Tag: plantains
December 15, 2009 | 20 Comments
Mosa is a Nigerian snack that is made from very ripe plantains to which eggs and spices are added. It’s very similar to ojojo and akara (made from blended beans) and like the last two, it is deep fried, so this would be an occasional snack due to all that oil unless of course you don’t mind.
It’s quite tasty and pretty easy to make and the plantain I used for this was supposed to be for a boiled plantain recipe, but it ripened quite quickly, so I had to come up with a plan B and mosa it was! For directions & more, keep reading!
December 7, 2009 | 4 Comments
I’ll be starting a series of posts that are geared mainly to the beginner. Whether this is your first time cooking or your second attempt after a failed try, these posts will help you learn the very basics of cooking.
There’s nothing to be ashamed of if you can’t fry plantains or cook rice or make eba/garri. The first thing started off learning when I started cooking was how to boil rice. It sounds easy now, but back then, it was trial and error. As are a lot of things with cooking, sometimes you’ll make something and it just turns out awful, no harm done, it’s simply a lesson learned and I’m sure the next time you make it, it’ll be better than the first. For directions & more, keep reading!
September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment!
I’m baaaack! Anyway, I have a few posts, three really, but this is the first of them. Not quite sure why I called it Asian fillet. I was going to simply call it Plantain and Fish, but that’s too plain, no?
Anyway, this is a really, really easy recipe. If you order Chinese food and keep those little soy sauce, sweet & sour sauce packets and have quite a few, now’s a good time to put them to good use. For directions & more, keep reading!
May 3, 2009 | 8 Comments
This would be a typical Nigerian breakfast. For directions & more, keep reading!
March 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
Continuing with my quest to eat healthier foods, I was craving some plantains, but didn’t want to fry them. So, naturally, the other options for cooking plantains include, boiling, baking or oven-roasting them (boli.. this is a Nigerian snack that is roasted on a grill and eaten with ground nuts).
I decided to bake them, this was my first time of doing this, and it turned out good, but you could definitely detect a difference between baked and fried plantains. The baked plantains didn’t have the same delectable sweetness that comes with frying (I guess because it was missing out on all that greasy goodness). All the same though, I’d make it again, maybe with more seasonings. For directions & more, keep reading!
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