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Contributed By: mupfl35
Trinidad

Ingredients

Bake:

2 lbs Flour (with 12 oz water to knead dough)

1/2 oz Baking powder

1/4 lb Split Peas Powder

3/4 oz Instant Yease

1 oz Saffron Powder

1 tsp Turmeric Powder

6 cloves Garlic (peeled)

Oil for frying

Salt & Petter to taste

Filling:

1 1/2 lbs Channa (Chick Peas)

Cooking Oil

2 Pegs Garlic

Salt & Petter to taste

Hot Pepper to taste

1 Onion (minced)

Mashed Potato Powder (to thicken, optional)

1 oz Saffron

Gera to flavor

Preparation

Bake:

Put split pwas in a bowl with a little water, mix and leave to sit for 5 minutes. Add baking powder, yeast, saffron, flour, salt to taste and mix well. Add water and knead to medium dough. Let it stand for 1/2 hour. Pull into small clumps (the dough becomes very sticky), flatten out a bit and fry in hot oil.

Filling:

Soak channa in water overnight. Next morning boil with garlic. Put oil to boil. When it starts to boil, put in onion and garlic then add hot pepper, saffron and let everything boil for about 5 minutes. At this stage, add the channa with a little salt and petter and gera to taste. If not thick enough, use mashed potato to thicken.

Recipe Comments

Commented by: multani

Though this recipe is TOTALLY inaccurate, the below comment is also wrong. There is NO curry (mixture of spices) in the recipe. Also the origin is from TRINIDAD (a latin influenced Anglo-Caribbean island) and not India, though most of the ingredients are Indian inspired. I am a Trinidadian chef.

 

Commented by: jondoe1

the recipe is not totally right. curry is missing from the channa. also the origin is INDIAN, and not spanish or mexican

 

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Recipe Details

Total Preparation Time: 45 minutes
Actual Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Number of Servings: 6
Origin: Mexican & Spanish
Special Features: Make Ahead
Meal Type: Lunch
Snack