Akwu's Delight: Weekends!In mostly every Nigerian home weekends ...

Akwu's Delight: Weekends!

In mostly every Nigerian home weekends ...: Weekends! In mostly every Nigerian home weekends are seen as chore days and most especially days to make either Akara or Moi Moi (Only Nig...

Weekends!

In mostly every Nigerian home weekends are seen as chore days and most especially days to make either Akara or Moi Moi (Only Nigerians will understand this).

The photo was taken from Instagram

Basically, this is my every Saturday routine at home. Initially, I would wash the beans before going to the market and blend, but I discovered that you can wash your beans in the market, I choose this part to make life easy for me so I now wash my beans in the market.

Tell us how is your weekend is going in your household?

2019 has been an eventful year for me I have been missing in action because I am trying to discover myself, my passion, my inner strength. I am on a journey of reviving myself but guess what guys I am back and I hope to serve you in the most possible way.

This blog and hopefully my youtube videos will be about Food, Cakes, lifestyle and general things happening in our society today. It promises to be fun and exciting.

Tip for the weekend, "Always believe in yourself no matter what".

How to make Egusi Soup and Pounded yam

Egusi soup is a popular soup in Nigeria. The egusi is gotten from melon seeds, it can be eaten with any kind of swallow (Eba, Pounded yam, fufu, plantain, wheat, semolina etc).

Ingredients:

Palm oil

Egusi

Crayfish

Dry fish

Fresh tomato
Fresh pepper

Onions

Seasoning

Shaki (Tripe)

Egu Leaves 

Pomo (Cow skin)

and salt to taste. Let's get started, shall we?

Directions

To begin,  wash your shaki, beef and pomo, season (to taste) it and start cooking for about fourty minutes (i like my shaki very soft).
While it is cooking, soak the dry fish for about five minutes, take out the water and debone, wash again and set aside.

optional: you can add stockfish if you want. 

Wash your tomatoes, onions, pepper, and blend. Pour some palm oil in the pot and add the blended tomatoes. Add the meat stock and onions to the egusi and mix well. Add the egusi to the tomato and stir, then add the shaki  to the mixture.
Add crayfish/seasoning (to taste) and stir.
Yes, my yam is on the fire as you can see in the video.
As seen in the video below.

The next stage is to add the stock and stir, look at how beautiful it looks. While the egusi is on the fire I think its time to pound the yam.

It's time to add the ugu leaves as seen in the video below, stir and allow the egusi to cook well for few minutes before bringing down.

The pounded yam is ready!

Dinner is served. Enjoy!

Thank you, Enjoy the rest of your day.

Tips for Healthy Living

Healthy living is very important in our society today, and as such we should try to live a healthy life. I was going through this and I thought I should share. Enjoy!

Eating (diet)

All humans have to eat food for growth and maintenance of a healthy body, but we humans have different requirements as infants, children (kids), teenagers, young adults, adults, and seniors. For example, infants may require feeding every four hours until they gradually age and begin to take in more solid foods. Eventually, they develop into the more normal pattern of eating three times per day as young kids. However, as most parents know, kids, teenagers, and young adults often snack between meals. Snacking is often not limited to these age groups because adults and seniors often do the same.

Tips:

• Eat three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner); it is important to remember that dinner does not have to be the largest meal.
• The bulk of food consumption should consist of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk products.
• Choose lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts (with emphasis on beans and nuts).
• Choose foods that are low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars; look at the labels because the first listed items on the labels comprise the highest concentrations of ingredients.
• Control portion sizes; eat the smallest portion that can satisfy hunger and then stop eating.
• Snacks are OK in moderation and should consist of items like fruit, whole grains, or nuts to satisfy hunger and not cause excessive weight gain. For more information visit: https://www.medicinenet.com/healthy_living/article.htm

PS: I didn't write this, I saw it and thought it will help you.

Please follow the link and enjoy the rest of the piece. 

The picture was taken from the internet. 

Cakes!

Hello all! did you miss me? i missed you all. Well i have been busy with other projects (cakes) thats why i have been off for a while now, but i hope to be back.

Well i now bake! yes i do, and i will be sharing with you all what i have been up to lately. It has been a beautiful experience trust me.

I will also start writing reviews about restaurants, street food and places to go to when visiting Nigeria. It will really be an amazing experience.

Have some Minion cake anyone?

Have a great day!

Ugbekpulu

Ugbekpulu is a snack from Kogi state 

Ingredients: 

Bambaranut

salt

pepper

vegetable oil

Water

Method of Preparation:

1) Grand dry bambaranut aka (Okpa) into powder form 

2) Mix the powdered bambaranut (Okpa) with water, salt and pepper. (Make sure it is very thick)

3) Then mold it in tiny round shapes

4) Join ten of the tiny round shapes together into two straight line and merge them together.

5) Then fry it with palm oil, until dry.

Once you are done with frying it, it becomes what is known as "Ugbekpulu" popular in Igala land, Kogi state, Nigeria.

PS: I did not make this snack 

Egg fried rice (My version) served with plantain

Ingrediens:

1 cup of Basmati rice
Vegetable oil
1 Fresh Garlic (Chopped)
1/2 Fresh Ginger (Chopped)
1 Egg
1 Onions
Soy Sauce (1 Table spoon)
Dry pepper
1 Plantain
Salt
2 Cubes Maggie

Directions:
Firstly, wash the rice, bring it to boil (for about 20 mins) make sure it is cooked. When the water has almost gone dry bring it down. Then if you have a wok good for you but i used a frying pan. Heat the vegetable oil in the pan, when heated add the fresh garlic, ginger and some onions. Cook for about 15sec then add salt,maggie and pepper, stir then add the rice stir fry for about 2 min (what i did was to use another frying pan for the egg). Heat the vegetable oil in the extra pan, pour the egg into the pan with some onions, then start stirring (like scramble egg). Optional you can use peas, green beans or carrot but i choose not to use then this time. Finally add the egg to the rice and begin to stir, add soy sauce stir and your done.

For the Plantain
Peel the plantain, cut it in what ever shape you want. Heat the vegetable oil in the frying pan, add some salt (little) to the plantain for taste then fry until golden brown. Serve with Egg fried rice my version. Enjoy