Puff Puff - Nigerian Puff puff Recipe (2024)

Published: Sep 4, 2019 · Modified: Sep 22, 2019 by K's Cuisine · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Puff Puff is a popular Nigerian snack. Nigerian puff puff is deep fried similarly to doughnut and Ghanian bofrot. It is soft, spongy, fluffy, easy to make and requires just few ingredients.

It is usually eaten as starters or snacks. In Nigerian parties, you can almost be sure that puff puff will be served as small chops (appetizer). Infact, we eat it at anytime, anywhere..that's how much we Nigerians love this snack!

Nigerian Puff Puff Recipe

For this recipe, you will need Flour, Sugar, Salt, Nutmeg,Water and Sunflower or Vegetable oil. The totat cooking time is about 2hours 15 minutes. Find below my recipe for Nigerian puffpuff :

Preparation time:

Total time: 2 hours

INGREDIENTS

200g plain flour

70g sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

160ml lukewarm water

1 teaspoon active dry yeast

¼ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)

Sunflower oil for frying

How to make Puff Puff

In a mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt and nutmeg.

In a small bowl mix the water with a teaspoon of sugar, add the yeast and stir well. Leave it for 5-10minutes to activate.

At the end of the 10 minutes the yeast mixture should have foamed. If this doesn't happen, discard it and try again.

Pour the yeast mixture into the flour mixture and mix thoroughly.

Cover with cling film or towel and leave to rise for 90-120 minutes or till it doubles in size.

Pour oil into a deep pan. The oil should be atleast 3inches deep. Let the oil heat up and scoop the batter into the oil with your hand. You can also use ice cream scoop.

K's Cuisine tip: For best result of the round shape use hand to scoop.

Test the oil by dropping a bit of batter in it. If it rises up after few seconds then the oil is ready.

Flip the batter till it's golden brown. Place on kitchen towel to drain excess oil.

Best served warm.

Just look at that. So yummy

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My current Perfect Puff Puff recipe can be found in my ebook Food O' Clock HERE

Puff Puff - Nigerian Puff puff Recipe (12)

My current Perfect Puff Puff recipe can be found in my ebook Food O' Clock HERE

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Puff Puff (Nigerian Puff Puff recipe)

Puff Puff is a popular Nigerian snack. Nigerian puff puff is deep fried similarly to doughnut and Ghanian bofrot. t is oft, spongy, fluffy, easy to make and requires just few ingredients.

Prep Time2 hours hrs

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: African, Nigerian

Keyword: best puff puff recipe, how to make puff puff, Nigerian Puff Puff, Puff Puff, puff puff recipe

Servings: 5

Calories: 6kcal

Author: K's Cuisine

Cost: $6

Ingredients

200 g Plain Flour
70 g Sugar
¼ tspn Nutmeg
¼ tspn Salt
1 tspn active dry yeast
160 ml Water
Sunflower Oil

Instructions

In a small bowl mix the water with a teaspoon of sugar, add the yeast and stir well. Leave it for 5-10minutes to activate.
Pour the yeast mixture into the flour mixture and mix thoroughly.
Cover with cling film or towel and leave to rise for 90-120 minutes or till it doubles in size.
Pour oil into a deep pan. The oil should be atleast 3 inches deep. Let the oil heat up and scoop the batter into the oil with your hand. You can also use ice cream scoop.
Flip the batter till it's golden brown. Place on kitchen towel to drain excess oil.

Video

Notes

Best Served warm

Nutrition

Calories: 6kcal

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This post was originally published February 2014, Republished with few recent pictures September 2019.

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Funke says
September 30, 2023 at 3:10 pm

It came out well because I normally use self-rising flour but I use the plain one . Thank you so much
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Esty says
November 27, 2021 at 5:30 pm
I will try it tonight
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Mira lee says
September 24, 2021 at 7:02 pm
Nice what about fish pie
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Tosin says
July 31, 2021 at 9:04 pm

This is indeed a fail proof recipe.
I was never satisfied with the outcome of my puff puff until I tried kcuisine’s puff puff recipe.
Give it a go and you will not be disappointed.
Thanks Sis 😘
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- K's Cuisine says
  August 05, 2021 at 10:48 pm
  Thank you for the great feedback:)
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  - Charity says
    December 21, 2021 at 9:02 am
    This has been really helpful. Very simple and nice
Ifeoma says
July 26, 2021 at 5:29 pm
Pls am making my puff puff now but for d past 1h30ms it hasn't rise. Pls guild me. Itz urgent
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Damilola says
April 10, 2021 at 12:52 pm
Thank you and I found it easy to make puff for everyone, they love it also I make puff everyday lol 😆.
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Yvette Styner says
March 05, 2021 at 12:24 am
How many does it make? It says it makes 5 servings, but how many of them do you consider a serving? Thank you
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Efia says
January 13, 2021 at 8:31 pm

Thank you so much for the recipe it’s so clear & simple. I made my first puff puff today and it was a success!!!! I added vanilla essence to it. They are not all round but they taste good 🤗
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- Agatha says
  April 05, 2021 at 4:00 pm
  I made my second puff puff and the test was wao
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linda says
August 19, 2020 at 5:27 pm
is it okay to double amount of ingredients in the recipe. Will it still come out the same
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- K's Cuisine says
  September 02, 2020 at 11:15 pm
  Yes, you can double the recipe.
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annabel says
July 18, 2020 at 3:23 pm

i love the recipe i made it for every body and they love it it was my first time ever doing this looking forward to making it another time but i used instant yeast thanks anyway God bless you
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- K's Cuisine says
  August 07, 2020 at 2:42 am
  Many thanks for the feedback Annabel.
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Mr Abu Friday says
July 01, 2020 at 12:11 pm
I am yet to try it. and if it work out well for me, I will give you feedback
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NkTobis says
June 26, 2020 at 10:47 am
Wow! I made puff puff for the first time today! Hubby and kids couldn’t get enough of it! Thanks so much.
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- K's Cuisine says
  June 27, 2020 at 11:11 pm
  That's good to know NkTobis.Thank you for the feedback.
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Amaka says
June 14, 2020 at 6:49 pm
I tried earlier and the yeast did not activate so it did not come it well. Trying again
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zarah c says
June 08, 2020 at 3:06 pm
loved it so so much
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- K's Cuisine says
  June 09, 2020 at 5:14 pm
  Glad you love it. Thanks for the feedback.
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  - elizabeth chukwu says
    June 14, 2020 at 3:56 pm
    Thanks so much for the puff puff recipe. I made it
  - K's Cuisine says
    June 17, 2020 at 5:22 pm
    You're welcome Elizabeth.
Precious malik says
May 06, 2020 at 1:09 pm

Nice steps to follow
I’ll definitely try this out
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- K's Cuisine says
  May 14, 2020 at 4:51 am
  Thank you. Let me know how it goes when you do.
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Ekemini says
May 02, 2020 at 3:01 pm
First yeast mixture didnt activate. I'm trying again.1
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- K's Cuisine says
  May 14, 2020 at 4:51 am
  How did it go?
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- Daniella says
  November 26, 2020 at 1:39 am
  Very nice , delicious.
  It came out very well , I made it today, doubled the ingredients and didn’t finish it eventually, do you think it will keep if I store the rest of the batter in the refrigerator, and make the rest tomorrow? I’m not sure it’s okay to leave outside the refrigerator.
  What do you advice?
  Please let me know.
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Fatai ayuba says
May 02, 2020 at 9:20 am
Good day am fatai ayuba, pls how can i prepear pufpuf
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Nonso says
April 21, 2020 at 11:54 am

Your recipes are easy to follow. The puff and meat pie came out fine
Thank you.
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- K's Cuisine says
  April 21, 2020 at 9:10 pm
  Glad to know you nailed both recipes. Thanks for the feedback Nonso.
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Florence says
April 19, 2020 at 7:24 pm

My puff puff came out nice,my children love it,and they want puff everyday thank n God bless
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- K's Cuisine says
  April 19, 2020 at 10:50 pm
  That's good to know. You're welcome and thank you for the feedback 🙂
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Onyi says
April 08, 2020 at 12:51 pm
I forgot to activate my yeast with sugar,I only used d warm water without adding sugar and I mixed,will it come out bad?
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- K's Cuisine says
  April 08, 2020 at 1:00 pm
  If the yeast activates it's fine.
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Stephanie Roberts says
November 10, 2019 at 3:56 pm

Recipe was easy to follow and my puff puff came out perfect. Thank you!
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oluyinka says
August 02, 2015 at 5:43 am
making this tomorrow night to use tuesday morning
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Sola says
July 11, 2015 at 1:15 pm
I dont really like oily snack. I would like to know if your method of cooking/frying the puff puff and beans cake does not make them oily..
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- K's Cuisine says
  July 11, 2015 at 11:58 pm
  Hello Sola, no it doesnt make them oily
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Gbemzy says
November 13, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Thanks dear
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adeoba oluwakemi ann says
September 18, 2014 at 4:19 pm
thanks for dis
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- K's Cuisine says
  September 18, 2014 at 6:05 pm
  You're welcome Adeoba 🙂
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Tinu says
May 15, 2014 at 1:08 am
Just tried it and it looks like it will turn out well.
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Feyi says
April 06, 2014 at 8:21 pm
Hi, thank you for sharing this recipe.Puff Puff came out brilliant I feel like a pro. My boys loved it and want it everyday. God Bless
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- K's Cuisine says
  April 06, 2014 at 8:41 pm
  You're welcome Feyi. lol at ur boys wanting it everyday oh dear...God bless u too and thanks for the feedback????
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