Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, spicy fried plantain (kelewele). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
All Reviews for Kelewele (Spicy Fried Plantains). Kelewele (Spicy Fried Plantains). this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Kelewele or Aloco(Spicy Fried Plantains) - African spicy fried ripe plantains that is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have spicy fried plantain (kelewele) using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy fried plantain (kelewele):
- Make ready 4 large ripe plantains
- Make ready 1 tbsp paprika
- Take to taste Salt,
- Make ready 1 tsp ginger powder
- Take 1 tsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Prepare As needed Vegetable oil, for frying
Kelewele are often sold by African street vendors. Originally from Ghana, kelewele have been popularized in America by several Kwanzaa books and websites. 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 GHANA! Spice recommendations change based on who's cooking it.
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 seems everyone has their own secret spice mix, but the basics are salt, peppers. But the traditional Ghanaian Kelewele fried plantains are in a world of their own. I've always loved buying these from street vendors across the city, so much so that I learned the recipe and made them for myself! Kelewele is a traditional Ghanaian side dish or snack of spicy fried plantains. 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.
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