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Recipe by Sharon Lurie

Cape Malay Daaaarrlingkie (Chili Bites)

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Parve Parve
Easy Easy
10 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Gluten - Wheat

Chanukah normally falls out during our summer holiday, toward the end of the year, so we often combine Chanukah with an end-of-year party. It gives me the opportunity to take out the deep-fryers and frying pans for latkes, fat cakes, doughnuts, slap chips and chili bites (dahltjies, pronounced dull-keys, or daaaarrlingkies, as one of my friends calls them). Cape Malay culture has significantly influenced South Africa’s wide variety of culinary delights, and dhaltjies are often served as an accompaniment to curries. They may vary a little in texture and flavor from person to person, but they are delicious, darling!   Makes 20

Ingredients

Cape Malay Daaaarrlingkie

  • 1 cup chickpea flour

  • 1 and 1/2 cups cake flour

  • 1 onion, very finely chopped or grated

  • 250 grams baby spinach leaves, finely shredded

  • 2 teaspoons crushed dried chilies

  • 1 teaspoon red masala

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric, such as Pereg

  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander

  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin, such as Gefen

  • 1 teaspoon Haddar Baking Powder

  • water

  • sunflower oil for deep-frying

Directions

Prepare the Cape Malay Daaaarrlingkie

1.

Sift the flours into a large bowl.

2.

Mix in the onion, spinach, chilies, masala, salt, turmeric, coriander and cumin.

3.

Add enough water to make a thick batter (it mustn’t be runny).

4.

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan until fairly hot. Stir the baking powder into the batter just before frying.

5.

Using a tablespoon, drop the batter into the oil and fry slowly until golden-brown. (Ensure that the oil doesn’t get too hot; otherwise the chili bites will burn on the outside and remain raw in the middle.) Test by piercing with a toothpick. If it comes out dry, the chili bites are ready.

6.

Remove from heat and drain on absorbent kitchen paper. Serve warm.

Credits

Photography by Michael Smith

Cape Malay Daaaarrlingkie (Chili Bites)

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