Ramin Ganeshram

Peera

Preparation info
  • Makes

    25

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago
Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

The consistency of this dessert is something like a stiff candy bar. The addition of cloves makes it pleasantly aromatic and spicy.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup ghee
  • 1 cup

Method

  1. Grease a 9 × 12 baking sheet and set aside.
  2. Mix the flour with enough water to form a stiff dough, about ¾ cup. Roll out the dough ⅛ inch thick and cut into 1-inch-wide strips.
  3. Heat ⅔ cup of the ghee in a frying pan and add the dough strips. Fry until golden bro