Vegan Peruvian Week Day 1: Yuca Frita
Fried Cassava Sticks With Hand Picked Sea Salt Flakes From Cyprus
Cassava is a very popular root in many Latin American countries like Brazil. In Peru it is called yuca.
For 4 servings you will need:
1 kg cassava, washed, peeled and cut into 10 cm sticks
1 t. fine sea salt
1 l canola oil for deep frying
sea salt flakes
cut the tip as this is literary wood
Proper cutting technique is crucial as this root is quite hard, so first cut in half to have a managable size, then from the side cut a heel, so that you have a stable base. Now you can work around while the cassava is sitting firm on the chopping board.
Put the cassava sticks and the fine salt in a pot, bring to boil and cook for about 10 minutes, you should be able to pierce them easily with a knife. Don’t worry if the fibers split a little, the crispier they get afterwards.
its astonishing how soft this hard peace of root becomes in a while
Lay out a baking tray with paper towels and place the sticks to dry.
hard shell, soft core
Pour the oil into a pan and fry the sticks in batches for 5 minutes until golden brown and crispy. The taste is very delicate, i prefer the crispiness when the sticks are slightly on the brighter shade of golden brown.
if you use less oil, turn them from time to time
Let them drain from the oil for 5 minutes on a baking tray layed out with paper towels.
Sprinkle with sea salt flakes and serve the crispiest fries you’ve ever tasted!
Que aproveche!
Popular in Cambodia too ;) My parents lived close to the salt fields of Cyprus for 4 years. Loved that place.
Everything and everyone is somehow connected:)
Can't wait to try these. I love it.
Enjoy the crispiness :)
This works very well with sweet potato, too (slightly different tuber). Since I'm scared of deep-frying (house burnt down as a child because of deep frier!) I oven fry these alternative chips. Just drizzle with oil for a similar crispy effect. You can also use parsnips and add pumpkin on the tray if you have room; tastes a dream when roasted.
I remember my first sweet potatoe fries when there were very unusual, nowadays you get them in almost every restaurant. I love them but they don’t get as crispy as the cassava sticks. You surely can do them in the oven too.
I made this garlic butter smashed sweet potatoes with vegan cheese, olive oil, parsley, salt, pepper and coconut oil once
What's your vegan cheese made of? Soy? b.t.w. love your bubbling - hot oil -meme. (How do you get memes/videos on here?!)
The one I used here is a grated one made out of coco and potatoe starch, but I want to make my own too. For the video I use an app called giphy, you shoot a regular video up to 15 seconds in length and this app turns it into a gif which you can upload like a normal picture.
Super info! (You do love your coconut, don't you! I can't say I'm a great fan...but then I'm an olive oil freak.)
For that cheese i didn't even knew, I looked it up, and it definately doesn’t taste like coconut.