Plantain Fufu in three minutes? I imagine my ancestors and people a little stuck in old traditions would find this unsettling. I wonder how the powdered versions of fufu, pounded yam and such have been accepted. That probably took a little more time than the manufacturers anticipated. West Africans are notorious for being very resistant
Plantain and beef pie? Yes plantain and beef pie is an actual thing. The love of plantain is the beginning of a food blogger’s wisdom. Quite a number of countries share the love of plantain as well be it green, yellow or black(over-ripe plantain). Countries like Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Ghana, Puerto-Rico and the list
This past week I challenged myself to try to blog everyday and I had a ton of recipes I had made, photographed and were just sitting on my memory card. It was time to do something about that, hence the extra activity you see on my blog. This post was inspired quite randomly to be
What is a christmas menu when you don’t experiment with something and it turns out well? In this case my over-ripe plantain and shrimp canapes. Well let’s just say I was licking my plate after i photographed this one. It’s nothing super out of the blue but I had left over over-ripe plantain and wanted
Growing up, my grandma always made unripe plantain pottage and I wasn’t so sure it was my favourite thing to eat. Then came my mum with semi-ripe plantain mixed with unripe plantain in the pottage and it was always fun to find out which plantain was slightly ripe when eating it. Well today, I decided
Do you spell it plantain moi moi or plantain moin moin? I have always wondered what the correct spelling. If you know what it is, please leave it in the comments. So I have been staring at the over-ripe plantain in my kitchen and I really didn’t want to go the fried route of Mosa so
Last week, my brother sent me a message on whatsapp saying he had a dream about a dish I should try. See how awesome my family is? His original idea was plantain pizza with gizzard as toppings as a different way to serve dodo gizzard. Unfortunately, plantain will not hold well on its own so
Madeleines & Macaroons are to France as Speculoos & Praline Cookies are to Belgium Chocolate & Apfelküchlein are to Switzerland as Amaretti & Tiramisu, Gelato are to Italy Spotted dick & Bread and butter pudding are to England as ____________are to Nigeria Do Nigerians do desserts??? Of course we do, it might not be customary but we do
I posted this dish on Facebook with the above caption and of course the questions came flooding in :). I love sparking conversations. This dish is not as complex as it seems. It’s the same concept as tomato pepper soup or tomato stew without oil. Instead of frying anything, you are just boiling the tomato
