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Plantain fritters recipe
Photo: Lars Blankers

Plantain fritters recipe

21 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr 40 min 4 people openrecipes

These little delights were initially inspired by traditional kubba. The plaintain is one of those underused vegetables that people see in West Indian markets but don't know how to use.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1092
Calories
18g
Protein
42g
Fat
168g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Pine 1 oz (28g) 191
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Plantain not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 small plantains
  • 300 sweet potatoes
  • g vegetable oil, for deep-frying
  • 1 large red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • cup garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 cm fresh root ginger, grated
  • 3 shallots or 2 banana shallots, finely chopped
  • 5 small carrot, grated
  • 6 sugar
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 2 toasted pine nuts
  • tsp handful each of mint and coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 each of olive oil and vegetable oil
  • 2 sultanas or dates
  • tbsp touch olive oil
  • 1 large red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 small shallots, finely chopped
  • tbsp garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 granulated sugar
  • tbsp mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
  • 1 double cream

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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