i hate the fact that i have to eat mama put simply because of the way they cook their stew. but if u guys are familiar with that particular stew, then u probably know what i'm talking 'bout. i've tried so many different combinations while trying to cook that stew that i'm so confused. can somebody help me out?

Try using rotten tomatoes, rotten pepper, tatashi and the rest. Go for the cheapest part of meat. Then cook the stew as if you are cooking for 500 pple or more.

I hope u enjoy your mama put stew.

u've got to be joking . that sounds so gross

Just ask mama put for the recipe . . simple

unfortunately, its not that easy to ask for the recipe when you're on a queue and there are like 5 impatient others behinyou. except if you're looking to get lynched. nigerians no dey take mama put play o

Jasiel:

unfortunately, its not that easy to ask for the recipe when you're on a queue and there are like 5 impatient others behinyou. except if you're looking to get lynched. nigerians no dey take mama put play o

Go there when Mama Put is closing and go on your kneels to plead to get the recipe

Lmao @ baby.me
poster, in addition to that suggestion, make sure you cook it with bleached oil that has been used several times n add plenty of tomato paste to make the stew thick.

Seems to me like a good question.

It is just like asking how do you get your jollof rice to test like the ones in party. We all know the smoke from the firewood is a big factor. So for this mama put stew, maybe the variety of meat, and smoke particularly play a huge role in determining the taste. I sense it is beyond a recipe, because all mama put stew almost taste the same just like all party rice taste same

@ OP

Ajino-moto or A1 seasoning!!

LMAO. I just spoke with a friend who asked me the exact question. I told her to hold on so i can check with ma peeps. Brb!

the mama puts have lots of cooking experience, hence the quality of their food.,

Simple. Just cook your conventional stew and then add water that you've used in rinsing your 'nyash', if you understand the dub. Then you'll get that exact flavor of mama put that you're after.

Rocktation:

Simple. Just cook your conventional stew and then add water that you've used in rinsing your 'nyash', if you understand the dub. Then you'll get that exact flavor of mama put that you're after.

Disgusting

^^^Exactly! This is Africa and i want the thread starter to understand that these mama put people are 'jazz' compliant. That's if he doesn't already.

dominique:

Lmao @ baby.me
poster, in addition to that suggestion, make sure you cook it with bleached oil that has been used several times n add plenty of tomato paste to make the stew thick.

that's true, bleached oil would do the trick.
Only that you'd loose the nutrients in the (bleached) palm oil as my momma says.

jasiel,
if you really want to know how to cook the mama put stew maybe you need to consider serving under one of them for at least a week. you could help wash/cut the tomatoes, pepper, mop the floor, etc while spying on the mama doing her thing.

I sense a lot of jealousy from these ajebota girls here with their fancy recipes that taste nowhere near as GREAT as MAMA PUT servings.

On another thread some guy asked for original peppery jollof recipe, and one of these ajebota, club girls started typing ''add garlic, add cinnamon, add parsley'' and such nonsense.

Tomorrow they'll be yapping Mama Put. And NO they do NOT use ''rotten tomatoes''. I've SEEN THEM FIRST HAND COOKING and they use 100% FRESH INGREDIENTS.

They're just BETTER at their job than YOU.

When they were young they spent time learning in the KITCHEN, while you were out CLUBBING and doing RUNS.

So please lay off Mama Put joints. It's not their fault you're pathetic in the kitchen!!

^^true talk for the most part but your delivery was very harsh.

though the mamaputs were really maligned sha- i have no idea why.

and fresh ingredients do taste better.

also, garlic is ok in jollof rice.

My delivery was harsh exactly because of the callous manner these people came on here and started attacking and insulting Mama Put for no reason.  Are Mama put not Nigerian? Or because they didn't attend university and speak 'Queen's English', people think they can just insult and dismiss them anyhow? No way.

Those women have been an absolute life saver for millions of working Nigerians and must be accorded respect.

Oh, and garlic isn't too bad in making authentic jollof I guess, so long as you leave out all the ''parsley, coriander, cinnamon, mushroom'' stuff. 

rossike,
you could still make your point without neccessarily being so antagonistic.
the way your posting makes me wonder if you grew up eating 'mama put'
rice!

baby.me:

Try using rotten tomatoes, rotten pepper, tatashi and the rest. Go for the cheapest part of meat. Then cook the stew as if you are cooking for 500 pple or more.

I hope u enjoy your mama put stew.

Most apt description ever.

The secret is bleached oil. But they also use dried bell peppers (tatase) and chilli peppers (shombo) both of which have to be soaked and rinsed thoroughly before grinding to remove their characteristic taste. Only the tomatoes and onions are fresh. Be careful to bleach the oil until it is just black (not 'white' as you would for ofada stew).
And of course firewood smoke give it that universal taste.
Goodluck.

firewood smoke! ha!

^^ yes, smoke gives meat especially, a good flavour.

ha! na wao! i'm hearing this for the first time!