Corn flour doughnut (Banfo bisi or Awiesu)

• Awiesu or Banfo Bisi

Corn flour doughnut locally known as banfo bissi is a Gha­naian snack mainly filled with carbohydrates and other nutrients.

The snack has a crunchy exterior and soft in the middle when freshly fried, however, it hardens up when cold.

Ingredients

200grammes of milled corn flour

25grammes of caster sugar

Pinch of nutmeg

100millemetres of water

500millemetres of sunflower oil

80grammes of roasted peeled peanuts

Method

-Mix water and 100grammes of the milled corn flour in a saucepan and place on medium heat.

– Mix the corn flour and water till mixture forms a hard smooth paste. This should take about 8-10 minutes.

-In a bowl, mix the remaining

 100grammes of corn flour, sugar and nutmeg together.

-Transfer the hot dough into the dry corn mixture and mix everything till well combined.

-With clean hands, scoop a hand­ful of the corn dough mixture and roll it in-between your palm to form an oblong shape.

-Insert a few groundnuts into each shaped corn dough and set aside.

-Pour the sunflower oil into a saucepan and place it on medium heat.

-Test whetheroil is hot by dropping a little corn dough into the oil. If it sizzles, oil is ready.

– Fry each corn doughnut till it is golden brown and drain off any ex­cess oil on a blotted kitchen paper.

– Serve immediately with ground­nuts and a glass of cold juice.

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