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Kelewele

Name: Kelewele
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 3 (very ripe) Plantain; 2 pieces Ginger; 1 clove Garlic; 1/4 Onion; 1 tsp Chili powder; A pinch Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Peanuts

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ripe plantain spiced with ginger and chili and fried — Ghana's night-market snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kelewele is a popular Ghanaian street snack: ripe plantain is diced, seasoned with ginger, chili, garlic, onion, and other spices, and fried. The combination of sweet plantain and a kick of heat is addictive, and it's sold at night stalls in paper bags with peanuts.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an Accra street after dark, a sweet, spicy aroma drifts from lamplit stalls as young people stroll by holding paper bags of kelewele.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 3 (very ripe)
Ginger 2 pieces
Garlic 1 clove
Onion 1/4
Chili powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Peanuts To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the plantains and cut into 2cm cubes.
Grate the ginger, garlic, and onion and mix with the chili powder, nutmeg, and salt.
Toss the plantain in the spice mix and let stand 15 minutes.
Fry in 170°C oil until deep golden.
Drain well.
Serve with peanuts.

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