BANGA(PALM FRUIT)RICE

Hi foodies😊

How have your week been?mine has been a bit stressful because I have a lot of things I'm doing at the same time.

I'm also an enterprenur,I make ladies headwears and bridal accessories,you can check my business page on instagram and facebook @woma_artistry.I try to balance both.I will be participating in a fashion show by the month end so I'm trying to put things in place.

ok lets get back to today's menu,I will be sharing a very simple and delicious rice recipe from Nigeria,precisly from the Niger Delta region called banga(palm fruit)rice,I know it's not new to a lot of you but i know some people haven't heard of or eaten it.

It's prepared same way banga soup is made,the only difference is the addition of rice.check the blog for my banga soup recipe.
Let's cook☺


INGREDIENTS 
-3 cups of banga(palm fruit) or tinned banga(palm fruit)concentrate.

-Note-the banga should be more than the rice.

-2 cups of rice

-scotch bonnet(red pepper)chopped or blended.

-onion(chopped or blend)

-smoked or dried fish

-crayfish(blended)

-ataiko

-iruguje

PREPARATION 
-wash and boil the palm fruit till soften then pound in a mortar or bowl with a pestle till the skin separates from the nuts,add warm water and extract the juice into a pot with a sieve.

-Repeat the process two more times to ensure you extract all the juice.

-If you are using store bought tinned banga(palm fruit)concentrate,loosen with warm water a bit before boiling.

-boil for 30 minute,while that is going on,wash the dried or smoked fish with warm water and salt to remove dirts.

-wash and parboil the rice and set aside.

-Then add the ataiko,iruguje,pepper,onion and crayfish to the pot of banga extract and cook for 5 minute.

-Add seasoning cubes and salt then the parboiled rice.you can add the fish at this stage or wait till the rice is almost ready so the fish doesn't scatter.

-Cook till the water dries off.

Your bangs rice is ready😊
Easy right?
If you have any question leave a comment,have a nice day😊

SPICY PLANTAIN CHIPS

Plantain chips is a Nigerian crunchy snack made with ripe or unripe plantain.This snack is very popular in Nigeria,it is mostly sold by hawkers in traffic.

I love this snack alot exactly with unripe plantain,it's been ages I had it so I decided to make mine in a special way,because normal is boring to me,i add a little twist to mine.

INGREDIENTS 
-4 or more unripe/ripe plantain
-vegetable oil for frying
-Grounded dried pepper
-Ginger(grounded)
-Salt

PREPARATION 
-wash and peel the plantain
-slice with a knife or plantain slicer to your desire shape into a bowl of water to prevent it from changing colour.
-seive the plantain to drain water from it.
-place in a bowl,add the pepper,ginger and salt.
-Mix all together properly.
-heat up a pan,add enough oil and let it get hot then start frying the plantain till it gets hard and yellow in colour.
-place the chips in a pepper towl to absorb the oil and cool completely.
-Consume immediately or store in an air tight container to snack on later.

Thanks for checking the blog,have any questions leave a comment,Have a nice day.

MY ADAPTATION OF GHANAIAN TOMATO PEPPER SOUP

When I was very young I could remember eating this soup all the time,it was my favourite then,expecially with chicken😆my mum made us love it,always taste amazing😋it's the first soup i learnt how to prepare,i learnt it from my mum who also learnt from an uncle whose mum is a ghanian and father Nigerian,i made a little twist in my preparation.it's more like egusi(melon)pepper soup,the only difference is the addition of tomatoes.

INGREDIENTS 
-Chicken,beef or fish
-3 Tomatoes
-5 or more Stoch bonnet(fresh pepper)
2 onion(one for the chicken the other for the soup)
-1 cooking spoon of melon(egusi)
-1 tbsp pepper soup spice
-Seasoning cubes
-Salt to taste.

PREPARATION 
-Start by cooking the chicken or beef with onion,seasoning cubes and salt till it's tender.
-In a blender add the tomatoes,fresh pepper,onion,melon and water,blend till it's very smooth.
-Add the blended paste to the pot of chicken or beef,cover and leave to cook very well,if it's not well cooked the melon will taste raw.
-when it's well cooked add the fish if you are using.
-Add pepper soup spice.
-Add seasoning cubes
-Add salt to eat.

Your soup is ready,eat with eba or pounded yam.Trust me you will love it.