Thursday, 20 April 2017

Saheena

This is an appetizer that goes well with any type of chutney or just some pepper sauce. It's a must try!

Ingredients

 lb split pea flour
1 lb all-purpose flour
1/2 lb fresh dasheen bush leaves chopped finely
1 tablespoon saffron powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp. of sugar
pinch of salt
1 onion, minced
1/2 garlic head,  about 6 cloves minced
1 cup of vegetable oil


Method

1. Get a 1/2 cup of water and dissolve the teaspoon of sugar. With this solution add the yeast and stir.

2. In a bowl add the Split Pea Flour and All-purpose Flour and mix it with the salt, saffron powder, onion, cumin, garlic and yeast solution.

3. Add freshly chopped spinach and mix to combine with the dough. Make sure the dasheen bush leaves is mixed thoroughly through the dough.

4. More water will have to be added until you can pick up with your hand so that it has a soft dropping consistency.

4. Leave to rise for approximately 45 minutes.

5. Remove by the tablespoon and drop into hot oil

6. Take out with strainer and soak excessive oil on paper towel



2 comments:

  1. Saheena is something that i absolutely like to eat so it's kind of hard for me to resist it

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  2. Yes,yes,yes,yes. This is a dish that I absolutely love, and I love that you posted the recipe so I can make it myself instead of going to Hassanali's Green shed in Debe, because you know, recession time is here, so reduce and conserve.

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