Akara Beans / Koki donuts
In Nigeria, Koki donuts are called Akara or Fried Bean Cake. In Ghana, they call it Koose or Accra Beans; In Benin it's called Akkra Funfun, and in Sierra Léone the koki donuts are known as Binch Akara.
Ingredients
- 300 g of Cornille or Koki bean
- 1 Onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 pepper
- frying oil
- 1 TSP of salt
- 1/2 glass of water to crush beans and get a smooth dough
- 1 optional cube
Instructions
- The recipe for Koki donuts is so easy to make, the only thing that takes time and is a bit complicated is to wash beans. But luckily, we can find beans already lavas in Afoshops for those who do not have time or who simply have the laziness of washing manually ... loll
- For those who have enough time, I have a little tip to be able to wash the beans quickly. It will first be necessary to dip the beans for at least 4 hours before or even the day before, to soften the seeds. Then, try to crush the bean seeds in a blender with a lot of water for maximum 1 min. And finally, you just have to rub the beans with your hands and rinse several times with water so that you can completely remove the skin.
- Peel an onion. garlic and wash your chili
- Crush your beans and spices
- Now you have to season your dough, adding salt.
- The last step before the frying is to swell your dough, add air to the dough so that in the end our donuts are very soft. To do this, the dough is generally stirred using a pestle, until it doubles in volume. Here, I simply reused my mixer. I put my dough back in the machine and let it run for about 5 minutes. If you have an electric mixer, you can also use it.
- After 5 minutes in the mixer ...
- Let's go to the frying .... simply form balls using a spoon and fry in previously heated oil.
- Turn the donuts over so that they are golden on both sides.
- Serve hot with a spicy sauce. Leave a comment, I love to know what you think.
