The best recipe for cassava with bananas!

For those who have not yet tasted these African know that you have missed something for all this time, but thanks to me you will be able to catch up with catch up because I share with you today the best recipe for cassava donuts made with bananas 🙂

Cassava fritters or called Accra Banana /Accra Cassava , or Kouti in Guinea (yes yes they are also known in Guinea, not only in Cameroon!) Are made from ripe bananas and grated cassava. 

Salt is also added and sometimes sugar to end up at the end with delicious crispy donuts on the outside and soft on the inside. Without forgetting its particular taste with a salty and sweet touch.

Cassava donut: Cameroon streetfood

Cassava fruits are almost part of the Cameroonian street food . In the streets of Yaoundé (Cameroon) where I grew up, the moms generally sell them in the evening next to the flour donuts (Mikate) , and corn failure . They are sold with chili, a small spicy sauce, it's really much more good like that. (The recipe for the chili that you see in this image will be published very soon, so subscribe to my newsletter :)

How to make cassava donuts?

 As I said above, the recipe is particularly very easy to make . You just have to mix the grated cave and the bananas together, salty and then fry . No need for rest time, no need for a lot of ingredients .

The only thing that takes the time is to grate the cassava, but honestly for the taste it is well worth it.

The cassava after being grated must be pressed using a fine and clean cloth to let the water pass. Avoid pressing too much too, otherwise your donuts will be a little dry . Press just enough; Without putting all your strength. lol

If you are in Africa, and you have very ripe bananas available. You may not add the sugar . Here in Europe bananas are not generally very sweet, suddenly I add a little sugar to swing a little.

Some health benefits

I cannot finish this post without telling you about the benefits that cassava about our health . I find that the donuts are so digestible . When I start eating I can't stop. I assure you !!!

I tell myself that it is thanks to cassava and its multiple virtues. Here I just give you a few health benefits, but if you want to know more, take a look at this article that I wrote on cassava . There I go in the details

• Cassava is consumed as a starchy one, because it is rich in carbohydrates. It can therefore easily replace the potato.
• Rich in starch and fiber. It is very easy to digest.
• He is full. Once consumed, starch gains in volume in the stomach, which promotes the feeling of satiety .

Thank you for reading until the end. Leave me a comment if you try this recipe, it would make me a lot of pleasure 🙂

Cassava

Cassava donuts or called Accra Banana in English speakers, is a mixture of grated bananas and cassava. They are crisp on the outside and soft inside with a salty and sweet touch.

Preparation time 12 minutes min

Cooking time 8 minutes min

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Ingredients

  

• 1150 g of cassava
• 4 large bananas walls
• 1/2 TSP of salt
• 3-4 TBSP of sugar
• frying oil

Instructions

 

• Grate your cassava. Use either a mandolin or machine. For cassava, if you have laziness to grate it manually, you can use a mixer, if it is powerful enough or you can buy it already grated in Asian stores, if you find it. If you already find it grated, in this case it will be necessary to mix it with tapioca, because the cassava is very rich in water.
• Press the cassava with your hands. For those who grow up, like me, I did it here. Just press your cassava, either with your hands or using a towel. I tried the 2 methods and I prefer to press simply with my hands, because with a towel, you run the risk of removing the water too much, which will make your donuts dry at the end of the frying
• In another bowl, mash your bananas with a fork and then add the hurried cassava. For bananas, it is better to use very wall bananas, to be able to have this sweetly sweet taste. Here, I had to add, a spoon of sugar, because our bananas from here are not really sweet.
• Then add salt and sugar. Well mixed the dough and form your balls
• Heat the oil, add your balls and cook for about 6 minutes up to a golden color.
• Serve hot!