Designer Stew - Alade Market style

INGREDIENTS
Beef (orisirishi)
Salt
Maggi Cube (I usually prefer the chicken flavor)
Garlic
Onions
4 Green Bell Pepper
2 Red Bell Pepper
Habanera pepper (I use 3 I like it really spicey, but you decide)
1 Cup of Palm Oil
White Rice

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut the beef into small pieces and put them in a pot.
2. Rinse the beef thoroughly and season with maggi, salt, slice in onions and add water.
(Even though this is designer stew DO NOT USE any fancy season like curry powder etc)
3. While the beef is cooking, pre-heat your oven at 475 degrees.
4. Once the beef is soft, put them in a oven tray and bake for 30-45 or till they are brown.
5. Next you will blend the green pepper, red pepper, one whole onion, and the habanera. Don’t add water or TOMATO. (at this point it looks like the green pepper refuses to mix with the red—that’s ok).
6. Heat up the palm oil with sliced onion and some garlic until the onions and garlic are burnt then remove the oil from the stove and let it cool.
7. (Can you smell that traditional stew smelll…delish.) Anyway take out the burnt onions and garlic and trash it.
8. Then put the palm oil back on the stove and add the blended peppers.
9. Season the blend pepper with salt and maggie to taste and cover it up to fry.
10. You will know when the pepper is fried when you can see the palm oil on top of the heated pepper. (FYI -The quantity of the blended pepper shrinks).
11. Add the baked beef to the frying pepper and leave it to cook. You will know it is ready when you see the palm oil on top.
12. Turn off the stove and set the stew aside. A few minutes later the stew changes to a dark brown (this is when the “localness” comes out).

The stew is better served with boiled rice.

Chei Amaka, why now? See how hunger is just catching me now. I will make that tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe.

alade market designer stew, wow memories,memories, now i v lost my apetite for this yeye sandwich

yes I remember having that one in lokoja, theres some meat on it.

What is the local or market  name for Habanera pepper ?


What about somebody that has no oven, any other alternative?
 

That's great Amaka. I'm really hungry now, I will give it a trial.

 

they said that the best way to a man's heart is through his belly, amaka1 please are u married?because i think you will make a good wife and iam looking seriously for one. so amaka1 will u marry me?

and what is the best way to a woman's heart?

 

amakaone, u know the answr, the best way to a woman's heart is through his pocket

amaka, no mind them o. me i no go marry any man wey no fit cook. wetin you wan make me become? 

i am off to the kitchen to try my hand at the designe r stew, did not realise u do not need tomatoes, now i know where i have been going wrong, good luck with ur idea re the nigerian cookbook,