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Nigerian · PANTRYHOP RECIPE

Nigerian Fish Roll

75 minutes · 6 servings · omnivore

A common Nigerian bakery snack recreated with simple pantry ingredients.

Ingredients

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  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, cold
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 1/2 cups canned tuna or cooked flaked fish
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup carrot, grated
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 egg, beaten

Let’s make it

  1. Make a dough with flour, butter, salt, and cold water; rest 15 minutes.
  2. Cook onion, carrot, tuna or fish, curry powder, and black pepper in oil for 3 to 4 minutes, then cool.
  3. Roll the dough, cut into rectangles, fill with the fish mixture, and seal into rolls.
  4. Brush with beaten egg and bake at 190 C/375 F for 25 to 30 minutes until golden.
  5. Cool slightly before serving.

Make small rolls so kids can hold them easily.

Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.

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