Recipes
Mandiopan (Homemade Corn Snacks)
Make these delicious Mandiopan (Homemade Corn Snacks) for a nostalgic taste of childhood!
Ingredients
- •1/2 cup water – 100 ml
- •1/2 bouillon cube
- •1/2 cup sour cassava starch (polvilho azedo) – 65 g
- •1/4 cup fine cornmeal – 35 g
- •1/2 coffee spoon salt
- •Dried seasonings of your choice
Instructions
- 1
Cook the cornmeal with the water, salt, bouillon cube and seasonings until the mixture pulls away from the pan, like a very firm polenta.
- 2
Once lukewarm, mix in the sour cassava starch, kneading with your hands until the dough is very smooth.
- 3
Shape into three logs, each about the diameter of a Brazilian one-real coin.
- 4
Cook the logs in boiling water; they are done when they float to the surface.
- 5
Drain and refrigerate the logs overnight.
- 6
The next day, they will be dry to the touch.
- 7
Slice very thinly using a mandoline or a very sharp knife.
- 8
Dry the slices in the oven. If using an electric oven, bake at 100°C for 40 minutes.
- 9
After 20 minutes, toss the mandiopan slices.
- 10
If using a conventional oven, set it to 180°C and leave the oven door slightly ajar.
- 11
Once dry, fry in hot oil.