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Tatale

Spicy soft plantains from Ghana
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Keyword: african ingredients, plantain
Servings: 7 pancakes

Ingredients

  • 3 very ripe plantains
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 thumb size ginger
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper or habenero
  • 1/2 tsp of black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp of ground cloves
  • 1 tsp all purpose seasoning
  • 3 calabash nutmegs
  • 3 grains of selim
  • 1/3 tsp grains of paradise
  • salt to taste
  • 4 tbsp of all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp of red palm oil

Instructions

  • Grind all the spices together
  • Grind the onions, ginger and scotch bonnet together
  • Mix the spices and onion paste together
  • Mash the plantains till you get a semi smooth paste
  • Mix the plantains with the onion and spice mix
  • Season with salt to taste
  • Mix in the all purpose flour
  • Fry in a non stick pan with a little bit of the red palm oil.
  • Scoop about 1/4 cup worth of batter onto your pan and flatten with the back of a spatula till it is about 1 cm thick.
  • You want the pancakes to fry at medium to low heat till the top of the pancake doesn't look raw (about 4-5 minutes)
  • Flip and let it cook on the other side for another 4 minutes
  • Take off the heat
  • Repet till all your batter is cooked

Notes

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