Scones

 Scones are baked goods made with flour, margarine, milk, etc. A delicious snack. It can be served with Apricot Jam or it can be eaten a lone.

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 tbsp baking powder

A dash of salt

3 tbsp sugar

150g margarine

1 1/4 cups milk (dilute 4 tbsp powdered milk with 1 1/4 cups water)

Apricot Jam

Method 

Seive the flour in a bowl. Add salt, sugar, baking powder and mix to combine. Add the margarine and mix to resemble fine bread crumbs. Add the milk little at a time mixing and kneading and knead. Don't over knead. Mould into a ball. Sprinkle some flour on a board and roll it thick. Shape the dough round and cut it into triangle. Arrange on a parchment  paper on a baking tray. Brush the top of the scones lightly with egg wash (whisk egg with a tbsp water). 

  Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes @180oc/350of or till golden brown and double in size.

 Serve with Apricot Jam and enjoy!

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Fish in Egg Stew

I love Egg Stew. It's one of my favourite 😊 I added some dried fish and veggies to give it a twist and it turned out great 🥰 It's a simple recipe that doesn't take much time to prepare. With all your ingredients available you are good to go. It can be served with white rice, boiled yam or potatoes. Just pick your choice. And you can use shredded chicken, beef or any meat of your choice. Below are the ingredients I used in making this delicious stew. 

Ingredients:

1 bowl of blended tomatoes, red bell peppers, onions, spring onions, ginger, garlic & curry leaves

4 eggs

1 medium bowl of washed and de-boned dried fish

2 diced green peppers

1 large diced red bell pepper

2 diced onions

1 cup oil

4 stock cubes

1 tsp curry

1 tsp thyme (optional)

A dash of salt (optional)

1 small potash

  Method

Pour the blended tomatoes, red bell peppers, onions, spring onions, garlic, ginger and fresh curry leaves in a medium pot. Place the pot on fire. Drop the potash in the pot to prevent the stew from being sour in case if the tomatoes are sour. Stir and boil till thick.

   Add the dried washed and de-boned fish in the pot and stir. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Add the oil and stir now and then till the vegetables i.e tomatoes, etc are fried. Add seasonings, spices and stir. 

  Break the eggs in a bowl and gently pour it into the pot. Don't stir. Cover the pot and allow to cook till the eggs are set. Open the pot and stir gently. Add the diced red bell pepper, green bell peppers and onion. Stir and cover the pot. Allow to cook for 5-7 minutes on low flame. 

  Fish in Egg Stew is ready! Serve with White Rice, boiled yam or Potatoes and Enjoy! © Asmie's Kitchen

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Oreo Ice Cream

Stir Fried Grits (Tsakin Kanzon Tuwo)

  Ingredients:

2 cups grits (Tsakin Kanzon Tuwo)

1 cup blended or red bell peppers & onion)

1 small sliced red bell pepper

1 cup spinach (thinly sliced) washed 

1 fresh fish (cut into medium size)

1 sliced onion

1 tsp curry powder

3 stock cubes

4 tbsp olive oil

3 tbsp sesame oil 

1 tsp thyme

1 tbsp ground scotch bonnetc, fresh curry, leaves 4 pieces of garlic, 1 piece of dried ginger

   Method

Crush the dried mush (busasshen kanzon tuwo) in a mortar. Don't grind it to powder. It should be lightly crushed into medium grits. Seive to remove the powder from the grits.

  Wash the grits to remove the stones, dirts, etc and drain in a strainer. 

  Place a medium pot on fire. Pour 2 cups of water. I used the measuring cup that comes in set, the big cup 250 ml. Which is equivalent to peak milk tin.

 Cover the pot añd allow to boil. Add the washed grits and stir. Cover the pot and cook till aldante (almost cooked) The water should absorb in the grits. If you added too much water, when the grits is almost cooked, drain the water in a strainer)

  Heat the olive oil and sesame oil in a medium pot. You can use any oil you have. Add the ground scotch bonnet, fresh curry leaves, garlic and dried ginger. Saute for a minute. Stir in the chopped or blended red bell peppers and onions. Stir fry for 5 minutes. Add the fresh sliced fish, a cup of water, spices and seasoning. Cover the pot and allow to cook. Then add the grits and stir fry. Be careful not to break the fish. Add the chopped spinach, sliced onion and sliced red bell pepper. Cover the pot and cook on low flame. Till the grits and vegetables i.e spinach, onion and red bell pepper are cooked. Or cook for 5 minutes. Open the pot and stir to combine the grits and the vegetables. 

 Serve alone or with sliced boiled eggs, shredded cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber. Enjoy! © Asmie's Kitchen

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