The delicious Venezuelan domplinas

The domplinas are a type of arepa that is prepared based on wheat flour. It is an "arepa" and at the same time a "bread". It has a sweet touch that is flattering and is a very particular recipe from Sucre - Venezuela. We can consume it with butter, you can also add cheese, ham, chicken, fish, that is, what you like.

We need:

1 kg of wheat flour
1 teaspoon of yeast
2 Tablespoons of sugar
a pinch of salt
600 ml of water
2 tablespoons oil or 1 tablespoon butter
1 egg (optional)
3 tablespoons of milk or 1 cup of liquid milk (optional)

Process:

In a bowl, add a little more than half of the water and the yeast, let stand for 15 minutes. Then add sugar, salt, egg (optional) and oil. With the hand, we remove everything, then add the flour and milk, then begin to knead. Add a little water if the dough is very hard and continue kneading.

When the dough begins to form, we take a little flour and apply it on a flat surface and begin to knead very well until the dough is completely soft, let stand for 10 minutes and knead again for 5 minutes.

After 2 hours cut the dough with a knife in 3 parts and shape with your hands, take a bowl and add a little oil and place the balls there (the oil is so they do not stick), cover it with a cloth and let them rest for 2 hours.

You can see that the balls grew, which is the function of the yeast. On a flat surface, add a little oil and take a ball and stretch it, then place it in a budare or frying pan previously heated, cover it with a lid and cook over medium heat.

After 5 minutes we proceed to turn the arepa and cover it again. The time to turn it over depends on the fire in the burner.

Once cooked on both sides, place it in a dry cloth, cover it, let it rest until it cools a little and enjoy this delicious Venezuelan arepa.

Thus we obtain our rich domplinas.

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