Trinidad Style Shrimp Accra
One of my personal favourite snacks for iftar during Ramadan is shrimp accra and if you love shrimp you will love it too! It has the perfect amount of crisp with the most succulent shrimp. The nice thing about this recipe is that it uses traditional Trinidadian fresh seasonings, such as pimento peppers, onion, garlic, green onion, and more, which makes it pretty authentic!
These shrimp accra make the perfect finger foods for a crowd. They are also great during Ramadan at iftar an iftar party (which is my favourite time to devour them). They are real crowd-pleasers! Serve them with your favourite sauce and you’re good to go!
This shrimp accra recipe doesn’t require you to be in the kitchen for hours. Simple prep and combine the ingredients, let them sit for 30 mins, and then fry. You’ll have a mouthwatering, satisfying snack in no time.
Ingredients Needed
These are the simple ingredients that you will need to make this quick and easy recipe:
Shrimp: you can use any type of shrimp you like. You will need to peel, devein, and cut the shrimp into 2 equal pieces.
All-purpose flour: this is used as the base of the batter mixture.
Baking powder: helps puff up the fritters while frying.
Onion/garlic/pimento pepper/green onion: these are the fresh seasonings that are used to add the delicious taste to the shrimp accra.
Water: helps create the batter.
How to Make Shrimp Accra
Shrimp accra requires pretty basic ingredients that work together well. There’s the flour, baking powder, and water that create the batter. The onions, garlic, pimento peppers, and green onions add most of the flavour. By the way, pimento peppers do not have any heat to them, just flavour! If you want heat you can use another pepper such as scotch bonnet; I have young kids so I only used pimento.
Then, there’s the shrimp. I used large, fresh shrimp. Once they were cleaned and washed, I cut each shrimp into 2 pieces. You can also use salt fish in place of the shrimp, but that’s a slightly different process.
Once you have all your ingredients prepared, it’s a matter of combining them. You first combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and black pepper. Add the shrimp and onions/garlic/pimento and mix to combine. Then slowly add water, mixing until you reach a thick pancake batter consistency.
After resting, you simply drop spoonfuls of the batter in the heated oil and fry on both sides until golden! It’s that simple. You’re left with crispy fritters with succulent shrimp. I’m definitely making these again very soon!
Frequently Asked Questions
Looking for more Ramadan recipes? Try these Spicy Beef Samosa, Crispy Potato Samosa, Chocolate Covered Dates, Coconut Shrimp, and Strawberry Oat Smoothie
Shrimp Accra (Caribbean Fritters)
Description
Delicious fritters from the Caribbean. Perfectly succulent shrimp tossed in a perfectly seasoned batter and fried to perfection.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Prepare shrimp by washing, shelling, deveining, and cutting head off. Once this is done, cut each shrimp into 2 pieces. Set aside.
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Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and black pepper. Add onion, garlic, pimento, green onion, and hot pepper (optional)--stir until well combined. Add the shrimp and stir to combine.
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Gradually add water and mix until a nice thick consistency has been reached. It should be almost like pancake batter. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 30 mins in fridge.
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Heat oil in a pot over medium high heat. Once hot, scoop about 1.5 tbsp of batter and drop into hot oil. Make sure each spoonful has 2-3 pieces of shrimp in it. Reduce heat to medium-low and let cook on each side until golden brown. Do not overcrowd pot; fry 4-5 accra at once. Once cooked, drain on paper towel.
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Let fried accra rest for 5 minutes, then serve with your favourite dipping sauce!
Note
- Be sure the oil is not scorching hot. This will cause the accra to become too brown on the outside without being cooked on the inside.
- Delicious with mango or tamarind chutney.
