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Food › Re: Tomato Powder Stew With Chicken: How To Make Tomato Powder Stew Very Easy by vinegurl(op): 9:02am On Apr 03, 2018

ceeceeuwa:
How did you make your tomato powder?

Here is the video on I made it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiT4ECB5E5U

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Food › Nigerian Akara Recipe: How To Make Tasty And Crunchy Akara For Breakfast by vinegurl(op): 8:59am On Apr 03, 2018*

Watch How to make This Delicious Akara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTyG-GMvFo

Akara (Kosai) is one of the popular street foods sold by the roadside traders in the morning and during the evening hours alongside with fried yam, potato chips and plantain chips. The common ways to enjoy akara balls is to pair with custard, pap (ogi), and agege bread; most times, we even enjoy akara with some spicy pepper sauce. This simple breakfast recipe is really tasty, filling and most times crunchy depending on how you prepare the beans paste, It is a complete protein which you need to include in your breakfast menu.

ingredients for making Akara

1. 1-2 cups of beans
2. 3 chili peppers (Shombo) or (Ata roda)
3. 1 large onion
4. 1 stick spring onions, optional
5. Salt to taste
6. Cooking oil for frying

Steps on how to fry akara

1. Measure beans into a bowl; add cold water to cover the beans. Leave the beans to rest for an hour to soak up the liquid and become soft.
Now, with a little pressure rub the beans against your palms to peel the skin until they begin to separate from the beans.
2. Add water to cover the beans, the skin will float to the surface of the water; pass the skin over a colander to strain. Repeat the same
process until the bean skin is all peeled and you are left with clean beans. Rinse the beans with clean water and place in a blender; add
some chopped onion and pepper.
3. Add about 4 tablespoons of water to the beans and blend until the paste turns out very smooth. Don’t blend your beans with a lot of
water, the paste should be thick.
4. Once the paste has been made, you now need to start frying the akara. Add some chopped onions, spring onions, salt to the beans paste
and stir well to incorporate air.
3. Add oil deep enough (about 3 inches deep) to the pan and allow to get heated. Use a spoon to scoop the bean paste to the oil a little at a
time.
4. Fry the paste on one side for about 3 minutes, once the downward sides are golden brown, flip over to the other side fry as well for few
minutes
5. When all the akara in the oil are completely brown, use a slotted spoon to take them out of the oil and drain on paper towel. Serve akara
balls with custard, pap or with pepper sauce.

Cc. Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Fynestboi, Seun, naijacutee, Obinoscopy, Dominique please bail me out here.

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Food › Crispy Yam Fries: How To Make Heart Shaped Golden Yam Fries by vinegurl(op): 11:19am On Mar 30, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElVxIwgYz8

Hey guys happy Easter. I made some simple heart shaped golden yam fries, I really thinks this is a great idea for breakfast and dinner. This easy recipe is really tasty and fun to make and indeed a great way to entice kids to love yam. If you want to see, how made this here are my simple steps and watch the video above to see how, you get to love it.

Ingredients needed

1. 1 kg white yam
2. 2 eggs
3. 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4. ½-teaspoon cayenne pepper
5. ½-teaspoon nutmeg
6. ½-teaspoon curry powder
7. ½-teaspoon onion powder
8. Salt to taste

How to make heart shaped golden yam fries

1. Cut yam into thin circular shapes and peel off the brown skin.
2. Place the cookie cutter on the peeled yam; use a rolling pin to push the cutter through the yam to form a heart shape.
3. Pull the yam to remove from the cookie cutter, and repeat the same process until you are done with the whole yam.
4. Rinse the shaped yams, place them in salted water and boil for just 10 minutes to slightly soften them. Drain the yam from the liquid and
set aside.
5. Beat two eggs into a bowl season with a pinch of salt, curry, cayenne pepper, onion powder and whisk to combine. Also, season the dry
flour with the same ingredients and stir well.
6. Take the boiled yam one at a time and deep in the egg wash, remove and coat with the dry flour and set aside. Repeat this until all the
yams are coated with the egg and flour.
7. Heat a pan on a stove and add some cooking oil deep enough to fry all the shaped yams. Add the yam to the oil and fry. Flip the yam once
one side is golden and fry the other side until you have a perfect crisp yam fries.
8. Remove the yam from the oil and drain on pepper towel, serve with stew and sweet drink.

Cc. Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Suen, Fynestboi, Obinoscopy, Dominique.

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Food › Re: Tomato Powder Stew With Chicken: How To Make Tomato Powder Stew Very Easy by vinegurl(op): 8:42pm On Mar 27, 2018

Fame333:
Nice

thanks thanks!

Food › Re: Tomato Powder Stew With Chicken: How To Make Tomato Powder Stew Very Easy by vinegurl(op): 8:42pm On Mar 27, 2018

NosoChic:
If you are using your home made tomato powder from dehydrating and blending your fresh tomatoes. Then I'll say you're safe!

But if by chance some company in 9ja is manufacturing it-I'd not trust how safe it is oh.....I'm just saying though

My dear, I don't think Niger has started making tomato powder yet, but I made mine at home anywhere, in this case I'm covered.

Food › Re: Tomato Powder Stew With Chicken: How To Make Tomato Powder Stew Very Easy by vinegurl(op): 8:39pm On Mar 27, 2018

cassidy1996:
hey! mummy...... am hungry? rice and stew would be ok.....

lol at mummy! come on dear and have a plate of rice and stew

Food › Tomato Powder Stew With Chicken: How To Make Tomato Powder Stew Very Easy by vinegurl(op): 4:24pm On Mar 27, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgLo0blclM

Tomato Powder can replace fresh tomatoes in a recipe, it can be used to enrich and thicken homemade stews and soups. All you need to do is to add a little at a time and taste as it goes, then add a little more until you reach your desired consistency and flavor. If you don’t want to go through the stress of blending and boiling fresh tomatoes for your jollof rice, tomato powder will add some vibrant reddish color to your jollof rice and sauce recipes. Here is how to make tomato powder stew and also see the video above on how to cook this simple stew practically.

Ingredients for tomato powder stew

1. 1 cup of tomato powder
2. 8 pieces of chicken breast
3. 1 medium onion
4. 2 bay leaves
5. 2 chicken stock cubes, crushed
6. 3 cloves of ginger, minced
7. 1 teaspoon of curry powder
8. ½ teaspoon of ground cayenne
9. 1 teaspoon of thyme
10. ½ cup of cooking oil

Directions

1. Rinse and season chicken with salt, thyme, garlic/ginger, onions, pepper and salt and cook until it is tender.
2. Separate chicken from the broth and leave to drain in a colander for few minutes.
3. Heat up a saucepan slightly, add about 3 cooking spoons of oil to it, add the chicken to the oil and fry for few minutes until it is golden.
4. Once the chicken is browned, take out excess oil and add some chopped onions and minced garlic and fry until fragrant.
5. Gently add the broth to the same pot with two bay leaves, season the content with the remaining curry, thyme, stock cube and bring the
content to a simmering.
6. Add the tomato powder to it and keep stirring to dissolve completely. It will become very thick so you have to reduce the heat to medium
low if it starts to splatter. You can add a little water or more of the chicken broth to adjust the consistency. Cook the stew for 10 minutes
until it
well incorporated.
7. Taste for salt and adjust any other seasoning and the liquid if necessary. Take the stew off from heat and serve with boiled rice or yam.

Cc. Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Fynestboi, Obinoscopy, Dominique.

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Food › Re: Homemade Tomato Powder: Simplest Way To Make Tomato Powder At Home by vinegurl(op): 3:41pm On Mar 25, 2018

Mariangeles:
This is really a good idea and it would be beneficial during the scarcity of tomatoes...

Yes definitely, it serves a purpose during scarcity

Food › Homemade Tomato Powder: Simplest Way To Make Tomato Powder At Home by vinegurl(op): 8:29am On Mar 24, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiT4ECB5E5U

I made a spicy tomato powder at home which you can use for different recipes. Tomato powder is a great way to bring out the strongest flavors in tomatoes, while also keeping them around out of season. There are three ways to dehydrate tomatoes before blending into tomato powder, you can dehydrate to tomatoes in a food dehydrator, in the oven or simply leave the fresh sliced tomatoes under the sun for few days to dehydrate. Another great option for doing this is to use the toaster oven, which has the advantage of not crowding up an appliance that you need as frequently as the regular oven. All you need to do is to place the sliced tomatoes in the toaster oven and then set it to its lowest point.

To make tomato powder You will need

• 3kg of fresh tomato plum
• 1 cup of fresh red chillies, deseeded
• 3 scotch bonnets
• Wide tray or clean flat surface will do

Easy Steps to Make Homemade Tomato Powder

1. Rinse the tomatoes and peppers well and remove the stems.
2. Slice your tomato into ¼-inch slices and line them on a flat tray or surface.
3. Spread the tomatoes out so that they don’t lie on top of each other.
4. Keep the tray in a very sunny spot until they're perfectly dried, which could take a few days.
5. If you notice some houseflies, you can put some mesh material over the tomatoes, to keep the flies away from getting to it.
6. After drying, the tomatoes for two days and they are still flexible, don’t be in hurry to take them away from the sun, there is likely a tiny
bit of moisture. You can flip the tomatoes partway through the process for them to dry inside out.
7. Once the tomatoes are dried and brittle, it means the moisture has been thoroughly removed.
8. Bring the dried tomatoes into a blender or food processor, blend into a smooth powder. Store the tomato powder in a Mason jar or airtight
container and use when needed.

Watch it practically the video above to see how to make your own tomato powder

Cc. Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Suen, Fynestboi, Obinoscopy, Dominique Good morning ooo.

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Food › Re: My Homemade Meat Pie Recipe by vinegurl(f): 11:34pm On Mar 20, 2018

cococandy:
Fill each circle with one tablespoonful of filling. Don’t over fill so that it won’t burst at the seams when baking.
Break one egg and beat it thoroughly. Use a cooking brush to apply the beaten egg to the inner edges of the pies. Fold and seal with a fork. Do this until all your filling or dough is gone.

Rub the surfaces of the pies with the beaten egg, poke little place holes on the top of each pie to help release steam and put into the oven at 370 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake for 45 mins or until brown.

Nice one dear thanks for sharing

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Food › Re: How To Make Creamy Coconut Milk At Home by vinegurl(op): 5:02pm On Mar 18, 2018

Joemetry:
Very helpful, thanks...

More food related posts please....

You welcome darling.
Sure expect more

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 10:33pm On Mar 17, 2018

mylove4God:
One man's food is another man's poison. That is my best food though it should be roasted and the red oil mixed with ogiri, fresh pepper and onion with small amount of utazi leafs

Hey! Babe you sabi better combo, but I personally don't like utazi, too bitter

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 10:31pm On Mar 17, 2018

Nwaohafia1:
As long as it's yam...count me out

Ahw!

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 8:28pm On Mar 16, 2018

Nwaohafia1:
There is nothing to miss in yam

But there lots of recipes to make with yam, or don't you think so?

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Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 4:15pm On Mar 16, 2018

Ellabae:
Pls come o. I
don't like eating alone. U re always welcome.

Lol, thanks for being so generous

Food › Re: How To Make Creamy Coconut Milk At Home by vinegurl(op): 4:10pm On Mar 16, 2018

UNIQUEISRAEL:
For some, to even get the coconut is the PROBLEM!

I don't think its difficult to get coconut, the only issue is the cost, but it depends where you're located. Like where I am one medium coconut is #300 and its not funny at all.

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 4:05pm On Mar 16, 2018

lobell:
Yummy!

Thanks so much

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 4:05pm On Mar 16, 2018

Ellabae:
Am gonna prepare this for dinner tonight.

Awesome! think I will relocate to your house cos I love this very much.

Food › Re: How To Make Creamy Coconut Milk At Home by vinegurl(op): 4:02pm On Mar 16, 2018

Joemetry:
Very helpful.

Used to think the capacity of that medium custard container is 1000ml.
So all I have to simply do is use half filled lukewarm water of it if I have few nuts right?

Yes dear, especially if you want the milk to come out very creamy, but if you want to use the milk for coconut rice, you will have to add more water to extract as much as you want; at least 1 litre will do depending on the quantity of rice you are making.

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 1:10pm On Mar 16, 2018

Funkybabee:
Nice one

Thank you dear

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Food › Re: How To Make Creamy Coconut Milk At Home by vinegurl(op): 1:08pm On Mar 16, 2018

Joemetry:
6. Place the blended coconut in a bowl, add 1 cup of lukewarm water to it and mix with your hands. Pass the mixed coconut milk over a very
fine colander or cheese cloth to strain the milk. Use your hand to press out all the liquid from the strainer.

Please what cup volume can one use?
This is very important.
1 litre of lukewarm water for the two processes or more?
Please enlightened me.

I want to learn how to prepare my own meals, I noticed it has more benefit to the health and also you can easily control everything about your nutritional life if you handle your cooking.

I'm currently 2/10 in cooking but ready to learn.
Can't quantify salt at all.........

Sorry dear this is coming late.

For now I don't really have a standard cup for my measurement , most time i simply use my eye lol! but will sure get one soon.

A standard cup is about 250ml, I made use of this popular medium custard container which measures about 540ml of water. This doubles the standard measuring cup though. You know the coconut was quite much so I had to double the quantity of water to extract more milk. If it was just one piece of coconut I would used half of that same container.

For the salt challenge, it is best you add a pinch at a time and taste to check if you're OK , then add a little more to adjust to your very taste. You don't have add 1 whole teaspoon at a time especially if you are adding other spices like maggi.

Hope this was helpful.

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:31pm On Mar 16, 2018

HopeAlive14:
Well done Ops.

Home made meals are far better than fast foods.

Very true dear. Thank so much

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Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:31pm On Mar 16, 2018

fajul:
Anything pepper soup is sweet for me

Wow good to know

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:30pm On Mar 16, 2018

Chivasex:
Nice one!!

Thanks so much

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:29pm On Mar 16, 2018

Paradigm777:
Nice one OP.
U r indeed a 1000 yard wife material

Thanks so so much. Love l, no I'm even 1 million yard.

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:18pm On Mar 16, 2018

TheKingIsHere:
This is ukodo.

One of our traditional foods.

Are you Isoko/Urhobo?
Noe I'm not. I love your traditional foods that's why I had to make this, it is really delicious

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:15pm On Mar 16, 2018

fajul:
Try it out with palm wine and thank me later

Lol, yam with palm wine when I thought have heard it all. funny combination.

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Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:11pm On Mar 16, 2018

Fadiga24:
If you prepare this one for me I'm marrying you

Lol, abeg I will prepare for you now sef!. shocked

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:08pm On Mar 16, 2018

cassidy1996:
Cook Vine! Wow..... this is nice. my cook, you made front page. Am very happy for you... wish you all the best.....

Yea, thanks so so much, I'm glad too cheesy

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Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 12:06pm On Mar 16, 2018

stefanweeks:
Yum yum

Thanks thanks!

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 11:01am On Mar 16, 2018

AreaFada2:
Good. Nice explanation. Sweet voice too.

thanks dearie, I appreciate that a lot.

Food › Re: How To Prepare Spicy Yam Pepper Soup by vinegurl(op): 11:00am On Mar 16, 2018

Nwaohafia1:
I don't eat yam. My worst food.

What! first time of meeting someone who doesn't eat yam, but you are missing out though cheesy

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