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27/03/2025

Delicious and yummy okpa

27/03/2025

23/11/2024

HOW TO COOK AFANG SOUP: Step-by-Step with Pictures.

1. Gather Ingredients: You will need Ukazi leaves, water leaves, palm oil, goat meat, ponmo, dried catfish, stock fish, smoked panla, habanero peppers, crayfish, periwinkle, salt, and seasonings.

2. Cook the Meat: Place the goat meat and ponmo in a pot. Add salt, seasoning powder, habanero pepper, and water. Cover and cook until the meat is partially tender.

3. Add Fish and Oil: Once the meat is halfway done, add the stock fish, dried catfish, smoked panla, crayfish, and some palm oil. Continue cooking until most of the water has reduced.

4. Add Water Leaves and Periwinkle: Add the washed water leaves, periwinkle, and a bit more crayfish. Cover and allow them to steam together.

5. Steam Water Leaves: After about 2 minutes, add more palm oil and stir well to combine. Check the seasoning and adjust if needed.

6. Add Ukazi Leaves: Add the pounded Ukazi leaves and a final round of palm oil. Stir well until everything is fully combined. Your soup is now ready.

7. Serve and Enjoy: Serve with any swallow of your choice, and enjoy!

NOTE:
• You can replace goat meat with any protein of your choice.
• Palm oil is added in three stages.
• Ukazi leaves should be pounded or processed in a high-powered blender if available.

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14/11/2024

LEARNING TIME

Homemade Meat pie.

Ingredients:
For the pastry:

4 cups (500g) all-purpose flour
200g cold Butter, cubed
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup (60ml) cold water

For the filling:
•3/4 pound (350g) Ground beef
1 Potato, peeled and diced into small cubes
1 Large Onion, chopped
1 Large Carrot, peeled and diced
1 cup (240ml) Water/beef broth
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon Thyme
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons Oil
1 egg for brushing

How to prepare:

-Make the pastry: in a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
-Add cubed butter and rub it with the flour until you get a crumbly texture.
-Beat 2 eggs with cold water and add it to the flour mixture, mix until dough is formed. Cover for 30mins.
-Make the filling: in a large pan heat oil. Add onion and sauté for 5-6 mins.
-Add diced carrots and cook for 3-4 mins.
-Add the meat, breaking it apart, for 4-5 mins; Season with salt, pepper, thyme and flour.
-Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Roll out the dough into 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out a round shape with your desired sized.
-8. Place about 1-2 tablespoons of the meat mixture in the center and fold over the dough. Seal it with your fingers or with a fork. Poke the pies with a fork to create a steam outlet while baking brush the pies with beaten egg.
-Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden. Cool slightly before serving.

04/11/2024

Banana Vanilla Pudding 🍌🍮

Ingredients:

- 4 bananas, sliced
- 1 package vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 box vanilla wafers

Directions:

1. Prepare the vanilla pudding mix according to the package instructions using the cold milk. Set aside to thicken.
2. In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
3. In a large glass bowl or trifle dish, start layering the dessert. Begin with a layer of vanilla wafers at the bottom.
4. Add a layer of sliced bananas on top of the wafers.
5. Spread a layer of vanilla pudding over the bananas.
6. Add a layer of whipped cream over the pudding.
7. Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used up, ending with a layer of whipped cream on top.
8. Garnish the top with additional banana slices and vanilla wafers if desired.
9. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.

Enjoy your creamy and delicious banana vanilla pudding!

03/11/2024

OHA SOUP

RECIPE:
👉🏻Oha leaves
👉🏻Cocoyam
👉🏻Red oil
👉🏻Ogiri Igbo
👉🏻Azu Mangala
👉🏻Stockfish
👉🏻Meat
👉🏻Crayfish
👉🏻Maggi
👉🏻Salt
👉🏻Pepper
👉🏻Uziza leaves..

PROCEDURE:
1.Cook ur cocoyam until soft , peel the back and pound....

2.Cook ur meat, stockfish after washing with salt and Maggi...

3.Add your red oil,

Allow it to boil for 5 mins then add ur cwrayfish and pepper...

4.Then add ur pounded cocoyam...

5.Wash ur Mangala fish with hot water and salt and add...
6.Put ur ogiri, allow to dissolve...
7.Then ur washed sliced uziza leaves...
Cook for 2 mins and

8.Add ur washed well selected oha leaves. And your Oha Soup 🍲 is ready to be taken with any swallow of your choice.

03/11/2024

S***m booster and strength:

Bananas 🍌, almond seeds and avocados 🥑. Blend all these ingredients and dilute them with honey 🍯.

Let it be your last meal before bedtime.

Note: Avoid alcohol and have enough rest when doing this simple recipe.

Tried and tested.

01/11/2024

FLUFFY OKPA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:
•2 cups Bambara beans (okpa flour) Ground
•1/2 tbsp Palm oil
•1 medium sized Onions finely chopped
•1/2 tsp Turmeric powder for colour
•2 tbsp Mushroom
•2 tbsp Ground pepper adjust to taste
•Salt adjust to taste
•1 tsp Utazi leaves Ground
•2 cups Warm water

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).

2. Put some water in the oven for steaming.

3. Combine the ground okpa flour in a mixing bowl

4. Add the palm oil to the mixture stirring gradually.( Make sure the palm oil is well incorporated into the mixture)

5. Add warm water to the mixture while stirring slowly until you achieve a smooth, thick batter.

6. Add the chopped onion, turmeric powder, ground pepper, salt, and ground utazi leaves (optional)

7. Grease a baking pan with a little palm oil to prevent sticking.

8. Pour the batter into the greased pan and smooth the top.

9. Cover the pan with aluminum foil or a lid to prevent steam from escaping.

10. Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for about 45mins to 1hr, or until the okpa is set and firm.

11. Once done, remove the okpa from the oven and allow it to cool slightly before cutting it into slices or squares.

Enjoy your homemade Okpa!