Name: Dhaltjies
Yield: Makes About 30
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 5 ml ground koljana (coriander); 5 ml ground jeera (cumin); 1 small Granny Smith apple, grated; a few spinach leaves, shredded; 250 ml pea or chana flour; 30 ml self-raising flour; 1 onion, grated or flnely chopped; 500 ml sunflower oil for deep-frying; 5 ml baking powder; 10 ml crushed dried chillies or 2 fresh green chillies, flnely chopped; 5 ml salt; 3 ml turmeric (borrie); ½ bunch chopped green dhania leaves (fresh coriander)

Preparation info

Makes About
30

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

These chilli bites are the perfect party snack. You can vary this recipe by adding 250 ml whole kernel corn instead of spinach, or by adding a grated potato.

Ingredients

250 ml pea or chana flour
30 ml self-raising flour
1

Method

Sift pea and self-raising flour into a fairly large mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients, except baking powder and oil, and mix with sufficient water to make a thick, lumpy batter. Stir in baking powder just before frying.

Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Drop heaped teaspoons of batter into hot oil and fry until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Turn over and brown other side. Drain on