How To Prepare Pinkaso

How To Prepare Pinkaso

Funkaso, or Pinkaso, is a Hausa savoury fried dumpling.

It is served either as an accompaniment to a main meal or as a snack with stews. Savoury Funkaso dumplings. 

‘Pinkaso’ is a light crunchy, spiced, fried flour dumpling that’s synonymous with the Hausa’s from Ghana.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon instant yeast

 1/2 onion, chopped

2 green scotch bonnet pepper, chopped

Vegetable Oil for frying

DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE PINKASO

 In a large bowl, combine together flour, salt and yeast.

Blend the pepper and onion with 200mls of lukewarm untill it forms a paste.

Stir in the blended mixture to the flour mixture until well combined using your hand or wooden spatula. Mix until a dough is formed. The dough shouldn’t be too hard or too soft.

Cover the bowl with a aluminum foil or wet towel and set aside for 2-3 hours. This is done to double the size of dough

Pour some oil into the frying pan and heat it for a while.

Wash your hands in water and punch dough to remove air. Fetch some of the dough for frying

Use your thumb to create a hole in the middle of the dough and fry in the hot oil.

Remove from oil when it becomes golden brown and drain oil using tissue paper or seive

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How To Prepare Pinkaso

Pinkaso' is a light crunchy, spiced, fried flour dumpling that's synonymous with the Hausa's from Ghana.

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Ingredients

  

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon instant yeast
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 2 green scotch bonnet pepper chopped
• Vegetable Oil for frying

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl, combine together flour, salt and yeast.
• Blend the pepper and onion with 200mls of lukewarm untill it forms a paste.
• Stir in the blended mixture to the flour mixture until well combined using your hand or wooden spatula. Mix until a dough is formed. The dough shouldn't be too hard or too soft.
• Cover the bowl with a aluminum foil or wet towel and set aside for 2-3 hours. This is done to double the size of dough
• Pour some oil into the frying pan and heat it for a while.
• Wash your hands in water and punch dough to remove air. Fetch some of the dough for frying
• Use your thumb to create a hole in the middle of the dough and fry in the hot oil.
• Remove from oil when it becomes golden brown and drain oil using tissue paper or seive