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Tatale
Spicy soft plantains from Ghana
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
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Total Time
27
minutes
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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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