The tasty fritters

I do apologise for the late post. It has been a busy couple of weeks. I start of with Bhajia za Kunde that one my close friends/sis requested. It is actually made from black-eyed peas - not the band ;) Back in the day,in Scotland this was a popular recipe for dinner get together menus. We would sit down and scoff ourselves like there was no tomorrow - I shall reveal the rest in due time. These fritters were also sold in Mombasa, along with viazi vya madonge(read my first post). It is an easy recipe, and gets better with practice.

Bhajia za Kunde - Black-eyed peas fritters

Ingredients

Black-eyed peas(dry NOT canned) - 1 cups soaked preferably overnight

Cumin Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Onion - 1

Garlic - 2 cloves

Ginger - 1 tspoon

Chilli - 1 whole

Baking Soda - 1teaspoon

Flour - 1 tablespoon

Cilantro/Dhania - A few sprigs

Salt - to taste

Oil for deep frying

Procedure

Drain the soaked black-eyed peas. Using a food processor or blender, grind the Black-eyed peas.Do not add water yet as there's enough moisture in the soaked peas. Now pour the black-eyed peas mixture into a bowl. In the food processor or blender add the Cumin powder, onion, garlic, ginger, Chilli, baking soda, flour, coriander and salt to the black eye peas. Add a little water if necessary remember the paste has to be thick not runny and grind.Add this mixture into the black eye peas and add a tablespoon of oil. Mix thoroughly. 

Heat oil in a pan or wok. First wash and dry your hands. Take small amount of batter to form a lemon sized ball shape, put that ball on your left palm and flatten it lightly. Drop gently into the hot oil.Careful you do not burn your fingers.

Flip when dark brown on both sides. Drain and serve with the tamarind chilli(check my previous posts) or Chutney. ENJOY!!