I was wonderin if any1 culd hlp me on ow 2 mke nigerian food. My boyf is nigerian and im nt?!
Answers: i wna mke it for him on v-day cos he dont really eat much else.
LOVELY NIGERIAN COLOR SWEET CAKE
3 cups flour
9 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
3 cans whipped cream
food coloring (a drop)
1 tablespoon vanilla
Combine butter and sugar; add flour. Mix together 2 minutes and add vanilla. Mix until batter is smooth.
Separate cake into three pans. Stir a drop of coloring into two of the pans.
Bake at 350 for about 45 mins or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Allow cake to cool before frosting.
GROUND NUT STEW (NIGERIAN RECIPE)
2 1/2 to 3 lbs. stewing chicken
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp 1/4 tsp. hot pepper
1 med. onion chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
Natural peanut butter 1 to 1 1/2 cup
Rice, cooked according to directions
Side dishes suggested chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, chopped pineapple
Orange slices
Chopped papaya
Grated coconut
Chopped bananas (add lemon or orange juice to prevent darkening)
Nigerians sprinkle with hot pepper.
Bring chicken to boil with about 2 quart water. Add salt, hot pepper, onion and garlic. Simmer until tender cool. Debone. Using 1/2 cup peanut butter per lb. of chicken (before cooking weight) mix in hot broth until a smooth sauce is formed. Add chicken and cook slowly for at least half an hour. Can be cooked for hours in crockpot. If a thicker gravy is preferred thicken with cornstarch. Salt to taste. Serve over hot cooked rice with side dishes of tropical fruits as you would curry. "Ground nuts" is the Nigerian name for peanuts.
MOI-MOI (NIGERIAN)
2 c. blackeye peas
1/2 can corned beef
1 onion
2 fresh tomatoes
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
3x4 aluminum foil bag
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
Soak peas in 3 cups of water for 1 hour. Wash off the black eye and membrane covering. Blend fine in blender with onions and tomatoes. Add salt, if desired. Mix with vegetable oil in bowl. Mixture should be fairly consistency. Add the corned beef in bits. Mixture should be put in aluminum foil bag and sealed.
Place in large pot with 2 cups of boiling water. Allow to cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Add water to pot, if needed. the Moi-Moi comes out solid when it cools.
NIGERIAN BEEF-SPINACH STEW
1/4 c. oil
2 lbs. cubed stewing beef
12 oz. ginger ale
Crushed red pepper
Black pepper
Salt
1 tomato, chopped
10 oz. fresh (or frozen) spinach
4 med. onions
2 whole tomatoes
2 tsp. cornstarch
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy saucepan. Brown the beef, adding oil as needed. Add gingerale, red and black pepper, and salt to taste. Add chopped tomato; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
Meanwhile, wash the spinach and remove stems. Tear leaves into small pieces. Slice the onion thinly and separate into rings. Slice the tomatoes.
Mix the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon cold water. Stir into the stew and cook 1 minute until slightly thickened. Add onion rings, tomato, spinach. Simmer until vegetables are tender. Serve with rice or noodles.
NIGERIAN COOKIES (CHIN CHIN)
6 eggs
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. nutmeg
1/2 stick butter
Dash of milk
Combine the above ingredients with flour until doughy (that is, can be mixed out). Cut into small squares and twist. Fry in oil.
NIGERIAN MAIN DISH
Chicken, fish or meat
Onion
Red hot pepper
Corn oil
Beef or chicken flavored
Tomato paste, fresh tomato
Curry powder
Salt
Season chicken, add chopped onions in pot. Boil for about 5 minutes. Put 1/2 cup of cooking oil in a skillet. Lower heat on the skillet when warm. Add chopped tomatoes, chopped onion to the skillet. Stir the contents of the skillet intermittently. Add salt, chicken, red pepper to taste and curry. Cook the contents for about 25 minutes. Add 1 cup of water or chicken broth. Stir the contents of the skillet. Cook for another 5 minutes. Ready to serve. This can e served over boiled rice.
NIGERIAN AVOCADO SALAD
1 ripe avocado
Juice of 1 lime
1 lg. ripe tomato, cut into wedges
Lettuce leaves
DRESSING:
1/4 c. vinegar
1/4 c. olive oil
1/4 tsp. pepper
Hi
What are you on about?
Ray. West York's. U.K.
cant you tell him to get off his rass and make it himself lol. he should know how to make it so ask for a dish he wants and search the recipe on the internet, good luck on getting the ingredients though...
May be complete a word longer than 4 letters and we could help...
First thing you need is help with your language skills.
On the assumption that I have deciphered your garbled post correctly, you would like to make Nigerian food, and not actually find someone to help you make it. If I am wrong, and you want to find someone to help you make it, then try looking under "Caterers" in the Yellow Pages.
I am not sure if you want this information for VE day on 7 May, or VJ day on 15 August, but either way, you have plenty of time.
If you were able to use proper words (not even whole sentences!) you would be able to use sites like Wikipedia and Google, and discover recipes for Nigerian food.
Sadly for you, these are likely to use complete words, and sometimes even sentences, and may be of little use.
Perhaps you had better ask your boyfriend. If he is Nigerian, he is sure to have better English skills than you
AKARA Bean Balls (Nigeria)
Yield: about 20 balls
Pulses (dried peas, beans and lentils) are the most important part of the diet of the West African and Akara is, perhaps, the most popular dish. Akara is also served as a snack or as a dessert with fried bananas or plantains.
In a 1-quart bowl:
Soak 1 Ib. dried white beans or black-eyed peas in water overnight.
Drain and remove any loose skins and put through a meat grinder.
Add: 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. salt
1/2 onion finely chopped.
Beat in enough warm water to give beans consistency so that mixture drops easiIy from spoon.
In a 9-inch skillet:
Drop by teaspoons in hot fat and fry until golden brown on both sides.
Serve as a side vegetable.
There are many variations for making AKARA. Following the same method as above you can:
Add 1/2 cup cooked AKARA to 1 cup cooked okra or add grated cheese to the AKARA mixture.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/Sta...
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Peanut Balls (Nigeria)
Kulikuli
1 pound shelled and roasted peanuts
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
? to ? cup peanut oil
1 teaspoon salt
oil for frying
1 small onion, finely chopped
Grind or pound nuts and put through a blender or food processor, adding just enough oil to make a paste. With wet hands, squeeze the nut mixture to remove any excess oil.
Saute the onions, cayenne and salt in tablespoon of oil until golden, then knead them into the peanut paste. Shape the mixture into 1-inch diameter balls, adding a few drops of water if necessary to help hold them together.
Drop the balls in hot oil or flatten and fry in a skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the outsides are crisp.
http://www.elca.org/countrypackets/niger...
Here are just a few sites with recipes for nigerian foods. That way you can look them over and see if any sound good to you too. Since you will be eating with him, right... And you may need to make sure you have the ingredients.
www.motherlandnigeria.com/recipes.html
www.recipezaar.com/recipes/nigerian
www.onlinenigeria.com/recipes/recipes....
www.folklife.si.edu/africa/recipes.htm
www.elca.org/countrypackets/nigeria/re...
http://www.folklife.si.edu/africa/recipe...
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/recipes...
These two sites were loaded with authentic Nigerian recipes. Enjoy
I suppose you can only get onto the sites when you have answered!