When life gives you green plantains, you make plantain chips. And to go with those plantain chips you make mango sour. Another delicious, school yard snack from my childhood. I ate most of the chips by the lunch time. Sigh….enjoy. Plantain Chips 4 Green Plantains canola oil for frying salt Makes about 4 servings Peel plantains, and cut into thin slices. Heat about 2 inches of oil to about 350 degrees. If you don’t have a thermometer, test the oil… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Appetizer
Time travel with just one bite
Please don’t click that red x at the upper right corner of the page or navigate away from my cheese tarts. I implore you to give my “rustic” tarts a fair chance. It may not be much to look at but these seemingly simple creations have lived in my mind for the past 17 years. My desire to recreate those moments of bliss that I experienced as a child has lived on in me, and has driven me to make… Read more »
A successful first try
As a young girl this was one of my favorite street foods to buy as a snack while at school. It was a joy to dip the light, deep fried split pea fritters in a hot mango sour(our name for chutney). Happy, happy, joy, joy…today it transports me back to the many lunch breaks I spent standing on a long line in the hot sun, hoping to purchase some Pholourie. This is snack reflects our very alive and dominant Indian… Read more »