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'You could just use a fork to press the patties closed, but twisting the dough intricately like this, it's almost an art, and I take pride in having learned to do this. I learned it from my mom, who learned it from hers."
Dough:
2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Oil
Hot water
Filling:
1 can tuna chunks in oil (drained)
1 onion (thinly sliced)
1 scotch bonnet pepper (finely chopped)
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 lime (halved, deseeded)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups potatoes (boiled and mashed)
* Oil for deep frying
Dough:
- Mix the wheat flour and salt
- Make a well and add in the oil
- Gradually add the hot water and knead the dough until it is soft and elastic. Make sure it is not sticky.
- Make small balls with the dough
- Roll out each ball into small, flat, round shapes, about the size of a pancake (4 inches in diameter)
Filling
- Add the onions, scotch bonnet, ginger, salt and pepper into a bowl
- Squeeze lime over it and squash with your fingers until onions become soft and release juices
- Add in the tuna and mix it all well
- Add in the mashed potatoes and mix thoroughly, making sure it is well combined with the tuna
- Set aside
Patties
- Spoon some filling into each circle and close it to form a semicircle
- Pinch a tiny bit from the edge and fold it in. Pinch the bit right next to it and fold it over the first fold. Continue right around the closed semi-circular edge of the patty. (Alternatively, you can speed things up by pressing down on the edges with a fork to close it tightly)
- Once all the patties are ready, deep fry