Cooking time: 60 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: 500g beans/black-eyed peas Seven small chilli pepper Four fresh tomatoes Four boiled eggs (optional) Two-half cooking spoons of palm oil or vegetable oil Half-clove garlic or ginger leaves, sandwich bags or stainless cups cooked fish/sardines salt and pepper to taste 60g shrimp (optional) Getting over a painful […]
Kidney Bean Stew with a Peanut Sauce – Breakfast Recipe
Cooking time: 120 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: One-half cups of dried kidney beans Two teaspoons salt (to taste) Two tablespoons oil Two garlic cloves (crushed) One cup of frozen corn One small green pepper (seeded & diced) One teaspoon of ground cumin One medium onion (finely chopped) One teaspoon of fresh lemon juice half […]
Akara (Bean Cakes) – Breakfast Recipe
Cooking time: 50 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: Two habanero peppers (also chilli peppers) One cup of beans (black-eyed or brown beans) One medium onion salt to taste vegetable oil for frying Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point to move forward. – […]
Ofada Stew (Ayamase Stew) – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 75 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: 40 pieces of unripe habanero peppers Two green tatashe peppers One medium locust bean seasoning 20cl red palm oil One big onion Two tablespoons crayfish 850 g assorted meat and fish Shaki (cow tripe) Beef Dry fish Stockfish If people refuse to look at you in a […]
Obe Eja Tutu (Fresh Fish Stew) Imoyo – Dinner Recipe
Cooking time: 55 minutes Portion: 2 persons Ingredients: 1kg fresh tomatoes or canned tomato puree 300g fresh fish (any fresh fish will do) 100g tinned tomato paste (optional) One-litre vegetable oil Five habanero pepper (atarodo) Two or Three medium bulbs of onions Two stock cubes of thyme and curry (One teaspoon each) salt to taste […]
Plantain Puff-Puff (Deep Fried Dough) – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 50 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: Three half cups plantain flour Two cups + One-Two tablespoon of warm water Two-Quarter teaspoons of active dry yeast (One packet) Half – ¾ cup sugar Half tablespoon Salt oil for deep frying Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to […]
Potato Hash – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 50 minutes Portion: 1 person Ingredients: Four medium-sized red bell pepper Three to four cloves of garlic Three large potatoes Two tablespoons butter One medium-sized onion Half a teaspoon of curry powder Half ginger powders Half-dried thyme leaves Minced meat (the quantity depends on how much of it you want in your potato […]
Goat and Spinach Stew – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 50 minutes Portion: 3 persons Ingredients: 1 kg of goat meat (diced) Two onions (chopped) One bunch spinach (leaves only) One ladleful palm oil One ladleful dried shrimp chicken or beef stock opaki-paki spice (looks a little like a dried pod and has a mild, sweetish taste), roasted and pounded sunyak bah spice […]
Miyan Taushe and Tuwo Shinkafa – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 120 minutes Portion: 1 persons Ingredients: Assorted namaa (lamb chops, goat meat and cow leg) Assorted offal’s (saki, fuku, heart and kidney) Two pieces of scotch bonnet/habanero pepper Two pieces of tomatoes One-half cups of arborio/paella rice (for the tuwo shinkafa) One small sized pumpkin One piece of smoked fish 100g of sorrel […]
Efo Riro (Spinach Stew) – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 55 minutes Portion: 5 persons Ingredients: One lb. beef (a mixture of beef, tripe, and cow skin) One half pounds spinach (blanched) Three large red bell peppers, Two scotch bonnet and one very small onion (blended) Two tablespoons crayfish blended Two tablespoon locust beans One dried prawn about a handful One onion medium […]