Here is some special food served during Kwanzaa.
Try some!.
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Sweet Potato Fritters |
1 lb Sweet potatoes; peeled and coarsely shredded 3 lg Eggs 3 tb Flour 1 sm Onion; coarsely shredded Vegetable oil for frying 1. Spread potatoes and onion on clean dish towel; roll up, twisting towel to extract excess moisture from vegetables. 2. In bowl, whisk eggs, flour, 1/2 t salt and 1/4 t pepper until smooth 3. In large nonstick skillet, heat 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat. Ad vegetables to batter; mix. Spoon mixture into skillet, allowing heaping 1 T for each fritter; with back of spoon, flatten slightly. Fry, six fritters at a time, 4 minutes. Turn; cook 2 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels; keep warm while frying remaining fritters, adding more oil if necessary. |
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African Vegetable Stew |
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1 Onion (very large) chopped 1 Swiss chard bunch 1 can Garbanzo beans (known also as chick-peas) 1/2 c Raisins 1/2 c Rice, raw 2 Yams Several fresh tomatoes (or large can) 1 Garlic clove Salt and pepper, to taste Tabasco sauce, to taste Fry onion, garlic and white stems of chard until barely limp. Add chopped greens and fry a bit. Either peel the yams or scrub them well with a vegetable brush, then slice them into thick slices. Add garbanzos, raisins, yams, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook a couple of minutes. Make a well in the center of the mixture in the pot. Put the rice in the well and pat it down until it's wet. Cover and cook until rice is done, about 25 minutes. Add Tabasco sauce to taste. Yield: 4 servings |
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Benne Cakes |
| oil to grease a cookie sheet 1 cup finely packed brown sugar 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg, beaten 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup toasted sesame seeds Preheat the oven to 325°. Lightly oil a cookie sheet. Mix together the brown sugar and butter, and beat until they are creamy. Stir in the egg, vanilla extract, and lemon juice. Add flour, baking powder, salt, and sesame seeds. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto the cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 mintues or until the edges are browned. Enjoy! Recipe by HarperCollins |
Benne cakes are a food from West Africa. Benne means sesame seeds. The sesame seeds are eaten for good luck. This treat is
still eaten in some parts of the American South.