Dublan (A Local Dessert)

Dublan is a local Hausa dessert. Made especially for weddings. Always find in a newly bride's house. Dublan is dipped in sugar syrup and sprinkled with sesame. It's a simple snack, easy to prepare with just few ingredients.

  Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 tbsp sugar 

4 tbsp oil

Sugar Syrup:

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup water

1 tsp lime juice

Method

Seive the flour.  Combine the flour, sugar and oil in a mixing bowl. Gradually add some water mix then knead. Knead well till soft. Cut into 10 pieces. Mould into balls. Roll each dough flat; half inch thick. Cut horizontally. Fold the way you want.

  Heat some oil in a pan, fry the Dublan in batches till golden brown and crispy.

  Pour the water and sugar in a medium pot. Add the lime juice and stir till the sugar melts. And starts boiling. Remove from the fire. When cooled, dip the Dublan one after the other in the syrup. 

Sprinkle some sesame. Serve.

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Asmie's Kitchen Lasagna

Ingredients:

1 pack lasagna sheets (12 pieces) 

1/2 kg minced beef

Mozzarella cheese (grated)

1/2 tin mushroom 

2 diced red bell peppers 

2 diced green bell peppers

1 large diced onion

1 big tin tomato paste

3 tbsp flour

1 cup milk (dilute 3 tbsp powdered milk with water)

3 tbsp margarine/butter

Salt to taste

1 tsp oregano

1 tbsp garlic

1 tsp Asmie's Kitchen Ground Pepper

1 tbsp ground black pepper

2-3 stock cubes

   Method

Parboil the lasagna sheets till aldante and strain. Set aside.

  Put the minced beef in a medium pot. Add 1/2 tsp garlic, a dash of salt, 1 tsp ground black pepper, oregano, stock cubes, 1 tsp Asmie's Kitchen ground Pepper and stir. Cook till the minced beef is no longer pink. Add the tomato paste, stir. Then pour 1 cup of water. Stir and cook for 5 - 7 minutes. Set aside.

  Making of White Sauce (Bechamel):

Place a pan on fire. Add 3 tbsp butter or margarine. Stir till it melts. Add the flour and stir to combine. Add 1 glass of milk and stir for 10 minutes or till thick. Sprinkle some salt and ground pepper black pepper. Set aside.

  Now back to the Tomato sauce or stew. Add the red and green bell peppers, diced onions, mushroom, 1 tsp garlic and stir. 

  Arrangement of the lasagna.

Brush the bottom of a baking pan with some of the white sauce. Arrange 4 lasagna sheets on the bottom of the pan. Cover the lasagna sheets with the beef sauce. Drizzle some of the white sauce. Then sprinkle some mozzarella cheese. 

   Repeat the same process with the remaining ingredients and make 2 more layers. Making 3 layers all together. 

  Bake in a preheated oven for 45 mins or till baked. Sprinkle some chopped parsley. Serve warm and enjoy!

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Collection of 5 Recipes: Apple Dapple Cupcakes, Banana Cupcakes, Paw Paw Juice, Watermelon Juice & Pineapple Fried Rice

    APPLE DAPPLE CUPCAKES

Ingredients :

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 small tin peak milk of sugar

4 eggs

3 red apples (diced )

3-4 tbsps of pecan (crushed ) (optional)

1 tsp vanilla flavour

1/2 bag margarine

1/4 cup grated coconut

Glazing:

1 medium cup blended brown sugar

1/2 margarine

1 peak milk tin

Method

Preheat your oven to 180oc.

In a medium mixing bowl, cream sugar and margarine till fluffy. Add eggs and stir till well mixed. Then add salt, baking soda, vanilla flavour, grated coconut, diced apples and stir till well mixed.

Grease your muffin tray and pour in the batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes or till golden brown.

Glazing:

Mix the blended brown sugar, margarine and milk in a small pot. Place on fire and stir till it melt. Remove from fire and pour over the hot cake. Serve immediately and enjoy!

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   WATERMELON JUICE

   Ingredients:

3 cups watermelon ( peeled, cubed)

2 cups milk (dilute powdered milk with some water)

1/4 cup sugar (optional)

 Method

Blend the watermelon and milk in a blender. Add the sugar. Refrigerate and serve chilled.

 Note that: you can seive if you want.

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PAW PAW JUICE

Ingredients:

1/2 medium paw paw (peeled & cut into cubes)

1 lime juice (squeeze the juice from the lime)

1 small or medium ginger (peeled & chopped)

3-4 ice cubes

Method

Put all the ingredients in a blender i.e the paw paw, lime juice, ice cubes and ginger. Blend well. You can add some sugar or honey. Serve chilled and enjoy!

BANANA CUPCAKES

Ingredients: 

2 cups flour

3 eggs

1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp margarine

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla flavour

5 bananas (peeled & sliced)

1/4 cup milk (dilute 3 tbsp powdered milk with some water) 

     (if the batter is thick you can add some more milk, not much)

 Method

Get a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients i.e flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt.

  Add the margarine in the bowl of flour, etc and mix. Break the eggs one after the other, add vanilla flavour, the mashed bananas and the milk. Mix well. 

 Scoop the batter in muffin tray and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes on medium flame. Serve cool.

 PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Ingredients:

2 cups rice (precooked)

1 or 1 1/2 Cups pineapple (peeled, cut into medium size)

1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste

1 large chopped onion

3 large eggs

1/4 cup boiled peas

1 cup boiled diced carrots

1 tsp curry powder

1/4 tsp thyme

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

3 stock cubes

A dash of salt (optional)

1/2 Cooking spoon oil

   Method

Heat the oil in a pan and saute the ginger and garlic. Add the onions and fry till almost translucent. 

  Break the eggs and whisk with a dash of salt, scramble it in another pan or scramble it in the same pan; move the onions, garlic, etc to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs.

  Add the boiled carrots, pineapple, boiled peas, curry, thyme, black pepper and stir fry for 5-7 minutes on medium flame. Add the rice and scrambled eggs, stir well. Don't over stir the rice. Cook the rice for 5 minutes. Serve warm and enjoy!

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Shredded Chicken Soup

Shredded Chicken Soup is one of my favorite soup. And it's good for this weather. Hot and spicy. It's also a quick fix with just few ingredients. I used my left over homemade roasted chicken. Hope you will try and enjoy this recipe. Don't forget to send me your food picture when you try this recipe.