A couple of weeks ago, my mum (1QFoodPlatter) got into town and the first thing I did was drag her to the Danforth food festival. This is a popular food festival in Toronto and I wasn’t going to miss it for the world. We got there and realized several streets were shut down for this food festival and apparently a couple Guinness book of records were broken. There was the largest greek yoghurt bowl at the event and a dance performance. We got a feel of what greek food is like and trust me to start finding the similarities with Nigerian food. They had these puffs that they call honey balls or Loukoumades. They are basically like puff puff but completely immersed in honey. They also had grilled chicken on sticks that reminded me of suya except their seasoning was milder. And last but not least, they had my favourite, roasted corn 🙂 what I did like about it however was their twist to it. They roasted the corn with the skin on it and peeled it later to immerse in butter and you could add your own flavours to it. This is what inspired my dish today. All the grilling and corn flavours inspired me to make this simple summer dish. I don’t have a name for it but hope you enjoy it.
Ingredients (Serves 2-4 people)
2 Medium sized Corn cobs
1/2 pound of butter
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of chilli flakes
6 thinly cut steak pieces
1 red bell pepper
1 green pepper
1 large carrot
Toothpicks to hold the beef in place
1 cooking spoon of oil
Suya Seasoning for the beef
Method
Wash your beef and use a rolling pin to flatten it a bit to make it easier to roll.
Chop your vegetables into chunky strips and set aside
Seasoning the beef with the suya spices, place the vegetables on the beef, roll and secure with the toothpicks.
Grease a pan with the oil and place your beef on the pan and grill at a temperature of 470F for about 20-30 minutes. Check for when it browns and flip the beef to brown on both sides.
Wash and boil the corn in butter and water for about 15 minutes. Transfer to the oven or grill and grill till it’s browning on both sides. Sprinkle some garlic salt and chilli powder on it and serve with the beef.
