African Dish Of The Day: Palm Butter Soup

 Palm Butter Soup

 From Liberia

                                                                                       How to Prepare Palm Butter Soup

African Dish Of The Day: Chakalaka with Pap

Chakalaka with Pap

 (Vegetable Stew With Cornmeal)

From Lesotho

How To Prepare  Chakalaka with Pap 

Matoke And Beef Stew

Matoke And Beef Stew

From Kenya

 How To Prepare Matoke And Beef Stew

NO CHEESE ONION PIZZA

 

INGREDIENTS

Dough:

• All purpose flour 330 grams
• Yeast  2 teaspoon
• Vegetable oil  4 tablespoon
• Salt  1 teaspoon
• Sugar  1 teaspoon
• Warm water  1 cup

Topping:

• Onion Medium Size
• Boiled Meat, 1 medium size, shredded (Optional)
• 2 Medium sized habanero Peppers deseeded and diced (Optional)

Sauce:

• Blended fresh tomatoes and Tomato paste  1 cup
• Vegetable oil  1 teaspoon
• Onion to taste
• Garlic powder to taste
• Salt to taste
• Seasoning cube  1/2 a cube

 

Direction

1. Add all the ingredients for the sauce together, cook till it is thicker and set aside
2. Sieve the flour
3. Add the yeast , sugar and salt and mix together
4. Add Vegetable oil and mix into the flour
5. Add warm water, mix to form a dough
6. Cover with a kitchen towel and leave in a warm place for about an hour to rise or till it doubles
7. While the dough is rising, add onion and pepper to a little vegetable oil and stir-fry for few minutes, then set aside
8. Rub some vegetable oil on your pizza plate or upturned oven tray, dust with some flour and set aside
9. Knead the risen dough and transfer to the oven tray
10. Spread dough in circular motion about 12 inch diameter
11. Cover and place in a warm place to rise for another 15 minutes
12. After 15 minutes, spread again and create hollow portions round  the dough  near the edges
13. Spread the vegetable oil, about 4 tablespoon of the sauce, the other toppings you want to use including the stir-fried onions
14. Bake in pre heated oven for about 20 minutes or till light brown 

African Dish Of The Day: Abacate com tuna

 

Abacate com tuna

From Guinea-Bissau

How To Prepare Abacate com tuna

Nigerian Meat Pie

Ingredients

Meat Pie Filling:

1. Cow meat 250g
2.  Irish Potato  1 Medium Size (or sweet potato for a sweet tasting pie)
3.  Carrot  1 Medium Size
4.   Vegetable oil  5 table spoon
5.   Cold water about 125mls
6.  All purpose flour  1 teaspoon
7.   Onion  half a Medium size
8.   Seasoning cube 1
9.   Thyme 1 teaspoon
10.   Salt to taste 

Meat Pie Dough:

1.    All Purpose Flour 500g
2.    Margarine 250g
3.    Baking Powder  1 teaspoon
4.    Water about  100mls
5.     Pinch of Salt
6.     Egg,  1 medium size

Direction

A.  Prepare the Filling:

1. Cut the meat into tiny pieces and set aside
2. Peel, dice and wash the Carrots, Potatoes and Onion, set aside
3. Heat the vegetable oil using medium heat
4. Add the onion and heat the onion for a while
5. Add the meat and stir vigorously until cooked
6. Pour  water, add  seasoning cube and thyme
7. Cover to cook
8. Add the carrots and potatoes and cook
9. Dissolve the flour in cold water and add to the pot
10. Add salt to taste 
11. Remove from the stove and let it cool, while you prepare the dough

B. The Dough:

1.  Add baking powder and salt to your seived flour
2.  Add the margarine and rub till it looks like fine bread crumbs
3.  Slowly add water and mix
4.  Sprinkle some flour on a neat hard surface, place the dough on it and knead more
5.  Put the dough back in the bowl and leave to rest for about 5-7 minutes, while you grease your baking tray, break and beat the egg and preheat the oven
6.  Knead and roll a small dough to about one quatre of an inch thick
7.  Cut into round shape and spoon in some of the filling
8.  Rub the inside edge with some of the egg
9.  Fold and press the edges together and seal the edges with a fork
10.  Rub the upper outer edge of the round dough with some quantity of the egg
11.  Bake for 20-30 minutes

Mangoé Rafalari

 Spicy Mango Stew 

From Guinea

How to prepare Mangoé Rafalari