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Fataya

Senegalese fried pastries filled with spiced fish or meat and served with tomato-onion dipping sauce.

Country
Senegal
Region
West Africa
Time
90 min
Serves
8
Level
medium
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Servings 8

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4 steps 55 min prep 35 min cook (check method) 90 min total medium
1
Make dough
Mix flour, oil, salt, and enough water to make a firm dough. Rest covered.
rest dough 30:00
2
Cook filling
Cook onion, garlic, tomato paste, fish, salt, and pepper until dry.
filling 10:00
3
Fill pastries
Roll dough thin, cut circles, fill, fold, and seal edges.
shape 20:00
4
Fry
Fry in hot oil until golden and crisp, then drain.
fry batch 05:00

Fillings may be fish, beef, chicken, or vegetables. Shape and spice vary by cook.

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When to cook it

Best for snacks, parties, street-food trays, and Ramadan tables.. Plan on a medium cook. Allow about 90 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Tomato-onion sauce, hot pepper, or tea.

Regional lane

Street and sweet table. Market snacks, bean sandwiches, grills, and millet desserts.

Chef watch-outs
  • Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.
  • Adding all seasoning early and forgetting to adjust at the end.
  • Cooking on heat that is too high once the dish should be steaming or simmering.
How you know it is ready
  • The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
  • Oil, sauce, broth, or steam should look settled and deliberate.
  • The final texture should match the dish style before you plate it.
Pantry lane

broken rice, dried fish, netetou, peanut paste, tamarind

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Tomato-onion sauce, hot pepper, or tea.

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