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Peanut and lime leaf crackers
Makes 10-15 Cakes, Bread and Pastries
Ingredients
- 75g raw, skin-on peanuts
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 candlenut or 2 blanched almonds
- 1tsp coriander seeds
- 1⁄2tsp salt
- 60g rice flour
- 1⁄2tsp crushed black peppercorns
- 2 lime leaves, deveined and finely shredded
- oil, for deep-frying
Method
Chop the raw peanuts in half – a bit of a fiddle but it helps the batter hold them better.
In a pestle and mortar, pound the garlic, candlenut or almonds, coriander seeds and salt to a paste. Mix with the rice flour and gradually add 100ml water, whisking as you go to make a very thin batter. Sprinkle in the peanuts, black pepper and lime leaves.
Heat 3cm oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. When hot enough for bubbles to form around the handle of a wooden spoon, swirl in tablespoons of the batter, making round discs and trying to spread the lime leaves and peanuts among each. They will rise towards the surface when ready to turn. Flip, colour the bases and flip again for a final crisping. Remove when crisp and light golden. Leave to drain on paper towels while you fry the rest. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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