Cowpea Crepes

Cowpea Crepes

Ingredients
cowpeas: 50 6
milk: 170
egg, chicken: 1
sugar: 50 6
flour, wheat: 120 6
nutmeg: 6 6
salt, table: 15 6
oil, frying: 50 6

Dish Type: Dessert

Country: World
Difficulty: Easy
Cooking Time (minutes): quick (30 minutes or less)
Steps
1. Soak cowpeas, remove the husks, and grind them into a smooth paste.
2. Prepare batter with flour, milk, and egg (diluted milk is 1/2 milk + 1/2 water).
3. Add nutmeg and the cowpea paste to batter, mix well, and allow to stand for 30 mn.
4. Shallow fry and roll in granulated sugar. Serve with slices of lemon.


Source
DOVLO, Florence E., WILLIAMS, Caroline E., ZOAKA, Laraba (1976), Cowpeas - Home preparation and use in West Africa (IDRC), ISBN 0-88936-071-5, reprint 1984, Ottawa

Serving
5 - 6