Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spicy fried plantain (kelewele). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kelewele Recipe (Ghana - Spicy Fried Plantains) Kelewele (pronounced Kay-lay-way-lay) is a popular Ghanaian dish made with fried plantains seasoned with spices. It is often served with rice and bean stew or alone as a vegetarian dessert or snack. Kelewele (Kele-wele) are flavorful fried plantain cubes.
Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spicy fried plantain (kelewele) using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy fried plantain (kelewele):
- Make ready 4 large ripe plantains
- Get 1 tbsp paprika
- Take to taste Salt,
- Take 1 tsp ginger powder
- Make ready 1 tsp lemon juice
- Get 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Get As needed Vegetable oil, for frying
Typically sold by street vendors, you can also cook these yourself and serve with stew or simply eat them on their own. Kelewele - Easy, quick and super tasty Spicy Fried Plantain cubes. Made with ripe plantains that are peeled, cut into small cubes or bite-size chunks and seasoned with spices such as Onion, Garlic, Cayenne Pepper, and Ginger. The spiced plantain is then fried until the sugar in it caramelizes, and produces brown edges.
Instructions 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!
Kelewele is spicy fried plantain, a delicious and moreish street food which is popular in Ghana. This dish is like dodo (fried plantain), which is popular in Africa and the Caribbean, but the addition of spices gives a kick, which takes the taste of kelewele up a notch. Kelewele (Spicy fried plantains): these are a favourite Ghanaian street foods. It is basically ripe plantains seasoned with a lot of spices and fried. I think the sun and rain have been fighting with one another nowadays.
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