What name you call these light, crispy, Black-eyed peas fritters, that is so hard to resist, depends on what part of the world you live. In Nigeria and Cameroon; they’re called akara, accra or kosai, In Sierra Leone and Ghana ;akla or koosé.
Transported to Brazil you have…. Acarajé big and large, split in the middle and filled with fried shrimps, tomatoes and hot pepper sauce or some sort of spicy mixture. In some parts of West Africa, like Nigeria it is often eaten at breakfast . Served with Custard or Pap . While Countries like Cameroon enjoy it as a snack . They are for the most part, sold by women in market places and around street corners and are a delight with every crunchy bite. Yes ! they are just not black eyed peas fritters without the crunch.
There are Tip and Tricks to making THE perfect Crunchy Akara
If you want a traditional african recipe for fritters then go with the basic ingredients . However, you can fuse the African recipe with the Brazilian one, by adding shrimp to the to the mixture to produce a neat and crisp outside and a fluffy inside – with a surprise shrimp awaiting . Another alternative for those who want something different.
In other to make this less grueling ,you can peel your beans ahead of time and freeze them till the day of cooking. Enjoy!!!! [adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=”c8trgPyo” upload-date=”2019-04-01T06:58:42.000Z” name=”Black Eyed Peas Fritters” description=”Black Eyed Peas Fritters- Spicy ,Crispy and crunchy, irresistibly Fritters made with fresh black eyed peas , onions, hot pepper and salt.”]
