Hello everyone in this lovely community, am here today to teach us how to prepare peanut specifically Ginger peanut. Before I go on, I would like to explain to us what peanut is as well as it's nutritional value. As some of us know peanut is a snack, a healthy one at that, it's rich in protein, fats and oil, carbohydrate etc it can go with drinks and smoothie.
[Yummy peanut]
So now to prepare a peanut you will need the following ingredients:
• All purpose Flour (3cups)
• Granulated sugar(1 cup)
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1tsp coconut flavor
• Blended ginger or 1 tbsp of powdered ginger.
• 1tbsp of nutmeg powder
• 2 cups of fresh uncooked Groundnut
• ½ liter vegetable oil
• ½ tsp salt
[Ingredients for the production of peanut]
Step 1: mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl ( flour, nutmeg, ginger powder, baking powder), and all wet ingredients in another bowl with the sugar, salt and blended ginger added to melt inside.
[Wet and dry ingredients in separate bowl and Groundnut]
[Wet ingredients mixed together]
Step 2: select the raw Groundnut to remove dirt's or impurities of any kind from it in a tray, and then pour it into another bowl.
Step 3: into the bowl of raw Groundnut, gradually sprinkle the sugar and salt syrup ( liquid ingredients) and then shake the Groundnut thoroughly to ensure the liquid wets all the seeds in the bowl.
[Raw Groundnut wet with liquid ingredients]
Step 4: sprinkle some of the dry ingredients on the already wet Groundnut seeds and shake vigorously to coat it properly. Continue the process from step 3 to step 4, until the groundnut is coated to your taste, after which it's ready for frying.
[Dry ingredients sprinkled over the wet Groundnut]
[Peanut ready for frying]
Step 5: preheat the oil in a frying pan 🍳, under moderate heat,after which you pour the coated peanut as soon as the oil becomes hot and stir until it becomes golden brown, then remove it from the oil using a frying spoon and sifter to drain the excess oil. Allow it to cool and then package in an airtight container for consumption or for sale.
[Final product ready for consumption]
U can make this either for your personal consumption or for business purposes.
So that's simply how to prepare your yummy ginger peanuts and I encourage you to try it out on your own using this recipe, so that you will appreciate it more. Your questions as well as contributions will be highly welcomed. Thanks once again for your patience, see you in my next post.
