tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54526538672807904922025-03-25T03:45:41.175+01:00...simplified recipes to mouth-watering dishesChiomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891985986305622908noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452653867280790492.post-41003903842849400982022-12-15T01:25:00.001+01:002022-12-15T01:40:26.313+01:00

Chocolate Cake Recipe Having tried so many chocolate cake recipes that failed, I am really ecstatic to tell you that this is the one, the perfect one! It is moist, fluffy, melt-in-the-mouth, you name it, but above it all, it doesn't crumble as I was getting it out of the pan (that has mostly been my issues). The texture is just right. What I learnt during this my period of trial and error is

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 Classic Macaroni Salad RecipeThis salad is one of the best salad you would ever try. It is tasty, very easy to make and use few ingredients which you can easily find in your pantry plus a simple and creamy mayo-dressing.Macaroni Salad Ingredients:1-1/2 cups Macaroni (any shape is fine) 1 cup of diced  carrots1 cup of diced cucumber1 hard tomato1/2 large onions 2 hardboiled

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My Nigerian Christmas Menu IdeasChristmas is upon us and that means family, fun and great food!After the whole hustle and bustle of the year, it's finally time to relax, eat what we worked for throughout the year while strategizing for the next year. I thought it'll be nice to share some of my favourite recipes I like and would like to try out during the holiday season. They are very easy to make

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 How To Make Tostones (Twice-fried Plantain Chips)Take your plantain chips to a whole new level by making these twice-fried plantain slices called Tostones (a Carribean cuisine). It is a perfect pre-dinner snack or easy side dish! You can serve these savory fried plantains with mayo ketchup sauce or our Nigerian pepper sauce.INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING TOSTONES:2 unripe plantainsOil for fryingSalt for

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Nigerian Fish Stew Recipe The Nigerian Fish stew is a simple, delicious and very flavourful version of the West African Stew Recipe. Being like a sister to the Nigerian Beef Stew, it uses similar ingredients which you probably already have in your kitchen. Any type of fish ranging from Mackarel also called Titus in Nigeria, Tilapia, Croaker, Hake etc can be used.Ingredients for Making

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Basic Oatmeal Porridge RecipeIf you're a fan of oatmeal (please don't tell me you're not), you'll agree with me that it is actually very filling (perfect for the weight-conscious) and healthy. There's no end to the many ways you can enjoy your oatmeal but today I'll just be giving you the basic recipe from which others were/can be derived. Ingredients:1/2 cup of white oats1 cup of

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Afang Soup - a delicious, healthy, green leafy vegetable soup native to the Efik and Ibibio tribes inhabiting the Southern Part of Nigeria (Ákwá-Ibom and CrossRiver precisely).This soup is cooked with two vegetables; the Afang leaf (called okazi/ukazi in other parts of Nigeria and eru in Cameroon) and water leaf. It is quite different from Okazi Soup (native to the Imo/Abia State people) and

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An exciting, sweet and decadent twist on the classic and popular Nigerian snack that will make you swoon with puff-puff pleasure.These balls of “goodness" are crispy on the outside, a soft and fluffy inside with a rich chocolate flavour. I know there's an unspoken rule about not tampering with the classic Nigerian Puffpuff Recipe but honestly, this Chocolate version will definitely convert

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I hated pancakes! They always have this eggy smell  (no offense egg, I love you but your smell puts me off sometimes), are chewy and most times in a bid to get their round shapes, the insides always end up raw while the outside is already brown. To curb this, I add pepper (remember my coconut pancakes), add more water to get a thin batter then proceed to spread it around the frying pan to

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Let's face it, inaccurate measurements always have a huge impact on our baked goods. Have you ever made a bread or cake recipe that promised to be moist and tender but turned out to be dry and dense? This results most times from the use of more flour than required, (other factors can also be the number of eggs, quantity of butter, overmixing etc) but we're concentrating on flour today. The

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This is one cornbread recipe that will have you coming back for more, I just love how tender and tights the crumbs are, how fluffy and moist it is (you need no buttermilk for that) and the corn and buttery flavour?, oh my God! INGREDIENTS:1 cup of flour1 cup of corn meal 1/2 cup of sugar 2 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt 2 medium-sized eggs 1/2 cup of

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What to do with your overripe plantain, make some Plantain Bread! There's absolutely nothing not to love about this bread especially if you're a plantain lover, it is flavourful but not too much as to overwhelm the plantain taste. This is the 2nd time I'll be making this, because I hardly have overripe plantains. With my love for all things plantain, from unripe plantain porridge, to fried

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Craving cake but no oven? This is for you.Do you know you can make yummy, moist and fluffy cakes even when you don't have oven? It works with any kind of cake recipe. Since I started baking I can count how many times (not even up to 3) I've used an oven, this has always been my rescue. I explained everything in this video:SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR MORE OF THESE VIDEOS (IT'S

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A spicy, nutty and flavourful Nigerian peanut stew. Groundnut soup is a great alternative for when you can't find the ingredients to cook egusi soup or you just want to try something different. It is not only a common and delicious Nigerian delicacy but also popular in other African countries like Ghana, Sierra Leone as well as other cultures like Taiwan (East Asia) and Virginia (United States)

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Garri,(processed cassava meal/Granulated cassava) is made by slicing, grating, soaking, fermenting, grinding and then finally frying tubers of cassava. It is a very popular food in nigeria, often eaten in two major ways;as a swallow (made by adding garri into hot water and stirring or turning until it forms a dough) and as a cereal (by just adding cold water, milk, sugar, groundnut or

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Soft, delectable and quite addictive deep fried dough. Puffpuff is a very popular West African street food known as puffpuff in Nigeria, bofrot in Ghana or beignet in French. INGREDIENTS 2 cups of flour1/4 cup of sugar2 teaspoon of yeast1 cup of warm waterSalt1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional) Pepper and Onions, finely chopped (optional) PROCEDURECombine all the dry ingredients. Slowly

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Switch up your cake recipe by adding some mashed overripe pawpaw to the batter, it yields a moist, fluffy and yummy endproduct that even a non-pawpaw lover will definitely go for seconds.  INGREDIENTS 2 cups flour1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 cup oil3/4 cup sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon lemon juice (or zest

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Like other professions, vocations or hobbies, cooking has its own vocabulary. Here, I've made a comprehensive list of some of the basic cooking terms I use often which you should also know to keep your cooking games strong.1. BlanchTo cook by dipping briefly in boiling water, then tossing directly into cold water. This is usually done with vegetables like carrots, green beans etc to

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If you’re looking for an easy, fast and simple breakfast, look no further than these 5 Minute Breakfast Recipe! Whip up this Quick and Easy 5-Minute Breakfast Recipe comprising scrambled eggs, toasted bread, avocado and a cup of beverage). You don't ever have to leave the house without eating keeping in mind that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. WATCH HOW I MADE

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What's not to love about this fluffy and delicious restaurant-style pancakesThis recipe is so simple and easy that you could whip them up in less than 30 minutes.The basic pancake requires four main ingredients; flour, egg, sugar and milk plus other optional ones like:melted butter; for the flavour,baking powder/soda; for some lightness and fluffiness, vanilla extract; for some sweetness and

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A soft and moist cake bursting with rich, tropical and refreshing citrusy flavours from the freshly squeezed orange juice and orange zest.  This is one cake recipe you don't want to sleep on cause it's simple, soft, tender, fluffy, flavorful and slices like butter and have I mentioned that it’s mmmmmmmmmoist?! Yes that word again because that's how I love my cakes to turn out not dense

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Native Jollof Rice with it's distinct taste and flavour😋, is one of the easiest rice recipes to make requiring few simple ingredients and a perfect substitute for when you're bored of other rice recipes (also when you want to eat on a budget😁🤫).  It was given the name Concoction Rice because it's a meal you make when you crave something with lots of ground crayfish, super spicy

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Perfectly Crunchy, Rich in flavour and Quite Addictive, this is the best chinchin recipe you'll see on the internet today.  Chinchin is a popular pastry in West Africa and one of my all time favourite Nigerian snacks. It has so many variations; from the soft, melt-in-your-mouth ones, the crunchy (not too hard and not too soft ones) to the hard as rock ones. It can also come in

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This is a fail proof  and you-can-never-go-wrong-with method of cooking beans. It is so delicious and has this sweet, distinct smell, I bet you even a non-beans lover will ask for more. Fried Beans is one of the various ways to enjoy eating beans. Growing up, I didn't really care much about beans, I just eat it for the sake of eating but this recipe made me have a change of mind

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Beans is one of the healthiest food to eat, being high in protein, fiber, lots of vitamins and minerals including iron and folic acid.  They are versatile due to their abilities to absorb flavours well and also very economical  because you can get a whole lot of nutrients from just one food. They are also known to help lower blood cholesterol, blood pressure,  and help manage 

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