Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, spicy fried plantain (kelewele). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
How To Make Spicy Fried Ripe Plantain At Home (Kelewele). Jollof, Kelewele (Spiced Fried Plantain), Baked Chicken and Green Beans. Fried plantains like kelewele show up all over the world like in Nigeria (called dodo), South America and the Caribbean, and Asia, but this recipe is ALL Kelewele is sometimes referred to in Ghana as the "vegetarian meat" because of it's popularity among vegetarians.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spicy fried plantain (kelewele) using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy fried plantain (kelewele):
- Prepare 4 large ripe plantains
- Get 1 tbsp paprika
- Take to taste Salt,
- Get 1 tsp ginger powder
- Take 1 tsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Get As needed Vegetable oil, for frying
Kelewele (Kele-wele) are flavorful fried plantain cubes. Kelewele are often sold by African street vendors. Originally from Ghana, kelewele have been popularized in America by several Kwanzaa books and websites. Spicy Fried Plantains (Kelewele) - Ghana street food at its best!.
Steps to make Spicy fried plantain (kelewele):
- Wash and split all the plantains. Next, in a large bowl, diagonally cut the plantains into bite sizes.
- To season, pour in the paprika, salt, ginger and nutmeg and finally the lemon juice. Mix thoroughly to combine. Leave on the counter for 10 minutes.
- In a large saucepan, pour in some vegetable oil and heat it up on medium high heat, to check for hotness, put in the oil, a piece of onion, if it starts to fry, the oil is ready, with a spider spoon, scoop and pour the plantain into the oil. Fry for 10 minutes then reduce the heat to medium low and fry for another 5 minutes. Time may vary so fry till golden brown. When fried, take it out and put in a colander or a bowl lined with tissue paper to absorb any excess oil.
- Serve with your favourite rice dishes or as a snack with some peanuts. Happy Frying!
It doesn't get more street food than Kelewele. Just ask any Ghanaian, if you don't Most Kelewele recipes call for a spice mixture that is paste-like because of the addition of water. I prefer making a "dry" spice rub as I find this sticks better. Plantain, believed to have originated in southeast Asia refers to the cooking banana, cultivars of the banana plant, which produces an edible fruit that is full of starch and rarely eaten raw. Though similar in appearance, the two banana varieties are typically used in very different ways.
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