Crunchy coated peanuts

Name: Crunchy coated peanuts
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 Cups (300 g) raw peanuts; 2-3 Tbsp sugar; Pinch salt; 1 Egg; 1 cup flour; 1 tsp baking powder; Pinch salt; 1 tbsp cayenne/red chilli powder; Oil for frying (approx 500ml (2 cups)

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Peanuts are a great healthy snack. My cousins in Tanzania taught us a different recipe that coats them in egg and flour. Crunchy, yummy....you can take it to work, school, for a picnic or just lazying around at home.

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

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Ingredients

30 - 40mins

6 servings

2 Cups (300 g)raw peanuts
2-3 Tbspsugar
Pinchsalt
1Egg
1 cupflour
1 tspbaking powder
Pinchsalt
1 tbspcayenne/red chilli powder
Oil for frying (approx 500ml (2 cups)

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Steps

30 - 40mins

1

Mix flour with chilli powder set aside. Wash your nuts and leave them to drain. Beat your egg, with sugar, baking powder and salt.
2

Coat peanuts with the egg mixture well. Then add the flour mixture gradually. Ensuring that all are coated and are not in lumps. Sieve/remove any excess flour that settles at the bottom of the bowl/basin.
3

Heat oil in a pan. Test with one peanut if it rises up the oil is ready. Fry your nuts in batches to a golden brown/yellow colour and crunchy. Drain on paper towel.
4

Enjoy!!