eyaa, i used to make it way back with my yarinya's friend. sorry i have forgotten how to make it now. but it's a lot of activities in the process of fermenting the corn.
also, unless you are in the North, the clay to fry the Masa on is hard to get. Well, I'm sure one day I will remember.

I'm hungry of it too, lol with that sour mia (soup) or with just plain sugar/yaji.

Typical recipe for masa preparation:

Minimum for basic masa batter is:
Rice/corn flour, 668 g; (use the rice for tuwo)
Yeast, 3 g;
Sugar, 20 g;
Salt, 20 g;

Potash Water (kanwa water)

use a 5% potash solution i.e. 20g potash in every 400ml of water, then filter. Use 20ml of this solution for every 250g of masa batter from the mixture of the above ingredients – make as much as u need.

Fermentation is carried out for about 10 hours.

For frying, u can use the special frying pans for poached eggs, else, fry them like pancakes in a non-stick pan - not too much oil, it should not oversoak the masa.

U can eat it with yaji (dry spicey pepper), honey, stew, sauce, roasted chicken, suya or vegetable soup

Enjoy!!

Slight mistake with the above, the rice should be 1kg.

Mill or grind it dry, then soak it in the kanwa / potash water. dont drind it too fine/ smooth. Allow to sit (covered) for 10 hours

@marissa
Your post was lovely. I schooled up north years ago and am simply in love with hausa dishes and snacks but I realy can't remember most of their names.
Can you help me with the recipie for Fura (the ash colored balls used in making fura de nunu).
Any other hausa recipie you can add will be appreciated.
I tried pounding boiled rice to make "tuwo chinkafa" but it didn't workout. any tips there?

@ayeesha,
Thanks alot. I'll try that. By the way is there a special brand of rice for doing tuwo? @Marrisa's post seems to sugest that.

marissa:

Typical recipe for masa preparation:

Minimum for basic masa batter is:
Rice/corn flour, 668 g; (use the rice for tuwo),

Gush , Masa i miss that so much.

Ayeesha, have you tried it?

marissa, anything one can use instead of the potash?

Hi all,

yes, there's special rice for tuwon rice. It very white and broken. Usually sold by the hausa's. closest u can get to that is thai perfumed rice-not basmati, the other one that swells and soaks like crazy.

@omoge, sorry dear, no alternatives for potash yet. Will post soon as I try something else that works.

fura is made from powdered gero (guinea corn, millet - the dark green, grey ones, not red). There's some fermentation involved. Will post the recipe once I confirm. Never made it myself b ut i hear its really easy.

Masa is a wonderful meal.

Recipie for fura

millet
Dry ginger
Some pepper
Cloves

Soak the millet over night (this will make it soft and ferment it)
Wash millet, and then remove the husk (the back, this can be done by adding a little water to the millet in a morter and using the pestle to rub against the millet. Do not pound).
When this is done, dry the millet.
Add the dry ginger, pepper and cloves (use your descretion to add these ingredients, should'nt be too spicey)and blend toghether until smooth.
Mix 3/4 of the dry mix with water until a thick paste is formed.
Roll the paste into medium sized balls and cook in water.
When the balls change colour competely to dark grey, remove from fire and strain the water.
Put cooked balls in a morter and pound toghether  adding a little water.
Roll the paste into balls again and toss into the remaining 1/4 of the dry mix.

Fura is usually taken with Yogurt, but in the north its taken with local yogurt called kundirimo

Mash the balls in a bowl and mix with sugar and yogurt and voila! your fura is ready, enjoy

Marissa,

thanks. I plan to make it when am in nigeria instead of buying from mama Danladi.

I can't make it where I am right now.

do you like Pate?

wotz masa??/?

bballchick:

wotz masa??/?

rice/millet cake

I tried pounding boiled rice to make "tuwo chinkafa" but it didn't workout. any tips there?

after rinsing the rice, use more water than you would for normal rice then stir it
or use a rice cooker

recipe
rice
yeast
baking powder
sugar
salt
groundnut oil

soak the rice 4 3 hours, grind the rice add yeast cover it and leave for at least 10 hours, put sugar and salt to taste, then u start frying it.

Yummy Yummy Yummy ^{Now am hungry}

I wan eat Masa o abeg ^{Don allah}

I love masa and the other variant, wayna! Fura da nunu, as long as it's clean is also a delight. I don't know the recipes for these things but I know you can make wayna with rice instead of corn. I guess there must be some how-to books out there to help y'all out. I'm gonna marry a hybrid, you know. Someone from all corners of the country and maybe even the continent to enjoy all the blissful food. Masa's got me salivating and drooling!

I love massa too hmmm so delicious with mia taushe.

Marissa,
can also help with danwake recipe?
i love eating that food with main shanu and yaji using  my tooth pick to pick it one after the other.

i stay in the north 4 years and i eat lots of the northern food like brabisco,fura,danwake,masa,tuwon shinkafa,mian luru,kuka, lots.

Thans a bunch @marissa for the rice tip.
@tete, that fura recipe is heaven sent. thanks so much!

@tete
thanks for the fura recipe. I've tried and its just PERFECT!! In fact I made so much that I had to keep the balls in a bowl in the fridge. I found that it hardens after the first day but if u pop them into the microwave for a minute or two, they are warm and soft like the moment they were first made. I just had some now - I mashed the fura into a milk and yoghurt mix and WOW, Still tasting fresh even after four days in the fridge!!! thanks again