thank you for submitting yet another delicious recipe to the Flavours of the Caribbean event.
Thank you for all the substitutes. makes life easier for us. Never tried Yucca in any form. Now next trip to Mumbai I get yucca and make these.
Love this recipe… quite unique doughnut…
Never heard about yucca M those doughnuts looks sticky and yummy !
That is a very very interesting donut.. I've cooked with yuca but never in a sweet preparation — donuts look and sound delicious.
looks so awesome and delicious..
We just slice yuca and fry it in oil and that's one of the things Kerala is famous for – chips! Banana chips is the most popular one, but yuca chips is not very far behind… Learnt another new recipe from you today, Mireille 🙂
First thing I did was googled for yuca. The doughnuts look great.
Looks very tempting!!
I have been looking for a good fried yucca bread recipe ( yucca doughnuts) since I first tried them in Nicaragua while on a mission trip. Although this is not exactly like what they have, it is very similar:)
Thanks they were so delicious even if they r not an exact replica I think you will like them
Awesome recipe Mireille, would never have thought of using yuca for doughnuts. They look really good.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, yuca/cassava is used in many sweet recipes. These donuts is definitely a delicious way to use yuca!