Cowpea Strips

Cowpea Strips

Ingredients
onions: 30 6
cowpeas: 340 6
flour, wheat: 100 6
salt, table: 10 6
oil, frying: 800

Dish Type: Snacks

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. Add ground onion, salt, and flour and mix well.
3. Heat the oil and extrude the mixture from a cake decorator, in strips, into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown.
4. Serve for cocktails or as snacks.


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