Banga Rice
Banga Rice
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients
1 – Rice – 1kg
2 – Banga – 2 tins
3 – Fresh Pepper – 300g
4 – Onion – 250g
5 – Crayfish – 300g
6 – Dried Fish – 600g
7 – Banga Spice – 50g
8 – Seasoning (Maggi, Salt, Grinded Pepper)
Instructions
– Wash your rice properly, then soak in hot water for 15 minutes.
– Whilst waiting, thinly slice one clove of onion.
– Chop 4 pepper fruits – thinly sliced and set aside.
– Add your banga liquid in a pot (at least 6 litres)
– Allow to boil for 10 minutes, then extract the oil on top and set aside.
– Add your onion, pepper, Maggi seasoning (10grams x 3), ½ tablespoon of salt to the boiling banga liquid and allow to boil for another 10 minutes.
– Add in your rice and allow to boil for 40 mins.
– When the rice is soft and mashy, bring in the oil extract you set aside and pour on the top of the rice and mix thoroughly and allow to boil for 15 minutes and your food is ready.
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Rice
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cuisine: Banga RIce
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
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Fried Rice
Fried Rice
- Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
1 – Rice – 1kg – (Preferably Basmati Rice)
2 – Groundnut oil – 2 Cooking Spoon
3 – Green Pepper – 150g
4 – Green Beans – 150g
5 – Green Peas – 150g
6 – Sweet Corn – 150g
7 – Liver – 400g
8 – Spring Onion – 100g
9 – Carrot -150g
10 – Onion – 150g
11 – Seasoning (Maggi, Salt, Curry, Thyme, Fried Rice Spice)
Instructions
Veggies Prep;
– Add 2 cooking spoons of groundnut oil in a pot and allow to heat for 30 seconds.
– Slice in one onion (fry for 30 seconds).
– Pour in your green pepper, green beans, green peas, sweet corn and carrot (150 grams of each).
– Add 10 grams of seasoning cubes and a teaspoon of salt
– Allow to fry for 7 mins
– and then set aside.
Rice Prep;
– Wash your rice properly, then soak in hot water until it rises a little bit.
– Drain out the water and keep ready for when you want to add it to the mixture of vegies.
– Add 2 litres of water – 1 litre should be your meat stock and the other 1 litre should be plain water.
– Add curry, thyme, seasoning cubes (10grams x 4), ½ table spoon of salt, allow to boil.
– Then put in the washed rice. Allow to boil until water is slightly below the surface of the rice
– Add in your already chopped liver.
– When it dries completely, add your already fried veggies and pour on top, mix thoroughly.
– Add your spring onion and allow to sit in the heat for 6 minutes and it is done.
- Spice Level: Mild
- Category: Rice
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cuisine: Fried Rice
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
Dima Discount Lefkosa
Stew Rice
Stew Rice
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 – Rice – 1kg – (Preferably Basmati Rice)
2 – Groundnut oil – 4 Cooking Spoons
3 – Fresh Pepper and Tomato Mix – 450ml
4 – Tomato Paste – 2 table spoons
5 – Onion – 150g
6 – Ginger – 50g
7 – Garlic – 50g
8 – Bay Leaf – 3 pieces
9 – Seasoning (Maggi, Salt, Curry, Thyme, Onga)
Instructions
White Rice ;
– Add water in a pot
– Allow to boil for 6mins, add your washed rice.
– Leave to boil for 6-8mins
– Drain out the water,
– Pour the rice in a sieve and rinse
– Put the rice back into the pot and add water (same level as the rice) and then adda teaspoon of salt and then allow to boil and dry.
– Your rice is ready.
Stew;
– Add 4 cooking spoons of groundnut oil in a pot and allow to heat for about 30 seconds.
– Add one sliced onion to the hot oil.
– Allow to fry for 1 – 2 minutes, and then add 450ml of blended pepper and 2 table spoons of tomatoes paste.
– Fry until it splits (stir as you fry) this takes around 15mins – 20 mins.
– Then add your meat stock to the mixture – around 1.5litres
– Also, add around 0.5litre of normal water to the pot
– Add 4 seasoning cubes of 10grams, also add a tablespoon of salt, a table spoon of curry and thyme, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg, thyme, curry, onga to the mixture and allow to boil.
– Add your protein to the boiling stew, stir and allow to cook for 10 minutes, and your food is ready.
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Rice
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cuisine: Stew Rice
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
Dima Discount Lefkosa
Palm Oil Rice
Palm Oil Rice
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients
1 – Rice – 1kg
2 – Palm Oil – 4 Cooking Spoons
3 – Fresh Pepper – 300ml
4 – Dried Fish – 600g
5 – Stockfish – 350g
6 – Onion – 300g
7 – Crayfish – 250g
8 – Protein (Personal Preference)
9 – Seasoning (Maggi, Salt,)
Instructions
– First we have to add 4 cooking spoons of red oil in a pot
– And then add 1½ sliced onion, allow to fry for 30secs and add your blended pepper (10 fruits).
– You then allow to fry for about 6mins and then add your 4 seasoning cubes of 10grams each and 4 teaspoons of salt (season to taste).
– Add normal water that will be sufficient to cook the rice
– Allow to boil for 6mins, add your washed rice, 1kg to the liquid and stir.
– Leave to cook for about 20 minutes,
– When the mixture is almost dried up, add your dried fish to the rice, don’t stir yet.
– Leave it to dry completely and stir gentle. Your food is ready
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Rice
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cuisine: Native Rice
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
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Yam Porridge
Yam Porridge
– Before anything else, you have to cut your tuber of yam into eatable sizes and then put those pieces in a pot.
– Add your freshly blended pepper in the pot, go in with one clove of onion, pour in 300ml of red oil, add 3 seasoning cubes of 10g each, 2 tablespoons of salt, 200g of crayfish and then finally add 1 litre of water.
– Leave to boil until the yam is soft, that should take approximately 20 minutes.
– 15 minutes in, put in your dried fish.
– Have 120g of spinach leave already cut, and add to the boiling yam.
– Allow to cook for about 8 more minutes, stir together and food is ready.
- Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
1 – Yam – 1.5kg
2 – Red Oil – 300ml
3 – Hot pepper (Grinded pepper) – 30g
4 – Crayfish – 200g
5 – Driedfish – 500g
6 – Fresh Pepper (Blended) – 200g
7 – Spinach – 120g
8 – Onion – 150g
9 – Seasoning (Salt, Maggi)
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Porridge
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cuisine: Yam Porridge
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
Dima Discount Lefkosa
Egusi Soup
Egusi Soup
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 – Grinded Melon – 300g
2 – Palm oil – 250ml
3 – Spinach – 250g
4 – Fresh pepper – 350ml
5 – Hot pepper (Grinded pepper) – 50g
6 – Tomato paste – 1 table spoon
7 – Stockfish – 300g
8 – Dried fish – 500g
9 – Onion – 225g
10 – Protein (Personal Preference)
11 – Seasoning (Salt, Maggi, Onga)
Instructions
– Get your Melon (300 grams)
– Add 250ml of red oil in a pot
– Slice one clove of onion and add to the pot.
– Blend 7 pepper fruits and add as well.
– Also add a tablespoon of tomato paste and allow to fry for 5 – 10 minutes (stir and fry)
– Add your melon to the mixture, mix thoroughly and allow to fry for 3 – 5minutes.
– Add 3 litres of liquid; 1.5 litres of meat stock and 1.5 litres plain water to the mixture, stir and allow to boil for 7 – 8minutes.
– Add seasoning; 2 cubes of maggi (10 grams), 2 teaspoons of salt (apply discretion since the meat stock is already seasoned and savory).
– Add your meat and fish, allow to boil for another 6mins.
– Taste and see if it is to desired taste, if not, you can add more seasoning.
6 mins before you deem it ready, add your sliced spinach and stir, allow to cook for about 10 minutes and your food is ready
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Soup
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cuisine: Egusi Soup
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
Dima Discount Lefkosa
Jollof Rice
Jollof Rice
Jollof Rice description
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 – Rice – (Preferably Basmati Rice)
2 – Groundnut oil
3 – Red Bell Pepper
4 – Fresh Pepper
5 – Tomato Paste
6 – Beef
7 – Spring Onion
8 – Protein (Personal Preference)
9 – Onion
10 – Bay Leaf
11 – Seasoning (Maggi, Salt, Curry, Thyme, Jollof Rice Spice)
Instructions
– First you have to wash your rice properly, then soak in hot water until it rises a little bit, and then drain out the water and keep ready for when you want to add it to the stew.
– Add 2 cooking spoons of groundnut oil in a pot and allow to heat for about 30 seconds
– Add one sliced onion to the hot oil
– Allow to fry for 1 to 2 minutes, then add 400ml of blended pepper and 2 table spoons of tomatoes paste.
– Fry until it splits (stir as you fry) this takes around 15mins – 20 mins.
– Then add your meat stock to the mixture – around 1.5litre
– Also, add around 1.5litre of normal water to the pot
– Add 4 seasoning cubes of 10grams, also add a tablespoon of salt, a table spoon of curry and thyme, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg to the mixture and allow to boil.
– Whilst boiling, add 1kg of washed rice, stir and mix, allow to cook until it’s dry (20 – 30 mins) – use medium heat
When the water is dry, you stir and add your garnish.
Food is ready.
- Spice Level: Spicy
- Category: Rice
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cuisine: Jollof Rice
Location to purchase ingredients
Macro Supermarket Lefkosa
Dima Discount Lefkosa
