chin chin

Ingredients
1)flour
2)sugar
3)baking powder
4)eggs
5)powdered milk
6)flavor(vanilla,banana etc whatever you like)
7)water
8)oil for frying
9) butter
10) salt

PROCESS

Mix all the dry ingredients together- flour,sugar,baking powder,pinch of salt, and milk.
When thoroughly mixed through,add the butter and mix in till it had blended in well.
Add the whisked eggs in and mix as well .
Add water in bits and mix. Be careful not to over add it. once it's moist enough to stick together,stop adding the water and cover to rise for an Hour.
Flatten the dough on a flat surface with a rolling pin and first slice horizontally with a pizza cutter and then vertically.
Fry the sliced chin chin in hot oil till brown. Drain and leave to cool.

PS-sorry I didn't take pictures For this post. Had made the chin chin before I decided to post.

i'm baaaaaack!!!!!

Hey all. It's been a while I've blogged anything. But I'm back so new posts will be coming up soon.

Have a lovely day everyone. 

Dried okra soup.

This is a very easy and fast soup to cook and the ingredients make it quite traditional . Its enjoyable also so you will like this very much.

INGREDIENTS

1)Dried Okra blended smooth

2)Fresh pepper

3)potash

4)Dawa dawa

5)Beef

6)Ginger and garlic powder

7)semovita

8)Palm oil.

PROCESS

Spice the meat with thyme, dried ginger,dried garlic, curry,thyme,knor cubes and onions and cook the meat till its tender.
Add in the pounded pepper.
Add in salt and palm oil.
Pound the dawa dawa and add it in
Dissole potash in water and pour into the meat.
Add in the blended dry okra.
Cook for another 2-3minutes
Serve with semovita or whatever interests you.
Bon apetit!
By the side there was a serving of green garden eggs sliced and spiced with dried pepper, salt, royco and a little potash dissolved in water(to reduce bitterness).

Vegetarian pasta.

INGREDIENTS

1)Honey well spaghetti

2)5carrots(onions)

3)Green beans(sliced)

4)Green pepper(sliced)

5)Red pepper(blended)

6)Onions(sliced)

7)Garlic(minced)

8)Idies easy cook stew mix

PROCESS

  Boil water and add in your spaghetti. I use honey well cos it doesn't stick as much as the other brands in Nigeria. Cook for 5 minutes and drain.
  Heat vegetable oil in pan, pour the idies stew mix in a bowl and add a little bit of water to make it into a paste. Not too thick though. Add it into the oil with the blended pepper.. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes and add in curry, thyme,salt,a teaspoon of sugar,star cubes and then add in a little bit more water if its too dry.
  Add in the garlic and sliced vegetables and reduce the heat. Allow to cook for 4minutes
  Add the spaghetti into the sauce and mix well. Add a little water if its too dry and Still on low heat cover to cook for 5minutes
Serve. Bon apetit!

Tip on safety in cooking beans

During  a Naccima Export Action Group (NEXAG) meeting  recently, the Representative of NAFDAC explained to all present that many times, Beans Merchant apply strong chemicals on Beans to prevent pest infestation.

 When an overdose of the chemical is applied, the beans become toxic and dangerous for human consumption.

 This explains why some people are reported dead after a consumption of beans.

  According to the official, it is advised that beans is first per boiled for some minutes and rinsed off before proper cooking for consumption.

 Kindly Share this with all your contacts.

Vegetable mix to reduce sugar level in blood

Today I learnt a good tip on how to lower blood sugar. Any one out there who has a parent,uncle,aunty or relative who has high sugar levels in their blood should share this tip with them.

INGREDIENTS

1)Bitterleaf. Sliced and washed slightly to reduce bitterness a bit.

2)Ugwu(fluted pumpkin) sliced.

3)Scent leaf(rosemary leaves) sliced

4)Fresh pepper. Blended

5)2large onions

6)Crayfish.blended.

7)Dried fish.

8)A pinch of salt and half a cube of knor.

PROCESS

 Start by cooking the dried fish for 10minutes with as minimal water as possible then adding all the ingredients.

 Cook for 3-5minutes and remove.

 Serve a portion in all meals;from rice,beans,yam etc.

Fresh fish peppersoup stew.

I decided to make this stew that had all the goodness of pepper soup wrapped in stew. This stew was practically fish pepper soup . It was so flavor packed and the aroma was #sighs breathtaking!  The Oziza, Ehu and Oda are all igbo names. Don't know any other name for it. Sorry. But if u mention it to the igbo women in the market that sell melon, stockish etc they will give you or direct you where you can get it.

INGREDIENTS

1)Oziza

2)Ehu(break the pod open with your teeth and remove the seed)

3)Oda.

4)Yellow pepper

5)Rosemary(aka scent leave)

6)Fresh ginger

8)Garlic

9)Tomatoes

10)Pepper

11)Plantain

12)Vegetable oil

13) Fresh fish(I used cat fish)

14) Rice

15) Crayfish

16) Salt

17) Onions

18) Royco

PROCESS

 Blend tomatoes and pepper together.

 Heat oil in a wide brimmed pot(I use a wide brimmed pot because of the fresh fish. To allow room for it to settle well into the sauce as well as ease in serving so the fish doesn't scatter)

 Add in the blended tomatoes and fry for 5 minutes.

 Dice the onions and add it in. Fry. For 10 minutes.

 Pound the first 9 ingredients together to form a thick paste. It should be smooth. Add into the sauce.

 Slice the rosemary leave and add into the sauce. Stir fry for 5minutes.

 Add in a cup and half of water, salt and royco cubes. Bring to boil.

 Add in the fish and cover to cook for 10-15minutes.

 Remove from the heat and cover for like 5minutes or more before serving.

 Serve with cooked white rice and fried plantain.

Bon apetit!