Kuli-kuli is a popular northern snack made primarily with groundnuts. This snack is a favorite in many homes, and with this recipe, you can make your kuli-kuli at home.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of peeled, salted, and roasted groundnuts
- Groundnut oil and a teaspoon of ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon of ginger powder or to taste
- Kahun (Optional)
Kitchen Utensils and Appliances Needed
- A food processor
- A non-stick frying pot
- Muslin cloth
- A spider strainer and a Plastic bowl
How To Make Kuli Kuli
- Pour the groundnuts and ginger into the powerful food processor and set it to rotate until the nuts are almost turning to a pasty cream.
- Scoop the pasty nut into a clean and dry muslin cloth and squeeze out as much oil as you can. Do not expect to see a lot of oil. This step is very key as it determines the crunchiness of the kulikuli.
- Pour the mashed peanuts into a plastic bowl, and add the powdered ground pepper.
- Mix the constituents using your fingers and shape using your palms to your preferred size.
- Place the non-sticky cooking pot on the cooker and add enough groundnut oil to fry the balls. You could also sprinkle some kahun (potash) into the oil, but this is optional. You could also add some rings of onion to provide some flavour.
- Just before the temperature of the oil gets to the frying point, add the shaped balls (or rods or pellets) into it and keep stirring until all sides of the balls turn brown.
- Scoop it out using a spider into a plate and allow it to cool.
Kuli-Kuli is ready and can be eaten alone or served with cassava flakes (garri) soaked in cold water.
