Fartura (food)

A fartura is a doughnut made of flour, yeast, baking soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon and water, that is fried in oil, in the form of a roll and traditionally sold at fairs in Portugal.

[2] One theory is that the Portuguese, when trading in the Far East, would have brought with them new cooking techniques, including modifying the dough of Youtiao, also known as Youzagwei, in southern China.

[3] Another theory is that farturas may have been an adaptation of the Spanish churros, which were created by shepherds as a substitute for foods made with fresh pasta.

Churro dough was easy to produce and fry over an open fire in the mountains, where shepherds lived most of the time.

[4] The food is part of the Arab influence in Portuguese cuisine, in using sugar instead of honey for sweetening.