Golden Accra



Accra ( Fish Cake)

Every Carribean household near and far knows about these light, spicy, and flavourful fried puffs of dough.  There are many names for them: some call them

fish cakes, saltfish fritters.  In my Trinidadian house, we call them accra.

Accra is basically salted cod fish mixed with chopped vegetables and heavily seasoned with spices and pepper.  They take minutes to make and are full of nutrients.  You can vary the ingredients to give it different flavours and textures. Most recently, I had one that was made with curry and celery - different, but tasty.

Give my simple recipe a try and let me know what you think.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of salted cod fish boiled out 3 times and broken into small pieces
• 1/4 cup of flour
• 1/4 cup of water
• 1/2 onion finely chopped
• 1green onion finely chopped
• 1/2 a red pepper diced
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 tsp finely grated scotch bonnet pepper

Steps:

1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together until you get a thick paste.  
2. Pre-heat a frying pan with 1/4 cup of cooking oil.
3. Using a tablespoon, scoop some of the mixture into the pan.  Fit as many scoops as the pan allows.
4. When the side is golden brown, flip the cake.  Brown the other side and remove from pan.  
5. Cool in a bowl lined with paper towels to soak up the excess oil.   

Enjoy!