Festival
Festival, from above
VegJamaica

Festival

Slightly sweet fried cornmeal dumplings, crisp outside and fluffy inside.

30 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayJamaican festival.
The original
372kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
30minutessame

Festival.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal)¾ cup fine cornmeal
Sugar3 tbsp
Baking powder1½ tsp
Salt½ tsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp
Milk⅔ cup
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)absorbed, for frying

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Mix maida, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  2. 2Add milk and vanilla and knead to a soft dough.
  3. 3Rest 10 minutes, then shape into 12 small logs.
  4. 4Fry in medium hot oil until deep golden.
Serve it like this

Serve hot alongside jerk chicken or escovitch fish, three per person.

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What goes with Festival: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

With a main Jerk chicken75 min
With a main Escovitch fish45 min
On the side Jamaican callaloo20 min
On the side Bhindi masala35 min
To drink Jamaican carrot juice20 min
Something sweet Coconut drops45 min
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