Bahamas

Conch fritters

Name: Conch fritters
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bahamian
Ingredients: 300 g cleaned conch (or prawns) finely chopped conch meat; 1 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 egg; 1/2 cup milk; 1 small finely chopped onion; 1/2 finely chopped capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 stick finely chopped celery; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1/2 minced scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); Salt, to taste; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed; 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 3 tbsp tomato ketchup (ketchup); 1 tbsp lemon juice; a dash of hot sauce red chilli sauce

Crisp, peppery fritters full of chopped conch. The Nassau fish fry favourite.

40 minTime

23 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Arawak Cay2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayConch, peppers and batter, Nassau style.

The original

579kcalsame

23 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Conch fritters.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Conch meat300 g cleaned conch (or prawns), finely chopped

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Baking powder1½ tsp

Egg1

Milk½ cup

Onion1 small, finely chopped

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Celery1 stick, finely chopped

Dried thyme½ tsp

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)½, minced

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Mayonnaise4 tbsp

Tomato ketchup (ketchup)3 tbsp

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Red chilli saucea dash of hot sauce

Method

4 steps

1Pound the conch with a mallet to tenderise, then chop very finely.
2Mix flour, baking powder, salt and thyme, then add egg and milk to a thick batter. Fold in conch, onion, capsicum, celery and chilli. Rest 10 minutes.
3Drop spoonfuls into oil at 175°C and fry 3 to 4 minutes, turning, until deep golden.
4Drain and serve with a dip of mayonnaise, ketchup, lime and hot sauce.

Serve it like this

Pile fritters in a paper lined basket with the pink dip in a small bowl and lime wedges alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Bahamas

Conch fritters

Crisp, peppery fritters full of chopped conch. The Nassau fish fry favourite.

40 minTime

23 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Arawak Cay2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayConch, peppers and batter, Nassau style.

The original

579kcalsame

23 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Conch fritters.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Conch meat300 g cleaned conch (or prawns), finely chopped

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Baking powder1½ tsp

Egg1

Milk½ cup

Onion1 small, finely chopped

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Celery1 stick, finely chopped

Dried thyme½ tsp

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)½, minced

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Mayonnaise4 tbsp

Tomato ketchup (ketchup)3 tbsp

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Red chilli saucea dash of hot sauce

Method

4 steps

1Pound the conch with a mallet to tenderise, then chop very finely.
2Mix flour, baking powder, salt and thyme, then add egg and milk to a thick batter. Fold in conch, onion, capsicum, celery and chilli. Rest 10 minutes.
3Drop spoonfuls into oil at 175°C and fry 3 to 4 minutes, turning, until deep golden.
4Drain and serve with a dip of mayonnaise, ketchup, lime and hot sauce.

Serve it like this

Pile fritters in a paper lined basket with the pink dip in a small bowl and lime wedges alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Conch fritters

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Conch fritters

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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