by Fatima Sani | Oct 15, 2021 | Local Delicacies
Tuwon Masara specifically, is the most consumed of all the types of Tuwos that we have. On the other hand, Tuwon Dawa is the least consumed after Tuwon Alkama of all the classes of Tuwo that we have.
In this article, you will take the lead in showing you how to prepare Tuwon Masara (ya ake Tuwon Masara) without much stress. Let dive into it! First,
Ingredients for Making Tuwon Masara
- Grinded maize (maize flour).
- 3 litres of water.
Preparation Procedure for It
- Grind the maize to flour and sieve it well. Ensure fine texture
- In a clean bowl of cold water, pour the maize flour into it. Stir it well until very is in a water state. (This is known as the talge).
- Get a clean pot containing 3 litres of water on the fire and allow it to boil.
- Pour the mixture in step 2 into the boiling water and stir properly until thick like pap.
- Allow boiling for 5 minutes.
- Add the maize flour into the pot little by little as you stir. Continue to stir until desired thickness is achieved.
- Reduce the heat of your cooker and allow it to steam for 5 minutes.
- Mold your Tuwon Masara into balls and put in a warmer.
Soup that Goes with Tuwon Masara Best
The common soup that is usually taken with it traditionally is Miyan Kuka. In addition, it could also be taken with Miyan Kubewa (Okra soup) – fresh or dried Okro, Miyan Taushe, Miyan Karkashi.
How to Serve Tuwon Masara
It is best served hot.
Occasions to Serve Tuwon Masara Best
It is best consumed as lunch and dinner. Sometimes, the leftover can be used as breakfast (as dumame).
But it’s not advisable to serve during festive periods like Eids. It is also not advisable to serve on wedding ceremonies, naming ceremonies, birthdays, etc.
How to Store Tuwon Masara
By warming it in the morning and evening, it could last for 2 days. However, if kept in a refrigerator, it could last for more days, although, its tastes could be affected. So, preferably, make just enough for consumption and probably for not more than 2 days consumption.
Nutritional Value of Tuwon Masara
As humans, we need the energy to take care of our daily life struggles. As such, we need this most consumed northern delicacy is great as it contains carbohydrates.
However, it is not advisable for diabetic patients as it contains a high amount of starch. So diabetics should keep off, please.
Conclusion
As you have seen, Tuwon Masara is very easy to prepare. It could even be prepared by an amateur cook – like children learning to cook. In addition to its importance, it tastes nice.
Moreover, it is the sweetest of all the Tuwos when eaten for breakfast as leftovers (dumame). Personally, I prefer to take it in the morning. Now tell, when do you intend to make this for yourself or your family?
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by Fatima Sani | Oct 14, 2021 | Local Delicacies
Danwake (literarily translated as ‘son of beans’) is a delicacy well known in the northern part of Nigeria, mostly among the Hausa people. It dates back since time immemorial. It is quite fast and easy to make. Some may choose to take it as a basic meal (breakfast, lunch, or dinner), and some as a dessert or casual meal. When well prepared, it’s delicious however you serve it. In this article, I will be teaching you how to make this delicious Northern Nigerian cuisine.
Let’s go straight into it!
Ingredients of Making Danwake
You will be needing the following ingredients to make Danwake depending on the quantity you have in mind:
1 cup of guinea corn
½ tin of white beans
3 cups of dried cassava
2 – 4 spoons of baobab powder (kuka)
A small piece of potash (kanwa)
Procedures for Preparation
- Grind the mixture of Guinea corn, cassava, and white beans to powder and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Sieve the powder to remove shafts and grains.
- Add your baobab powder and a little soaked potash.
- Pour little water and stir till the powder turns to a paste (ensure not to make it too watery or too thick for dumplings).
- Keep your water boiling at 1000C, then pinch and dump the dough into the boiling water in the desired sizes. (Boiling water should be at least the same volume or more as the volume of dumplings you want to make.
- Stir boiling dumplings with a spoon and allow them to boil for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Sieve your dumplings and put them in clean cold water. Rinse twice and your Danwake is ready.
Furthermore, get your frying pan on fire and pour vegetable oil into it. Slice your onions and add them to the frying pan. Allow frying for 2 to 3 minutes.
How to Serve Danwake
Traditionally, Danwake is normally dished with vegetable oil, fried onion, maggi, salt, and grinded pepper. But nowadays, it is well garnished with boiled egg, cabbage, tomato, and even boiled or fried meat. Ways to serve are numerous depending on one’s interest and financial capability.
Occasions to Serve Best
Danwake is best served as breakfast or as lunch. It’s not advisable to serve on occasions like Eid, Naming Ceremony, Marriage, or the likes.
How to Store Danwake
This delicacy cannot be stored for more than 24 hours. So, I advise you make just the quantity you need at the moment.
Nutritional Value of Danwake
When served, this delicacy has rich nutritional value, depending on how you choose to serve it. Primarily, it contains carbohydrates (cassava and guinea corn), vitamins (onion and pepper), and protein (white beans) in the dough alone. If you choose to add meat and cabbage to it, that’s an additional protein and vitamins respectively.
Conclusion
As you have seen, how to make danwake (yadda ake danwake) – the northern delicacy a lot of people like is as easy as breathing in and out of air by a healthy individual. So, when will you try preparing this at home? Tell me in the comments section below.
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by Deen Dabai | Oct 12, 2021 | Community Newsletter
Good day,
We have some exciting news.
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Therefore, welcome to Northpad.ng
Why the Name Change?
As mentioned earlier, the blog is all about providing unique information about the region to the world. The name messagearewa just don’t it. By transitioning to the name northpad.ng, it allows us to become a full-fledged community blog for northern Nigeria. This allows us to change the narrative of the articles we publish to reflect a more personal touch. We also incorporate categories like festivals, monuments, our heroes, traditional occupations, natural resources, and information about states and local governments in northern Nigeria.
While the name messagearewa is unique, the shift was necessary to reflect what the blog was all about; northern Nigeria. After exploring lot of options, we settled on the name northpad.ng which is all that the blog is all about.
The name also reflects our daily themes and our vision. The name north alludes to northern Nigeria while the pad represents writing and passing information which we are all about.
What Else is Changing?
Apart from the different topics and categories and the shift in the approach to our articles, nothing really changed. The kind of articles we publish remains the same, except they will now have a more personal touch.
The layout of the site has also been updated to reflect the new categories as well as enhance the user experience.
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by Fatima Sani | Oct 12, 2021 | Local Delicacies
Tuwon Shinkafa is a northern Nigerian recipe that is prepared with the soft rice variety. You could also use the other varieties of rice to prepare it, but they won’t give you the best experience. Personally, this is my favourite of all the classes of tuwos that we have. Do you want to know how to prepare Tuwon Shinkafa? Stay with me.
This type of delicacy is consumed by almost every tribe in the north and so, it is not specifically related to the Hausa people. More so, it is very delicious as it goes with almost every Nigerian soup that you know.
Now that you know what Tuwon Shinkafa is, let’s go straight into how this Northern Nigerian cuisine is been prepared. Kindly allow me to be your guide. Not to worry, it isn’t difficult to prepare.
Ingredients for preparing Tuwon Shinkafa
You will need the following ingredients to make Tuwon Shinkafa, depending on the quantity you intend to make:
3 cups of short-grain rice or local rice
2 litres of water (more or less)
Procedure for the Preparation of Tuwon Shinkafa
- Get a clean pot and put it on fire.
- Add the desired quantity of water to it and allow it to boil. You could add a little more than the quantity you need just in case the need arises. Keep the excess water separately in a bowl before the next step.
- Wash the short grain of rice and pour it inside the boiling water. Boil until it becomes very soft and sticky (if the rice isn’t done before the water dries up, you can add a little hot water to it, NOT cold water)
- Use a wooding spoon to mash the soft rice thoroughly to form a soft dough.
- Wash your hand and mold the Tuwon Shinkafa into balls and put it inside a warmer.
- Serve hot and enjoy your Tuwon Shinkafa.
How to Serve Tuwon Shinkafa
It is dished normally with Miyan Taushe, Miyan Alayyahu (Spinach Soup), and Egusi soup. Serving it with Egusi soup is my favourite. In addition, you could also serve it with other northern Nigerian soups such as Miyan Kuka, Miyan Wake, Miyan Kubewa (Okro soup), etc.
Occasions to Serve Best
This delicacy is best consumed on special occasions as festivals or eids or any get-together. In addition, it could also be consumed any day, any time – breakfast (as leftover “dumame”), lunch, dinner – just anytime is fine. It is best when served hot.
How to Store Tuwon Shinkafa
This delicacy can be stored for many days provided it is in the refrigerator and constantly powered with electricity. However, inadequate cooling could result to its spoilage.
Nutritional Value of Tuwon Shinkafa
Does Tuwon Shinkafa has rich nutritional value? Yes. Because of the rice, it contains carbohydrates needed to give us the energy to cope with the daily struggles of life.
Conclusion
If you follow the above procedures strictly, getting a perfectly and deliciously made Tuwon Shinkafa will be right in front of you for consumption.
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by Fatima Sani | Oct 11, 2021 | Local Delicacies
Have you any festivals you are looking forward to? Have you any occasion at hand and you’ve run out of soup to cook? If yes, you should try Miyan Taushe and you will be glad you did. Miyan Taushe is a Northern Nigerian cuisine and commonly eaten by Hausa and Fulani. It is a soup basically made from pumpkin (kabewa) and is usually eaten during festivities or occasions, but some take it as a basic meal (like for lunch or dinner). In this article, I will teach you how to prepare Miyan Taushe.
Miyan Taushe is easy to cook, very delicious, and has high nutritional value. Follow me as I take you through the step-by-step procedure on how to prepare it.
Ingredients for Miyan Taushe
You will need the following ingredients to make Miyan Taushe:
1 pumpkin (kabewa)
I cup of palm oil or vegetable oil
½ cup of peanuts (grinded peanuts)
Grinded tomatoes
Grinded pepper
Chopped spinach (alayyahu)
Grinded onions
Spices like thyme, curry, maggi, and salt.
Fish and/or meat
3 cups of water
Procedure for Preparation
- Put a clean pot on the fire and pour in your palm oil or vegetable oil.
- Slice your onions and put them into the pot.
- Allow onions to fry for 3 to 5 minutes under medium heat until it turns brown.
- Add in the grinded tomatoes, pepper, and onions. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Slice your pumpkin and add to the cooking pot.
- Add 2 cups of water to the cooking pot as well.
- Add the fish and/or meat to the cooking pot and allow to cook for 20 minutes
- Slice additional onions and keep them aside with your chopped spinach (alayyahu).
- Add grinded peanuts to the cooking pot and cook for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Add your spices (maggi, curry, salt, etc.) and stir the stew well. Allow to cook for 10 minutes
- Taste and adjust spices if need be.
- Reduce the heat add your onion and chopped spinach and allow to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Ta-da! Your Miyan Taushe is ready to be served.
Swallow That Goes Best with It
It mostly goes with Tuwon Shinkafa preferably, but other swallows too like Eba, pounded yam, and all the classes of Tuwo could go with it just fine as well.
How to Serve Miyan Taushe Best
Traditionally, Miyan Taushe is usually dished with Tuwon Masara (a meal prepared with maize flour), Tuwon Shinkafa (a meal prepared with rice, mostly short-grained rice), Tuwon Alkama (a meal prepared with wheat flour), and Tuwon Dawa (a meal prepared with guinea corn flour).
It tastes best when served hot.
Occasions to Serve Miyan Taushe Best
Traditionally, Miyan Taushe can be enjoyed on occasions like Eids, Naming Ceremony, or any festival. In addition, it could also serve as a basic meal. Some prefer to eat it on a Friday as lunch to mark the day well.
How to Store Miyan Taushe
This type of soup can be best stored in the refrigerator. In the absence of a refrigerator, you will need to be warming it mornings and evenings to avoid spoilage. It can last for months in the refrigerator as long as there is constant electric power, unlike without it.
Nutritional Value of Miyan Taushe
It contains almost all of the classes of food we have: protein and minerals because of the meat and/or fish, and peanut; vitamins because of the vegetables; lipids because of the oil; water, etc.
Conclusion
The above-mentioned procedures for making Miyan Taushe when followed will give a promising result. I guarantee it for you. Now that you know how to prepare Miyan Taushe, when will you try preparing it?
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