Tuwo Shinkafa is a swallow food popularly known in the Northern part of the country, Nigeria. It is a meal made from rice, or with rice flour. Tuwo is easy to make and simple. It can be paired with any kind of soup either ogbono soup, vegetable soup, okro soup, egusi soup e.t.c

   Tuwo Shinkafa is a lovely food with a natural taste mostly eaten by the Hausas. This is one of the best swallow food for the Hausas, like we the yorubas. We love taking pounded yam. So also it is for the Hausas.

   Tuwo can either be prepared with rice flour or corn flour. But would strictly be explaining Tuwo Shinkafa made from rice flour or raw rice. 

How To Make Tuwo Shinkafa

   There are two method of making Tuwo Shinkafa. 

. By cooking raw rice itself

. By using rice flour (which is the best)

PROCEDURE

. By Cooking Raw Rice

  1.) Measure and wash 4cups of rice into a 5 cups of boiled water. Do not add salt to it. Remember we aren't making white rice, but rather still.... Tuwo Shinkafa.

  2.) Cook rice till it gets very soft, and soaked together with the water. Make sure the water gets dried.  

  3.) Begin to use a turning stick to pound the rice together, till it looks stretched out together. Press and pound.

  4.) Gently use your hands to form a round shape with it. Roll round together till it gives you that perfect round shape. Repeat the same procedure till you are done with the rice.

. By using Rice flour

  1.) Boil 5 cups of water. Get 3 cups of rice flour. Take away 2 cups of water from the water when fully boiled. 

  2.) Gently pour the cups of rice flour into the water, and begin to use a turning stick to mix together. Add water to the mixture when necessary. Turn and mix well to avoid balls in it. 

  3.) Continue this procedure, till you get a smooth Tuwo. All done on a medium heat to cook as you are turning it. Just as if you are making Amala. This takes 7minutes.

  4.) Tuwo Shinkafa is ready. Serve with any soup of your choice.

   Rice is a cereal that has different species. It is eaten in every part of the world, and all continent. There are different types of rice planted and grown according to their species, and in country. 

   Rice contains several minerals, and vitamins that is effective to the body. And this serves as an healthy Benefit to the body as well. Such vitamins like vitamin B6, and B1. Minerals like phosphorus, magnesium, selenium e.t.c 

   It also helps in healthy digestion, healthy heart, controls diabetics and reduce the risk of cancer. It reduces the risk of cancer through the help of Antioxidance. Antioxidance reduces the risk of cancer from damaging cells by keeping free radicals.

   There are different method of preparing white rice, most especially here in Africa, Nigeria. But the main objective to achieve is removing the starch away which causes .............  to the body.

HOW TO PREPARE RICE

1.) Measure 2 cups of rice, either brown or white rice. Add a little salt to it, this helps in quick removal of the starch. Wash by using your hands to scrub them. Wash well, and change the water, repeat the same procedure again for three times

2.) Place a pot of water on a high heat. After water is boiled within 3minutes. Rinse the rice from the water into the boiled water, and add salt to taste. Cook on medium heat for 15minutes.

3.) Make sure the water you would use to cook the rice is much and above the rice. When the rice is done. Remove the water. This helps to get rid of any other starch left in the rice.

4.) Seize the rice and serve.

SECOND METHOD

1.) Place a pot of water on a high heat. After boiling. Pour the rice into hot water without washing. Boil for 3minutes, without salt. After 3minutes, seize the water out. Then begin to wash with cold water, wash till starch is removed away and rice is purely clean, and white.

2.) Pour back into the pot for cooking, add enough water for cooking. Do not let the water to be very much. Just enough to cook the rice till done. Add salt to taste. Cook for 7minutes.

3.) After 7minutes, the rice is done, and water dried up. Your white is ready.

   Ojojo is a traditional delicious snack made from water yam. It is commonly prepared in the western part of the country, in the Yoruba tribe. It is not popularly known in the Northern and Eastern part of Nigeria. Would rather say, it's a recipe that is mostly consumed by the Yoruba tribe.

   Ojojo is a recipe which is easy to make and do not require much energy. It's simple as ABC. Ojojo can be paired with coaker oat, custard, Pap or cornflakes.

   Ojojo happens to be one of my favorites, I love this recipe so much, most especially whenever I take it strawberry custard. It taste good and yummy. It is the best thing I can make when it's available. I don't really love to make use of water yam to prepare white yam. It is not a Yes for me. So I go for what I love. And I make it to my taste. I love it when it is hot, it taste crunchy and sweet to eat.

   Water Yam Balls (Ojojo) is similar to Beans cake (Akara). Akara is made from beans, and Ojojo is made from Water Yam, but the same procedure in making them. Both snacks doesn't require much ingredients or spicy. It's simple.

INGREDIENTS

. 1/2 tuber of Water Yam

. 1/2 ltr groundnut oil

. 1 tsp powdered crayfish

. 5 scotch bonnet pepper

. Onion

. Salt

. 1 Maggi

INSTRUCTIONS

. Peel the water yam, place into a bowl of water immediately. You are doing this in order to avoid the water yam get brown or red if opened to air.

. Rinse yam, and grate with the smallest part of the grater. You can rather choose to blend with a blender. Water Yam should be cut in big sizes in order to be able to hold firmly while grating it. For the other option, the yam should be cut into smaller sizes, and water should be added to the blender for easy and smooth blending.

. Fill a bowl with the grated water yam. Grate or slice the scotch bonnet pepper and onion together into the water yam paste. Add a cube of Maggi, salt, crayfish, and salt to taste. Mix all together.

. Fill in a frying pan with groundnut oil for frying on the cooker on a medium heat. Begin to take in quantity using a soup spoon into the hot oil. Fry till light golden brown. Flip to the other side. Fry till light golden brown.

. Repeat same procedure till you are done frying. Ojojo is ready. Pair with any drink of your choice.

   Beans Porridge is a honey pot meal which is very nutritious and proteinous. It is a good source of Iron, Vitamin B, Fibre, and Protein. Bean is a popular food known, that when you consistently consume it, it makes you get taller. Is that really true? Only mothers can testify to this.

   There are different types of beans. Many types of beans with different colours, and different ways to cook them. The most commonly are the brown and white beans.

   Beans Porridge is very easy to cook, and do not need much spicy. It's a proteinous food with simple ingredients. Beans is a good recipe to sick patient and people at whole. 

How to make Beans Porridge

. 2 cups brown beans

. 2 tsp red pepper

. 1 tsp salt

. 1 Large onion

.3 soup spoon palm oil

INSTRUCTIONS

. Rinse and soak the beans in a bowl of water for 1 hour. You are doing this because it is beans porridge, and it reduces the time spent on fire to get soft. After being soaked for 1hour. Pour it together with the water into a pot, add more water if necessary. Cook till soft, this takes 10-15minutes. Then the beans is fully done.

. Grate the onion to it, apply the red pepper, salt, and palm oil. Mix together, and let it cook for another 5minutes (maximum).

. Beans Porridge us ready. Serve with plantain or soaked cassava flakes (Garri).

   Indomie is a wonderful food that is known all around the world. Children and adults loves this recipe so much because it taste so yummy and easy to cook.

   Indomie is a popular food in all continent, as a matter of fact, Indomie is prepared in different ways or method. It can be boiled or fried.

   I as a person loves indomie so much. It is one of my favorite food. I make indomie in a lovely way that you would request for more. Adding vegetables and egg makes it look complete, and taste delicious. Either fried egg, or better still boiled egg most especially. Using cooking butter in place of groundnut oil. Garnished with chopped pork meat, and creamy fruit salad, having some powdered suya pepper on top.

   Indomie requires many spicy to make it delicious, because indomie itself can't stand alone. Here are ingredients used in making Indomie in a simple way.

INGREDIENTS

. 2 Indomie Noodles

. Vegetables: carrot, spring onions, green peas, green pepper, red pepper, sweet corn, onion

. Butter

INSTRUCTIONS

. Note: I will be using one indomie seasoning, out of two. Doing this because it quite seems too salty or seasoning too much.

Cook the indomies, season with half of it seasoning. Cook for 5minutes. Make sure no water is left. Make dry. 

. Add butter to frying pan. Butter enough to fry the vegetables, and also the indomie as well. Begin to fry the vegetables, season the remaining indomie seasoning. Fry till they begin to get soft as you fry. Fry for 3minutes, then add the indomie. Contine frying till you get a shining fry look.

. Your delicious indomie is ready.