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JOLLOFRICE RECIPE

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  Ingredients 4 cups long bismati Rice 1/2   cup  Vegetable oil 2   big onions 240   grams   tomato paste 4-5   redball pepper (tatashe) 4 medium-size tomatoes/ one can chopped tomatoes 3   pieces   Scotch bonnet pepper (Atarodo) or more if yours is not hot 1   cup   chicken/beef stock 1 small seize ginger 2 garlic cloves 50   grams   butter/margarine 3-4 pieces bay leaves 1   tablespoon   curry 1  tablespoon   thyme 8   cubes seasoning 1 tablespoon salt  Instructions.  Place your cooking pot on medium heat, add the vegetable oil, the diced onions, the tomato paste, and bay leaves. Fry them together for about 2 minutes until they become translucent. (do not stop stirring to avoid burning) Add your blended ingredients (Tomatoes, scotch bonnet pepper, garlic, onions, and red ball pepper) and stir well. Allow to cook for about 5 minutes, stir well and go ahead to add your chicken/beef stock and stir well. Add spices (curry, thyme, salt, seasoning, and margarine) Then cover to cook for 5 m
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HOW TO PREPARE BITTER LEAF SOUP(OFE ONUGBU)

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                  BITTERLEAF SOUP Different Ethnic groups in eastern Nigeria cook with this vegetable but in different ways. It is a delicacy for the Anambra people and some parts of Imo that share borders with Anambra like Arondizuogu people.    Ingredients Assorted meats (Beef, goat meat, snail, Ponmo, Shaki are ideal) 15  Medium Size Cocoyam (Ede) 2 handful  Bitter leaves (washed) 1  Cooking Spoon Palm oil 2  dry Fish 1  stock fish(oboroko) 2 handful  crayfish 2 Tablespoon  Ogiri igbo 4 piece  yellow pepper  1 Tablespoons  Ground black pepper or 3 Scotch Bonnet blended 3  Bouillon Cubes(maggi crayfish to taste  Salt Steps 1. Start by boiling your meats, start with the tougher meats like Cow leg and Shaki first. When they’re slightly tender, add beef,stock and dry fish.leave to cook till soft….lastly add the snail 2. While boiling my meat I Thoroughly Wash my Bitter leaf then boil to get rid of as much bitterness as you can. There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the
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HOW TO MAKE OGBONO SOUP

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   Ogbono soup   is a delectable Nigerian concoction soup and it’s super easy to prepare. It’s a thick and hearty stew made with Ogbono seeds (wild mango seeds) loaded with meats and fish simmered in a light delicious broth. Ingredients 1   Cup   blended Ogbono   or wild mango seed 4   Cups   stock   Beef or Chicken Meat  Tripe, cow skin or Fish of choice 1   Cup   Stock Fish Salt to taste 2   stock cubes 1/2   Tbsp   Red Chili flakes   or Cayenne pepper 1   Tbsp   Crayfish   ground Ugwu   Kale or Collard Greens 3/4  Cup   Periwinkle 1/3  Cup   Palm Oil  Instructions Cut the beef rinse and throw into a pot. season with Salt, bullion powder (or stock cubes). Add the diced Onions and the red chili flakes, Leave to boil for about 20 to 30 minutes depending on how tender you want the meat to be. Once the meat is almost done, add the stockfish and cook for 5 minutes or till soft. Blend the Ogbono seeds and add it to the boiling meat: Be sure you have enough stock in the pot. You need about
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GROUNDNUT SOUP RECIPE

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  Groundnut soup (also called peanut stew) is a common but delicious Nigerian delicacy which is commonly eaten with rice, a starch like eba or pounded yam. While prevalent all over Nigeria, groundnut soup was originally a product of the Northern part of the country where it is natively called ‘ miyar gyada’ Ingredients Braised Meat 2.5   lbs   stewing goat meat 1   red onion sliced 2   tsp   Bouillon 1   tsp   salt Groundnut Soup/Peanut Stew 2   cups   raw skinned peanuts 3   scotch bonnet or habanero peppers roughly chopped   use less if you do not like spicy food 0.5   lbs   chopped spinach   about 5 cups chopped, about 2 cups frozen 2   tbsp   West African dried shrimp powder aka crayfish 3   tbsp   palm oil Salt to taste Instructions In a stew pot, braise the goat meat over low- medium heat with the onions, bullion and salt for 30-35 minutes. If you are cooking goat meat from an older or male goat, you may need to cook the meat for longer for it to be tender. Next, toast the peanut
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UGU SMOOTHIE RECIPE

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  For me, nothing is richer and healthier than been able to make everything right in your small or large size kitchens as you have it. This way you determine what goes in or goes out. Usually, it is a better option than most of the concoction that we consume outside even so called drugs. Have you ever heard our mothers advise their daughter on the need to eat plenty of Ugwu vegetable? I have several times. The reason behind this is because the leaf is loaded with iron, a mineral that is key to improve your blood production level especially during and after menstrual cycle. In this article, I will be sharing with you in about few steps how you can make a healthy vegetable juice out of your pumpkin leaf. Equipments needed for making Ugwu Juice A blender or food processor A sieve or muslin cloth Ingredients Ugwu leaves (Pumpkin) A tin of evaporated milk or a bottle of malt drink or both using half quantity apiece. One Orange Method Of Preparation The making of this juice is so easy such t
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