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Dan Wake (Nigerian Bean and Rice Fritter)

Name: Dan Wake (Nigerian Bean and Rice Fritter)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: rice 400 g; black-eyed peas 200 g; onion, blended 150 g; ginger, grated 20 g; scotch bonnet pepper 10 g; fine salt 8 g; water 700 ml; oil for frying 700 ml

Black-eyed pea and rice fritters fried crisp and golden.

45 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Dan wake is a northern Hausa snack, where a rice and black-eyed pea batter is flavoured with ginger and onion and fried in firm, golden discs that hold together well. The mixture is pressed flat and fried in batches so the centres set while the outsides colour. It travels and keeps like chin chin, and is commonly bought as a filling snack with tea.

Ingredients

rice400 g
black-eyed peas200 g
onion, blended150 g
ginger, grated20 g
scotch bonnet pepper10 g
fine salt8 g
water700 ml
oil for frying700 ml

Directions

1
Soak the beans 8 hours; rinse.
2
Blend rice, beans, onion, ginger and pepper into a thick batter.
3
Season with salt and rest 10 minutes.
4
Fry spoonfuls at 190C for 3 minutes until golden.
dan wake is golden and crisp

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