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Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by gentleguy1975: 3:26pm On Jan 19, 2025
EJEGBULEJE:
You are not entirely wrong, Maize flour Is usually used to bond the rice.
thanks bro
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Konquest: 3:32pm On Jan 19, 2025
FashionCookie:
Yam Amala is my best.
Always been my best.
Indeed Yam Amala and unripe plantain Amala are very good and go well with all kinds of soups. I just got to know from a YT channel that the Yoruba folks have "Elubo Gbodo" and "Elubo Poroporo" which are made from totally different species of yams. The Elubo Gbodo requires less use of yam flour to make the Yam Amala thicker and men say they like that, while the Elubo Poroporo is used to make fluffier or lighter Yam Amala which women say they like better.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by FashionCookie(f): 4:39pm On Jan 19, 2025
Konquest:
Indeed Yam Amala and unripe plantain Amala are very good and go well with all kinds of soups. I just got to know from a YT channel that the Yoruba folks have "Elubo Gbodo" and "Elubo Poroporo" which are made from totally different species of yams. The Elubo Gbodo requires less use of yam flour to make the Yam Amala thicker and men say they like that, while the Elubo Poroporo is used to make fluffier or lighter Yam Amala which women say they like better.
I like Amala(the black one) bcus I was born and raised in the West.
And I'm more familiar with that.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by LocalFARMERS(op): 7:07pm On Jan 19, 2025
Emekuz256:
It Goes very much well ogbono and okoro soup.
Ok
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by LocalFARMERS(op): 7:08pm On Jan 19, 2025
nduchucks:
Kunun zaki Mai zaki kobo daya
grin
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by AbuAeesha: 7:23pm On Jan 19, 2025
omoredia:
I don't like it at all. It's like boko haram food
Mumu don drop update 👍
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by AnyanwuSK(m): 3:37pm On Jan 20, 2025
femi4:
Stop giving it rubbish English name. Call its original name, they will come to learn and appreciate it.

Fufu is fufu
Akara is Akara
Moin moin is Moin moin
Tuwo is Tuwo
It's not about English name,
We speak English, the English translation made me to understand that it's swallowed and not chewed. Since I have been hearing of Tuwo Shinkafa I thought it's eaten like normal rice.

It's like Igbo people calling Akpu - Loi-loi or Nlonlo, other Nigerians may not understand the name unless it's translated literally which means Swallow

If you say Akara then many people won't understand what's, so sometimes telling people that it related to beans doesn't change the name. Some people care about what food is made up.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by femi4: 6:12pm On Jan 20, 2025
AnyanwuSK:
It's not about English name,
We speak English, the English translation made me to understand that it's swallowed and not chewed. Since I have been hearing of Tuwo Shinkafa I thought it's eaten like normal rice.

It's like Igbo people calling Akpu - Loi-loi or Nlonlo, other Nigerians may not understand the name unless it's translated literally which means Swallow

If you say Akara then many people won't understand what's, so sometimes telling people that it related to beans doesn't change the name. Some people care about what food is made up.
Nonsense..they speak English in India but they will never rename their local foods.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by AnyanwuSK(m): 5:54am On Jan 21, 2025
femi4:
Nonsense..they speak English in India but they will never rename their local foods.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
Tuwo Shinkafa is a native name for food or Loi-loi is a native name for food. Then person told you that the food is swallowed and you said the person is renaming the food.

Why don't you write in your native language for everyone to understand?

I told you that I thought Tuwo Shinkafa is eaten like normal rice with stew. Now the OP mentioned that it's swallowed with soup, I now understand it's swallowed like Loi-loi or Fufu. Is this the renaming you're talking about?

You must understand that English must be used to explain things to non native and it's not renaming.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by femi4: 7:46am On Jan 21, 2025
AnyanwuSK:
Tuwo Shinkafa is a native name for food or Loi-loi is a native name for food. Then person told you that the food is swallowed and you said the person is renaming the food.

Why don't you write in your native language for everyone to understand?

I told you that I thought Tuwo Shinkafa is eaten like normal rice with stew. Now the OP mentioned that it's swallowed with soup, I now understand it's swallowed like Loi-loi or Fufu. Is this the renaming you're talking about?

You must understand that English must be used to explain things to non native and it's not renaming.
Go back to the original post before you start blabbing. The op described the food in body of the article but renamed it in the title but you're blinded in your argument to see that
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Nobody: 10:08pm On Jan 22, 2025
Layi4real:
shall we say that Pounded yam is a waste of yam too. bcus yam has no business being a swallow meal too
Seems you are not a coherent person. You Shiuld be a subject to govt interrogation.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Pennilessword1:
Probz:
I actually feel like it goes really well with okro.
Not just okro.. peppery okra
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Probz(m): 2:57am On Jan 26, 2025
Pennilessword1:
Bit just okro.. peppery okra
Okro’s best peppery anyway, regardless of what swallow it’s served with. Tatashe and ose-Nsuk/k/a are welcome condiments in it.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Mirasteel: 8:44am On Jan 26, 2025
LocalFARMERS:
Tuwon Shinkafa (Rice swallow) is made from 100% Rice. It is a major swallow in Northern Nigeria. So many eat this as their major swallow at home, on a daily basis. It is also served in special occasions like weddings, naming Ceremony, Birthday parties, special occasions etc.

Tuwo Shinkafa go well with either Egusi soup, bitter leaf, Groundnut Soup, vegetables etc. It doesn't go well with draw Soup (my opinion).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngF98XQXAc
Tuwo Shinkafa with egusi soup is the best.
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by LocalFARMERS(op): 3:27pm On Jan 28, 2025
Mirasteel:
Tuwo Shinkafa with egusi soup is the best.
True
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Pennilessword1: 8:34am On Jan 30, 2025
Probz:
Okro’s best peppery anyway, regardless of what swallow it’s served with. Tatashe and ose-Nsuk/k/a are welcome condiments in it.
I'll take this as part of the ingredients I'll be using..thanks
Re: This Is Tuwo Shinkafa: One Of The Most Popular Swallow In Northern Nigeria by Konquest: 1:20am On Sep 08, 2025
LocalFARMERS:
Tuwon Shinkafa (Rice swallow) is made from 100% Rice. It is a major swallow in Northern Nigeria. So many eat this as their major swallow at home, on a daily basis. It is also served in special occasions like weddings, naming Ceremony, Birthday parties, special occasions etc.

Tuwo Shinkafa go well with either Egusi soup, bitter leaf, Groundnut Soup, vegetables etc. It doesn't go well with draw Soup (my opinion).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngF98XQXAc
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