Acaraje black-eyed pea fritters with shrimp filling

Подготовка

1. 🥄step 1
2. 🔥Make the filling by placing the onion, ginger, garlic, chilli, and some salt into food processor.

Шаги

1. 🔥Purée until smooth.

Готовка

1. 🧂Heat the oil in a frying pan and pour the purée into it.
2. 🍳Fry for 5 mins or until cooked through.

Подготовка

1. 🍳Add the prawns, tomatoes and chopped coriander.

Шаги

1. 🫇Squeeze in the lime and add salt to taste.

Готовка

1. 🍽️Cook for 3 mins, or until the prawns have cooked through.

Шаги

1. 🌿Remove from the heat.
2. ✨step 2
3. 🥄Drain and rinse the black-eyed peas.
4. 🔥Pour into a food processor with the garlic and chili.
5. 🧂Purée until smooth.
6. 🍳Scrape into a bowl and add the onion, flour, salt, chilli powder and baking powder.

Подготовка

1. ✨Mix and roll into 16 balls.

Шаги

1. 🥄step 3
2. 🔥Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas
3. 🧂Heat 8cm of the palm or vegetable oil in a wok or small heavy pan.
4. 🍳When a small piece of bread sizzles, drop 4-5 balls into the oil.

Готовка

1. 🔥Fry until golden and crisp, about 4-5 mins.

Шаги

1. 🧂Drain on kitchen paper and repeat until they are all finished.
2. 🍳You can keep them warm in the oven while you finish.

Подготовка

1. 🍳Slice the fritters open down the centre and spoon the prawn filling in.

Подача

1. 🫇Serve with hot sauce.