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Fried Wagasi

Name: Fried Wagasi
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Benin
Ingredients: 250g Halloumi Cheese; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 Tomato; 1/4 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; A pinch Salt

Snack

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White cheese made by northern Benin's herders, fried golden — a light bite.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Wagasi is a fresh cheese made by the pastoral Fulani (Peul) people of northern Benin, with milk curdled using plant juice. Some have rinds dyed red. Sold as rounds at markets, it's fried or grilled and eaten with chili and tomato sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a market in northern Benin, round white cheeses with red rinds are laid out, and freshly fried cheese is sold with chili sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Halloumi Cheese 250g
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Tomato 1
Onion 1/4
Chili pepper 1
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the cheese 1.5cm thick.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry until golden on both sides.
Finely chop the tomato, onion, and chili.
Toss with salt to make a sauce.
Serve with the cheese.

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