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Pastel com Diabo Dentro (Fried Fish Pastry)

Name: Pastel com Diabo Dentro (Fried Fish Pastry)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Cabo Verde
Ingredients: 2 cans Canned tuna; 20 Dumpling wrappers; 1/2 Onion; 1 Tomato; 1 clove Garlic; 1 tsp Chili powder; A little Parsley; As needed Oil for frying

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

True to its name, "the devil inside," a spicy fish filling wrapped and fried into a beloved snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

True to Cabo Verde's island setting, this pastel wraps a filling of tuna or swordfish sautéed with chili and tomato in thin dough and fries it. The name "diabo dentro" ("devil inside") is said to come from its spicy kick. Sold fresh and hot from market and beach stalls, it's a popular handheld snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A market stall, a big pot of hot oil bubbling away: order one and it's handed over freshly fried, piping hot.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Canned tuna 2 cans
Dumpling wrappers 20
Onion 1/2
Tomato 1
Garlic 1 clove
Chili powder 1 tsp
Parsley A little
Oil for frying As needed

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mince the onion, garlic, and tomato.
Heat oil in a pan and sauté the onion and garlic, then add the tomato and chili powder and cook further.
Drain the tuna and add, cooking to evaporate excess liquid, to make the filling; let cool slightly.
Wrap the filling in a dumpling wrapper and seal the edges firmly with a fork.
Fry in 340°F (170°C) oil until golden.

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