KELEWELE (A Ghanian Recipe) Recipe. How to prepare it? What are the ingredients? Cooking tips and more… This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty.
KELEWELE is made from ripened Plantain cubes, mixed with spices and fried. It's best served with roasted Peanuts and it's readily available at most street.
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Ingredients of KELEWELE (A Ghanian Recipe)
- Make ready of Ripe Plantains.
- Prepare of Onion powder (You can blend your fresh onions as replacement).
- You need of Ginger and Garlic Paste.
- You need of Cloves.
- Make ready of Chili pepper.
- Make ready of Salt.
- It’s of Green beans(Optional).
- Take of Groundnut (To have it with).
- It’s of 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.Fresh ginger, cayenne pepper, and salt seem to be the most typical combination of spices used to make kelewele.West Africa boasts a wide selection of fried plantain recipes ranging from simple plantain chips to the mouth-watering Kelewele.
KELEWELE (A Ghanian Recipe) instructions
- Wash and peel the back of your ripe plantains. Then divide vertically into two, with a knife, and cut into slant stripes..
- Transfer into a bowel and add your garlic/ginger paste, chilli pepper, cloves, onion powder and salt. Then marinate well..
- Set your pan to heat and pour in your vegetable oil and allow to heat..
- Then pour in your plantain marinade(mixed plantain) and allow to fry till brown. And scoop out into a colander(Sieve), till the oil is out properly..
- Dice your green beans..
- Then serve your Kelewele in a plate and sprinkle your groundnut and green beans. ITS READY.
I've always loved buying these from street vendors across the city, so much so that I learned the You shouldn't have too much trouble making it but I have also featured a recipe video towards the end for extra inspiration.Check out our popular Ghanaian Kelewele Recipe (pronounced Kay-lay-way-lay) made with fried plantains seasoned with spices.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.
This version goes under different aliases in Ghana is Kelewele and in Ivory Coast, it is known as Aloco.To me, street food is one of the most important parts of any culture.This Ghanian recipe is served as a dessert.Kelewele is a flavorful Ghanaian dish consisting of deep-fried plantain chunks that are usually combined with salt, ginger, and hot peppers.Some cooks like to add peanuts, cloves, nutmeg, or cinnamon to the mix in order to give kelewele an additional layer of flavor.
