Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy fried plantain (kelewele). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little 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 appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Spicy fried plantain (kelewele) is something that I have loved my entire 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 GHANA!
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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
- Take 1 tbsp paprika
- Make ready to taste Salt,
- Prepare 1 tsp ginger powder
- Get 1 tsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Take As needed Vegetable oil, for frying
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. Spicy Fried Plantains (Kelewele) - Ghana street food at its best!. It doesn't get more street food than Kelewele.
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!
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. 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 Kelewele or Spicy Fried Plantain cubes is a popular and well-loved Ghanaian food and it's a winner recipe because all the ingredients used for making it. 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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