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Bankye (chili cassava fries)

Golden fried cassava pieces, seasoned with onion and chili in a lively sauce. It's a very popular street snack or side dish in Ghana, crispy outside and soft inside.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Instructions

  1. Peel the cassava, cut it into 1 cm thick sticks and boil them in salted water for 10 minutes until tender.
  2. Drain them and let them dry for 10 minutes on a tea towel.
  3. Heat the frying oil to 170 °C and fry the sticks for 6 to 8 minutes until golden brown.
  4. Drain them on kitchen paper.
  5. In a frying pan, sauté the sliced onion and chopped chilies in oil for 4 minutes.
  6. Add the diced tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes until you have a lively sauce.
  7. Add the fried cassava to the pan, coat it in the sauce and season; serve straight away.

Variations and tips

No-fry version. Bake the cassava sticks at 220 °C for 20 minutes, turning them halfway through.

Using what's available here. Fresh cassava is sold in African or Asian grocery stores; frozen cassava fries work too.

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