Plantain Fritters

Plantain Fritters

Plantain Fritters

The plantain fritters are super easy to make; and are vegan, paleo friendly, and gluten free if you use rice flour. These can also be made sweet; replacing the onion, garlic, green onion, parsley, and cayenne with cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time6 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Nigerian
Keyword: appetizer, Nigerian, paleo, vegan, West African
Author: Alex Gorgos

Equipment

  • Blender or food processor

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe plantains
  • 1 cup whole wheat or rice flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/2 tsp ginger grated
  • 2 tbsp onion finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp green onion finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp parsley finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

  • In a blender or food processor, lightly chopped up the plantains until there are no more lumps. If they are really ripe, you can smash them with a potato masher.
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  • Addthe remaining ingredients to the mashed plantains.
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  • Mix thoroughly.
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  • Add 2” of cooking oil to a pot over medium high heat. The oil temp should read 350 degrees. Using a cookie dropper, drop balls of the plantain dough into the hot oil. Make sure to not overcrowd the pot. These will take about 6 minutes to fry. Drain grease on a paper towel.
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  • Serve with dip consisting of 2/3 mayo/ 1/3 sriracha.
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