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Kanyah/Kanya – Street food from Africa

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My H loves peanuts a lot and have them as is So while searching for some peanut recipes i found this delicious recipe which is a classic street food in sierra leone and this recipe matched my letter K for Blogging marathon .So K for Kanyah/ kanya, I am so glad that i tried it as this a nutrients packed sweet snack and a tasty one. These are very popular street food in Africa and my adventurous journey of cooking is becoming more interesting by trying out some international recipes . 

Kanya (or Kanyah), a sweet snack from Sierra Leone and nearby areas of Western Africa, is made from just three ingredients -rice, peanuts or groundnuts, and sugar. Kanya can be made with store-bought rice flour, or you can make your own by crushing parched rice. Traditionally kanyah are made in motor and pestle but i have used my faithful mixer because i don’t have a mortal and pestle .

Recipe source :Congo Cook book

Ingredients

1 cup peanuts, shells and skins removed, roasted
1 cup uncooked rice or rosted rice flour
1 cup Dark brown sugar (You can use any powder sugar)

Method

  • Using a mixer  grind the roasted peanuts into powder.
  • I used uncooked rice so in a  skillet I dry roasted them , stirring continuously, until it becomes slightly browned. Now grind the rice till they are ground in to powder If using rice flour parch the rice flour in a dry skillet, stirring continuously, until it becomes slightly browned.
  • Combine the crushed peanuts and rice (or rice flour). Again grind them together  with sugar until they form a powder.
  • Using your hand press this mixture in round  tall bowl or a plastic container in cylinder shape or just press the mixture in a pan and cut them in to square pieces.
  • Serve them as snack.
Tips
  • You can also shape them in Indian ladoo shape or any shape you like.
  • If you have a mortel pestel do try making these in them i bet they will taste more yummier as that is the traditional way.
  • May be served immediately, or stored in air-tight containers.
  • To make it more healthy I used dark brown sugar but you can use any kind of sugar.
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  5. PraManj says

    OMG…my mouth is watering ..how lucky is ur hubby and especially ur kiddo who gets to eat all these..by the way how do they eat all these everyday…wish I was ur neighbour,i would have helped them…2 finish it :P:D

  17. Priya R says

    Very new recipe dear really must appreciate your efforts to bring world cuisine to all of us 🙂 this one reminds me of puttu but I love the addition of roasted peanuts yumm

  21. vaishali sabnani says

    Wow this is very very interesting..street food …wow..book marking..ok tell me does it all bind so well that it gives the dish a perfect shape. Idont know the taste ..but will surely make this. Book marking.

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  30. Sapana Behl says

    Wow ! Your recipes are always wonderful , amazing and delicious n! I like yiur way of presentation too. This surely sounds yummy . Bookmarked…

  31. Sangeetha M says

    wow..this sounds interesting, delicious too…really u are awesome Manju! love ur ABC recipes, each one is unique and interesting…nice choice of recipes..too good work..keep going!

  32. Srivalli says

    You know what my MIL makes this, along with ghee etc..so nice to know we have something similar in Africa as well..:)..the shapes look very good..