Recept van de lekkerste bara| Bara from Suriname | CWF

black-eyed peas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: chickpeas

Lentils are lower in calories and chickpeas are often more affordable.

oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is often less expensive.

Soak 150 grams of mung beans overnight in water.

Add water to the mung beans and blend them until smooth.

Add 6 garlic cloves to the blender and blend again, adding more water if needed.

Pour the blended mung beans into a bowl.

Add 500 grams of chopped frozen spinach to the bowl.

Stir in 1.5 tablespoons of salt, 0.5 tablespoons of curry powder, 2 teaspoons of black pepper, and 2 tablespoons of cumin powder.

Mix everything together until well combined.

Add 1 kilogram of flour and 2 tablespoons of baking powder to the mixture.

Knead the dough well and then add 0.5 cup of oil, continuing to knead until incorporated.

Set the dough aside for at least 2 hours.

When ready to fry, wet your hands with water, scoop up a ball of dough, flatten it, and make a hole in the middle.

Gently add the shaped dough to hot oil and fry until both sides are golden brown.

Remove the fried bara onto a napkin.

Cooking Techniques

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