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Acarajé Black-Eyed Pea Fritters with Shrimp Filling

Name: Acarajé Black-Eyed Pea Fritters with Shrimp Filling
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 800g black-eyed peas; 1 clove garlic; 1 green chilli; 1 small red onion, finely diced; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp baking powder; vegetable oil, for frying, For frying; 1 red onion, sliced; 1 tablespoon ginger, chopped; 2 cloves garlic; 1 red chilli, chopped; 150g raw tiger prawns, raw; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 2 plum tomatoes; 1 tablespoon coriander, chopped; lime, juiced, Juice of 1; hot sauce, to serve, to serve

Crisp black-eyed pea fritters filled with a spicy tomato, shrimp, and coriander filling.

55 min
620 kcal
Seafood

Mellowpan tip: Makes 4 servings, so there’s room for leftovers. Plan them into your week.

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Acarajé Black-Eyed Pea Fritters with Shrimp Filling

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Steps

Step 1:
Place the sliced red onion, ginger, 2 cloves of garlic, chopped red chilli, and some salt in a food processor.
Step 2:
Purée until smooth.
Step 3:
Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a frying pan and add the purée.
Step 4:
Fry for 5 minutes, or until cooked through.
5 min
Step 5:
Add the raw tiger prawns, plum tomatoes, and chopped coriander.
Step 6:
Squeeze in the lime juice and add salt to taste.
Step 7:
Cook for 3 minutes, or until the prawns are cooked through.
3 min
Step 8:
Remove the filling from the heat.
Step 9:
Drain and rinse the black-eyed peas.
Step 10:
Place them in a food processor with 1 clove of garlic and the green chilli.
Step 11:
Purée until smooth.
Step 12:
Scrape the mixture into a bowl and add the finely diced red onion, plain flour, salt, chilli powder, and baking powder.
Step 13:
Mix and roll into 16 balls.
Step 14:
Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5.
Step 15:
Heat 8cm of the palm or vegetable oil in a wok or small heavy pan.
Step 16:
When a small piece of bread sizzles, drop 4–5 balls into the oil.
Step 17:
Fry until golden and crisp, about 4–5 minutes.
4–5 min
Step 18:
Drain on kitchen paper and repeat until all the balls are fried.
Step 19:
Keep the fritters warm in the oven while finishing, if desired.
Step 20:
Slice the fritters open down the centre and spoon in the prawn filling.
Step 21:
Serve with hot sauce.