Akara (African) Recipe #307518
Recipe from the Food Network. States that this is a traditional Nigerian dinner. You have to plan ahead (to soak the beans), but otherwise it comes together quite quickly. And it's vegetarian to boot!
by JanuaryBride
20 min | 10 min prep
SERVES 4 -6
- 1/2 lb dried black-eyed peas
- 2 small onions
- 1 red pepper
- salt
- white pepper
- olive oil
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 1 green pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Soak peas overnight in lots of water. Drain. Peel the outside skin from the peas.
- In a processor, pulse the 1 onion and red pepper to coarsely chop. Add soaked peas and puree to a paste. Transfer to a bowl and using a whisk, whisk the mixture adding salt, white pepper and just a little soaking liquid -- not too much as the mixture needs to retain its shape for frying.
- Using an ice cream scoop, form into balls about the size of a ping-pong ball. Drop into a pot of hot olive oil, heated to 360 degrees F. Fry until golden brown. Remove to paper towel-lined plate. Season again with salt and pepper.
- Make a quick dipping sauce by pulsing 2 seeded tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 green pepper and some parsley in food processor. Add olive oil and season with salt and pepper. It should be a little chunky, but smooth enough to stick to the fried akara.
|
© 2009 Recipezaar. All Rights Reserved. http://www.recipezaar.com |
|
Share your experience with others, and post your comments on the recipe. Type 307518 in the Search box at the top of Recipezaar, to get back to this recipe easily. Recipe Notes & Rating:
|
5 stars