Recipe Category: Snack
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Ingredients
- 1 bag (14 oz)of dried green or yellow split peas.
- 3 cloves of garlic peeled and crushed 1tbsp curry powder
- 1 de-seeded and chopped Serrano pepper ( If you can’t get Serrano you could use Jalapeno but these are not as hot)
- 1tbs baking powder
- ½ cup all purpose plain flour
- a couple of pinches of salt to taste Oil for frying
Method
- Sift through the peas to remove any impurities and soak the for at least 3 hours or until they are soft enough to be broken with a fingernail
- Once they are soft drain and add the garlic, curry powder, pepper and salt and blend until smooth adding water as necessary
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and stir in the pea puree and stir in until you have a stiff batter
- Add additional flour if your mixture is not stiff enough
- Heat oil in a deep heavy pan or fat fryer to 375°F (190°C)
- Take a teaspoonful of the batter and drop into the oil and cook
- When the float and the bottoms turn brown turn over to cook the other side
- This will take about 2 minutes
- It is best to cook no more than 10 at a time to ensure the oil retains its temperature and you are in control of the cooking
- Drain the balls and put on kitchen paper to absorb excess oil
- If necessary sprinkle a little salt to serve
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