Fish Pepper Soup

 

 

If you love to eat like I do, you will have all the reasons and encouragement to learn to cook!

 

Fish pepper soup is a good way to start.  It is easy to cook but heavenly delicious it will encourage you to pursue eating and cooking :)

 

Ingredients:

• 2 Cat Fish (Optional)
• 1 tablespoonful hot Chilli pepper fresh (or chilli powder)
• 1 tablespoonful Ginger powder
• 2litre Water
• Salt
• 15 leaves Effirin /Ntong
• 1teaspoonful African nutmeg
• 3 Cubes of Maggi
• 1 teaspoonful dry thyme
• 1 medium Onion

 Method:

• Wash the fish thoroughly and cut it into the size you want.
• Season the fish with salt, onion, pepper and leave it for 10mins
• Place a pot on the cooker, put the fish in it, and add 2litres of water,
• Stir and add the grounded nutmeg,  add thyme, the remaining chilli powder, 3 maggi cubes, add ginger fresh or powdered (optional)
• Wash and shred the Effirin leaves and add it to the fish cooking and add more salt if necessary.
• Leave it to simmer for another 10 minutes
• Remove from heat and serve hot,

Enjoy it with a bottle of wine.

 

Happy Cooking :)



Fried Rice, Fade Style

 

One of the things I love to do is to experiment.  Here is one experiment you will surely love.  Follow my instructions strictly and you will not regret it.  You will be able to feast on fried rice extraordinaire.

Ingredients:

• 500g  Rice
• 200g Shrimps
• 11b Chicken
• 100g Mixed vegetable
• 20g Butter
• 1teaspoonful Thyme
• ½ teaspoonful Curry powder (Indian one if possible)
• Salt
• 1 tablespoonful dried Chilli Pepper
• 1 tablespoonful All purpose seasoning
• 3 cubes Knorr Chicken stock
• 1teaspooful Soy sauce 

Method:

• Cut and wash the Chicken properly, pour it in a  pot
• Place the pot on the cooker and add salt to taste
• Add 2 tablets of chicken stock, 1litre of water ,1 teaspoonful of the all purpose seasoning, and a sliced onion into the pot with the chicken then cover to cook for 25 mins
• While cooking the chicken, remove the mixed vegetable and the shrimps from their bags and pour them in a clean bowls to defrost and put them aside.
• Wash the rice and leave it in a coriander to drain out the water put it aside
• When the chicken is cooked, drain the water into a clean bowl, let it cool down
• Wash the pot or take another pot. Rub the inside with the butter and place it on the cooker on low heat at first
• When the butter has melted, pour the drained rice in it and stir it properly better with wooden spoon if you have one (Optional)
• Add the chilli pepper powder, dry thyme and curry powder and the rest of the all purpose seasoning in it and stir, then increase the heat
• Strain the stock from the chicken, pour it in to the rice and stir constantly to cook for 10mins
• Cut the chicken into strips and fry for 5mins
• Fry the shrimps for 5mins
• Stir fry the mixed vegetable for 3min
• Test the rice for taste ,add the chicken stock tablet remaining to the fried mixed vegetable, shrimps, and the fried stripped  chicken, add salt if necessary and sprinkle 3 drops  of soy sauce. Stir together properly and let it simmer for 5-7mins.

 Serve it hot.

 

Happy Cooking :)

Akara (Bean Cake)

African Beans is another food that we use to do many dishes in Africa; we use it to prepare moin moin, Gbegiri soup, ewa aganyin, rice and beans dish, dodo and beans, gari and beans, and so many other dishes. I discovered that whatever dish you cook with these African beans, it will always be delicious.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups of African Beans
• 1 Cubes Maggi
• 1 Red Chopped Bell Pepper
• 1 litre Vegetable Oil
• 1 Large Chopped Onion
• Salt
• Water
• 1 teaspoonful Black pepper 

Method

• Soak the beans in warm water for 20- 25mins
• Remove the shells from the beans by gathering the handful of beans in both hands and by rubbing them together, rinse  properly to remove the fallen shells this process could take up to 35mins.
• Blend the beans with ¼ litre -1/2litre water  portion by portion because you will not be able to  blend all of them at once, blend it very smoothly and creamy pour it in a side bowl, pour the rest of the water in the blender to rinse the thickened beans around the blender. The mixture should look very white and thick in texture.
• Dissolve the Maggi cube in a bit of warm water, add it to the beans mixture
• Add chopped onion and pepper and black pepper, and a teaspoonful of salt to taste then stir very well
• Place a frying pan on the cooker and pour the vegetable oil
• When the oil is hot, scoop a small amount of the mixture of beans, like pancake, into the hot oil (Mixture should be in1/2 an inch a part from each other to avoid merging together.) Scoop in about 2 - 3 spoonful at a time
• A scooped mixture should be cooked after 5mins on one side and then turn it to the other side until golden brown.
• Remove it and let the oil drain then serve.

Serves 4 to 6 people

 

It can be eaten at breakfast time, with Custard, Pap, (Ogi) Eko (Solid pap in the leaf), Bread, Gari and lots more. 

 

Happy Cooking :)