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 […]
Meat Pie – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 65 minutes Portion: 4 persons Ingredients: For the dough: 1kg (Eight cups) plain flour (all-purpose flour) 500g (1.1lbs.) margarine Two teaspoons of baking powder Two pinches of salt half a cup 125ml / 4.2-ounce cold water For the filling: 500g (1.1 lbs.) meat (minced) Two medium Irish potatoes Two medium carrots Two cooking […]
Potato and Egg – Lunch Recipe
Cooking time: 45 minutes Portion: 2 persons Ingredients: Five lb. Yukon gold potato (One bag, boiled) Seven ounces (200 g) chopped tomato Seven ounces (200 g) of baked beans (in tomato sauce) Four-ounces (115 g) sardines Six medium eggs or Five large eggs (beaten) Four tablespoons butter (cut into small parts) Three tablespoons of canola […]
Chicken Stew – Dinner Recipe
Cooking time: 55 minutes Portion: 6 persons Ingredients: 1kg chicken Twelve ounces (340 g) tomato paste One cup (240 ml) vegetable oil Half cup (120 ml) water Six cloves garlic Five plum tomatoes (chopped, divided) Two red bell peppers (chopped) Two habanero peppers (chopped) Two cubes of beef bouillon One half teaspoon black pepper (divided) […]
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 […]
Tomato and Cashew Nut – Soup Recipe
Cooking time: 35 minutes Portion: 1 person Ingredients: This is a bit of a spin on the earlier tomato soup recipe but with an extra twist of the cashew nut. One tablespoon. of olive oil One large onion, finely chopped One crushed garlic clove 2 to 3 handfuls of ripe cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped One […]