{"id":493,"slug":"bolinhos-de-mandioca-com-mel","title":"Bolinhos de mandioca com mel","description":"Bolinhos de Mandioca com Mel (Cassava Fritters with Honey) is a sweet snack made from grated cassava, shaped into small cakes and fried until golden. The fritters are traditionally served warm and drizzled with honey. This dish is commonly associated with the cuisine of Cape Verde, an island country in West Africa, where cassava is an important staple crop. Similar cassava-based fritters are also prepared in other African countries, including Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. The fritters are typically cooked by deep-frying the cassava mixture until crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, then serving them with honey as a dessert or snack.","ingredients_raw":["500 g cassava (mandioca), peeled and grated","2 eggs","3 tbsp sugar","1 tsp vanilla extract","½ tsp ground cinnamon","¼ tsp salt","Vegetable oil, for frying","4 tbsp honey, for serving"],"ingredients_norm":["cassava","egg","sugar","vanilla extract","ground cinnamon","salt","vegetable oil","honey"],"steps":["Place the grated cassava in a large bowl.","Add the eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt.","Mix thoroughly until a uniform batter forms.","Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat.","Scoop small portions of the mixture and carefully place them into the hot oil.","Fry until golden brown on all sides, about 3–4 minutes.","Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.","Arrange the fritters on a serving plate.","Drizzle generously with honey before serving."],"categories":["Cape Verde recipes","Recipes using tomato","Cookbook","Seafood","Halal recipes","Recipes using meat","Inexpensive recipes","Main course recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using vegetable oil","African recipes","Recipes using hot sauce","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using thyme","Recipes using onion","Recipes using ginger","Recipes using cake","Recipes using cassava","Recipes using honey","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using egg","Recipes using vanilla sugar","Recipes using cinnamon","Recipes using vegetables"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Bolinhos_de_mandioca_com_mel","source_ref":"4638937","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Bolinhos_de_mandioca_com_mel&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"edc98a8d643f36db081aaa8110a02719d9bd9aafe1b2e405f41216cd01bb943d","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:37:40Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:37:40Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/bolinhos-de-mandioca-com-mel"}