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Klaklou

Name: Klaklou
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 3 (very ripe) Bananas; 60g All-purpose flour; 1/4 Onion; A pinch Chili pepper; A pinch Ginger; A pinch Salt; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mashed ripe banana mixed with flour and fried into balls — a Togolese snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Klaklou is a snack eaten in Togo and Côte d'Ivoire: very ripe plantain (cooking banana) is mashed, mixed with flour, onion, and chili, rolled small, and fried. Crisp outside and chewy-sweet inside, it's sold at stalls and sometimes eaten with peanuts.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a roadside stall in Togo, freshly fried little balls are piled in a basket and sold wrapped in paper.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bananas 3 (very ripe)
All-purpose flour 60g
Onion 1/4
Chili pepper A pinch
Ginger A pinch
Salt A pinch
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the bananas and mash smooth with a fork.
Add the grated onion and ginger, chopped chili, and salt.
Add the flour to make a thick batter.
Drop spoonfuls into 170°C oil.
Fry, rolling them, until deep golden.

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