Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, dhal fritters "gato piment". It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Dhal fritters "Gato piment" is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Dhal fritters "Gato piment" is something that I have loved my whole life.
Great recipe for Dhal fritters "Gato piment". One of the most popular street food in Mauritius. When the word 'gato piment" is mentioned, the taste buds starts to sing.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have dhal fritters "gato piment" using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Dhal fritters "Gato piment":
- Take 250 gms dhall (split pea or chan dhall)
- Get 1-2 Green chillies (depends of personal taste)
- Prepare 1 dried chilli chopped
- Make ready 1 Tbs roasted ground cumin powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready Freshly chopped coriander
- Prepare Few curry leaves - finely chopped
- Take Fresh mint leaves (optional)
- Make ready Pinch bicarbonate of soda
- Get Oil to fry
- Take 1 deep wok to deep fry
These makes a perfect accompaniment with a drink or served as canapés. Gateaux Piments" - Mauritian Dhal Fritters with Chilli. The Mauritian Food Gastronomy is translated proof of the rich diversity of its culture. We have inherited flavours from around the continent and made it into our own, from fine cuisine, rustic home cooked food to street food.
Steps to make Dhal fritters "Gato piment":
- Wash the dhal, soak in water either overnight or few hours until soften.
- Drain the water, leaving some still in the bowl. As you will need it when you start grinding the dhall.
- Divide the soaked dhall in three portion. Start grinding the dhall in batches. First part grind to a coarse texture (sand or semolina texture).
- Second portion grind to a slight smoother texture.
- Third grind to a smooth creamy texture. You may add a little water in order to achieve that smoother texture.
- Place all in a mixing bowl.
- Add the rest of the ingredients. Season with salt and adjust accordingly.
- Shape into golf size uneven balls.
- Heat oil and start to deep fry in batches. The oil temperature has to be right otherwise it will burn on the outside and remain soggy inside.
- Fry until golden throughout and crusty outside.
- Remove and drain on a kitchen paper.
- Enjoy while still warm either on its own or with a chutney
- I usually make a coriander chutney or simply with crusty bread - the Mauritian way.
The Gato Piment dough can be prepared and freeze for future use but freshly blend dhal will of course taste better. You make the dholl fritters as explained in the recipe below and make the rougaille (or tomato sauce), add the dholl fritters to it and its done! Keep in mind that Gato piments are only good when they are still hot and freshly done, so not to. Drain and rinse the split peas well, then blitz in a food processor until broken down, still leaving some texture. Add the onions, chilli, coriander, cumin and salt.
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