Fried cowpea paste (Yoruba – Akara)
Ingredient
|
Handy measure
|
Cowpea
|
2 cups
|
| Vegetable/palm oil | Enough for deep frying |
Onion
|
1 big size
|
Fresh red pepper
|
4 small size/ to taste
|
Salt
|
to taste
|
- Hulled the cowpea
- Mix with the chopped onion and fresh pepper and make to thick paste (check previous posts)
- Whip till mixture very well to incorporate air
- Add little water if necessary but it must not be watery
- Chopped pepper and onions can also be added
- Heat oil until it just begins to smoke
- Drop the batter with spoon (desired size) into the hot oil
- Flip them over when brown at a side
- Leave till it browns at the other side too
- Pree to remove excess oil
- Then remove form the oil
