Total time
30 mins
Prep
15 mins
Cook
15 mins
Per head
£1.57
Difficulty
Easy
Street food at its best. Spiced, caramelised plantain bites that are crispy on the outside and soft in the middle.
Did you know?
Kelewele is one of Ghana's most beloved street foods, sold by vendors on street corners across the country, especially in the evenings. Plantains, the starchy cousin of the banana, have been cultivated in West Africa for thousands of years and are one of the continent's most important food crops.
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Ingredients
- ½ (small, finely diced) onion
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 (peeled and cubed) plantain
- 1 scotch bonnet
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ inch ginger
- 480ml, or enough to fill the pan 3-4cm deep for frying vegetable oil
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