This is a simple yet healthy and delicious breakfast made with wheat known as Alkama in Hausa. It requires only few ingredients. It's served with tea, pap (Koko) or with ground pepper (yaji).
Wheat Akà ra
Ingredients:
2 cups wheat
1 tbsp baking powder
4 eggs
Salt & 1 stock cube
3 chopped bell peppers
1 large chopped onion
Oil for deep frying
METHOD
Seive flour in à medium rubber/ bowl. Add baking powder and salt, mix and add the eggs(you can whisk before adding it in the bowl of flour.) Add chopped bell peppers and onions. Mix all together and add some water, stir. It's thickness should be like akara mixture.
1 cup blended or ground red bell peppers, onions, garlic, fresh curry leaves
1 or 1 1/2 cups chopped ugu leaves
1/2 cup crushed groundnut
1/4 cup oil
2 stock cubes
1 tsp salt
Method
Sieve the wheat grits (Tsaki Alkama) to remove the powder. Put the grits in a big bowl and sprinkle some water to soak it. Don't add much water, just some water to wet the grits. Place a medium pot on fire. Pour some water in the pot. It shouldn't touch the edge of the iron strainer, to avoid the grits from being soaked. The water should be quarter of the pot.
Place an iron strainer on top of the pot. Pour the wheat grits. Cover with a white paper, or clean sack or nylon and finally place the cover of the pot or bigger cover to cover the pot. Cook till soft. Stir it once in a while and sprinkle some water to soften it. When soft, remove from the fire.
Pour in a big bowl, add the blended red bell peppers, onions, garlic and fresh curry leaves, crushed groundnuts, stock cubes, salt, chopped ugu leaves and some little oil. Mix all together and pour back into the iron strainer.
Check if the water in the pot is not much, add little amount of water. Place the iron strainer back on top of the pot. Cover with the nylon and then with the lid (cover). Cook till the leaves are cooked. Removed from the fire. Pour the Dambun Alkama in a bowl. Fry some oil with a slice of onion till golden brown. Remove the onion. Pour the oil in the bowl of Dambun Alkama. Taste for salt and maggi. Toss or stir to combine.
This is a simple yet healthy and delicious noodle delicacy. It can be served as breakfast, lunch or dinner. There are many ways to enjoy your noodles and this is one of them. Feel free to substitute with vegetables of your choice i.e cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, etc. Video has been uploaded on my YouTube channel. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel Asmie's Kitchen for more simple, healthy and delicious recipes.
Watch the video below the recipe 👇
Ingredients:
1 pack noodles
Noodles seasoning
2 eggs
3 peeled diced carrots
3 diced red bell peppers
1/4 cup chopped green beans
1 diced onion
1/2 cup chopped ugu leaves/ spinach
2 tbsps ground crayfish
1/2 cooking spoon oil
Asmie's Kitchen Curry Powder
Asmie's Kitchen Mixed Spices
Asmie's Kitchen Ground Pepper (yaji)
Method
Place a pot of water on fire. Bring to the boil. Make sure the pot is covered. Add the noodles, cover the pot again and parboil. Strain and set aside. Reserve the noodle water.
Heat 3-4 tbsps of Oil in a pan. Whisk the eggs with a pinch of salt and pour into the pan. Allow to set then stir-fry to scramble. Pack from the pan and set aside.
This is a simple healthy and hearty lunch. Can also be served as dinner with some salad 🥗
Ingredients: 1 cup of rice
1 tsp turmeric powder
Method
Place a pot of water on fire and bring to the boil. Add the rice stir and parboil. Wash and strain, set aside. Rinse the pot with some water and place it back on fire. Add some water enough to cook the rice. Add the turmeric powder, cover the pot and bring to the boil. Add the rice and stir, cover the cook till the rice is done. Remove from the fire and set aside.
This is a simple and delicious salad. It's a food inspiration, it can be served as lunch or dinner. Watch video below 👇
Video has also been uploaded on my YouTube channel Asmie's Kitchen. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more simple healthy and delicious recipes.
Ingredients:
12 potatoes (Irish)
1/2 tsp paprika powder
1/2 tsp Asmie's Kitchen ground pepper
1/2 tsp Asmie's Kitchen Mixed Spices
1/2 tsp Asmie's Kitchen Ground ginger
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsps of Oil
Method
Peel the potatoes and cut into desired size. Put in a bowl of water. Strain and set aside.