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Mandioca Fritata (Fried Cassava)

Mandioca Fritata (Fried Cassava) is a traditional Angolan recipe for classic dish of cubed cassava part-boiled in water then fried in palm oil. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Angolan version of: Fried Cassava (Mandioca Fritata).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesAngola Recipes


Ingredients:

1 kg cassava tubers
1 tsp salt
palm oil for frying

Method:

Peel the cassava root and cut into 8cm chunks. Add to a pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the cassava from the pot and allow to cool. Add the palm oil to a deep frying pan until 3cm deep then cut the cassava pieces lengthways in half and slice into wedges.

Fry these slices in the palm oil until crisp.