Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Corn banana Flatbread

 



Ingredients

  1. All purpose Flour 2 and half cups
  2. Corn Flour 1 cup
  3. 1/2 cup mashed Bananas
  4. Lukewarm water 1 cup
  5. Sunflower oil 2 Tablespoon
  6. Dry yeast 2 teaspoon
  7. Salt 1/2 Teaspoon

 

Direction

  1. Sieve the flours
  2. Add all the dry ingredients together and mix
  3. Add the oil, mashed banana and water
  4. Mix to form a dough
  5. Transfer to a clean surface and knead for just about a minute
  6. Put the dough into a lightly greased bowl
  7. Cover with a kitchen towel and allow to rise in a warm place for about 30minutes or till its doubled in size
  8. Punch down the dough
  9. Transfer to a clean surface, lightly knead and divide into 8 pieces
  10. Roll each piece and knead into a flat circle
  11. Heat up your pan on high heat till it's hot
  12. Reduce the heat and cook each bread about 2 minutes on each side
  13. Cover with a clean kitchen towel as you remove each bread from the stove
  14. Serve

 


Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Sorghum Muffin

 


 

SORGHUM/ GUINEA CORN MUFFIN

Ingredients

1.       Brown Sorghum Flour 1 cup

2.       All purpose Flour 1 and 1/4 cup

3.       Baking powder 1 teaspoon

4.       Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon

5.       Salt 1/4 teaspoon

6.       Powdered Milk 1 Tablespoon

7.       Eggs 3 medium sized

8.       Sunflower Oil 1/4 cup

9.       Honey 1/4 cup

10.   Water 1/2 cup

11.   Cinnamon  to taste

12.   Nutmeg to taste

13.   Ginger powder to taste

Direction

1.  Pre-heat  your oven

2.  Sieve the flours and mix in other dry ingredients: Baking powder, Baking soda, salt, powdered milk,          cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and set aside

3. Break the eggs, whisk and add other wet ingredients, oil, honey and water

4. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix just enough for all the ingredients to come together. Don't over mix.

5.  Set your muffin papers into the muffin pan. You may need to grease your muffin liner if necessary, this depends on the quality of your muffin liner.

6. Bake in a pre heated oven until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

 


 

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Eggless Mayonnaise

 



Ingredients

  1.   Flour 2 tablespoon. You can use any flour of choice,(Here I have about 1 and 1/2            tablespoon All purpose flour plus 1 teaspoon beans flour)
  2.   1/2 cup water to cook the flour
  3.   Water 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoon full cream powdered milk
  4.   1/2 cup sunflower oil or any other healthy Oil
  5.   Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tablespoon
  6.  Garlic powder
  7.  Salt to taste

 

Direction

  1.   Cook the flour in water till it is thick
  2.   Allow it to cool completely
  3.   Transfer it to the blender
  4.   Add the milk, apple cider vinegar and garlic powder
  5.   Blend for 10 seconds
  6.   Keep the blender running and gradually add the oil about 1 tablespoon at a time
  7.   After a while, you will observe the sound of your blender change.This indicates that   emulsification has taken place and your mayonnaise is ready
  8.   Add salt to taste
  9.  Transfer to a jar with lid and refrigerate
  10.  You can keep it in the refrigerator for up to 7 days

 

 


Monday, November 14, 2022

Bulgur Swallow (Fufu)

 




Ingredients

Bulgur Wheat, 1 cup

Water, 4 cups

Pinch of Salt

Cassava Flour (Lafun), 1/2 cup

 

Direction

  1. Blend the bulgur wheat to fine flour and set aside
  2. Add a pinch of salt to 4 cups of water and allow water to boil
  3. Gradually add 3/4 cup of the Bulgur flour and mix
  4. Allow to cook for about 3 minutes
  5. Add the remaining 1/4 cup flour
  6. Add about 1/4 cup of water and allow to cook for about  5 minutes
  7. Mix and put off the stove
  8. Add cassava flour, mix and serve
  9. Serve with any soup of choice



Tuesday, July 19, 2022

COUSCOUS SWALLOW (FUFU)

 



Ingredients:

  1. Couscous Flour,  1 and a half cup
  2. Water, 4 cups
  3. A Pinch of salt
  4. Cassava Flour (Lafun) half cup, Optional

Direction: 

  1. Blend the Couscous and Set aside
  2. Add a pinch of salt to 4 cups of water and allow to boil
  3. Add the Couscous flour and stir
  4. Stir and press to the side of the pot to smoothen lumps
  5. Add a little amount of water and allow to cook for about 5 minutes
  6. Stir and put off the stove
  7. You can add some cassava flour at this stage, this is optional
  8. Serve with any soup of choice



Friday, April 22, 2022

Rice Swallow

 


Rice Swallow (Fufu)

Ingredients

1 and 1/4 cup, Rice flour

4 cups of water

Pinch of Salt

3/4 cup Cassava flour (Lafun), Optional

 

Direction

  1.  Blend the rice
  2.  Add a pinch of salt to 4 cups of water and bring to a boil
  3.  Add some water to a cup of rice flour, mix and add to the boiling water
  4.  Allow to cook for 5 minutes, then add the remaining Rice flour
  5.  Add some water and cook for about 7 minutes
  6. Its ready to be served. You can mix in some cassava flour, at this stage. This is optional.
  7.  Serve with any soup of choice


Thursday, March 17, 2022

Peanut Fried Rice


 


Ingredients

  1. Brown Rice, 2 cups cooked and drained
  2. 2 Habanero pepper, deseeded and diced
  3. 2 Medium sized Carrots, diced
  4. Half bulb of  Medium sized Onion
  5. Cooked Peanuts  3/4 cup
  6. Unrefined cooking Oil, half a cup
  7. Curry Powder, Dry thyme and any other natural Seasonings to taste
  8. Salt to taste

You can also add, other proteins like liver, fish, chicken or scrambled eggs



 

Direction

1.       Add cooking oil to pot

2.       Cook the Onions for about a minute, then add other vegetables and allow to     cook

3.       Add the Seasonings, cover and allow to cook for 5 minutes

4.       Add the Rice and mix with the vegetables

5.       Cover and allow to cook for another 5 minutes

6.       Serve




Corn banana Flatbread

  Ingredients All purpose Flour 2 and half cups Corn Flour 1 cup 1/2 cup mashed Bananas Lukewarm water 1 cup Sunflower oil 2...