Street Food

Kokoro (Crunchy Corn Sticks)

Name: Kokoro (Crunchy Corn Sticks)
Total time: 1h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 2 cups yellow cornmeal; 1/2 cup gari; 3 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; Boiling water; Oil for deep-frying

Yoruba roadside snack of sweetened cornmeal-and-gari sticks deep-fried to a hard, addictive crunch.

1h 6 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 cup gari
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Boiling water
• Oil for deep-frying

Method

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Whisk cornmeal, gari, sugar and salt.

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1
Whisk cornmeal, gari, sugar and salt.
2
Pour in boiling water gradually to a firm dough; knead 5 min.
3
Roll into pencil-thin sticks; twist for texture.
4
Deep-fry in 170°C oil 8-10 min until hard and deep gold.
5
Drain and cool; store airtight for weeks.