Chronicles of Food Therapies
Category: Rice Dishes
Baked Rice Mosa Gluten free, vegan friendly Rice Bread. Think fried Hausa Mosa cakes (Masa), then imagine it baked. All made in a blender. Mosa is one of my mum's favourite hausa snacks. She loves to eat Mosa (or Masa depending on who is saying it) with yaji spice or honey. I've been served Mosa … Continue reading Rice Bread
Village Jollof Rice. Unlike my Native Jollof Rice, this Village Rice packs a punch in flavour and aromatic herbs. I sliced a combination of Utazi, Uziza, Efinrin (Nchuawu), Basil (local women call it curry leaf) for a rich aromatic taste. A fusion of southeastern and southwestern Naija flavours I used Iru and Ugba, a generous … Continue reading Village Rice
The initial plan was to make native rice, but I changed course and made fried rice inspired Ofada rice something something. I was at loss as to what to name it. But here we are. Thanks to bulk prepping, I pulled out frozen mixed vegetables from the freezer, as well as frozen boiled ayamase pepper. … Continue reading Ayamase Fried Rice
My 8yr 10 month old son loves Iru. He would pick out iru from soup just to eat it separately. It's funny because at his age, I detested Iru, I would pick it and throw it out of my food. Now I enjoy it. For some Iru is an acquire taste, like black olives, kimchi … Continue reading Native Jollof Rice (Yoruba Style Palm oil Rice)
Imagine if you could perceive the fragrant aromas from this coconut rice! I'm looking forward to a day when technology advances to capture smell as we capture pictures. I've always made my own Coconut oil, and I make enough to last me a year. Somehow I ran out without knowing I was finishing my last … Continue reading Coconut Rice
You know how some seemingly easy to cook food, just throw you off! Rice can be one those! You even wonder if the times you ever cooked it right were a fluke! Growing up, I learnt many tips ranging from adding oil, butter or margarine to rice to prevent it from over cooking and turning … Continue reading Cooking Rice
Banga Rice This rice is a burst of flavours and spice. I swear by jove you should try it. This is one of my favourite things to cook in an and serve in an earthen pot. Also one of my favourite ways to eat rice. Banga Rice is native to the people of south-south of … Continue reading Banga Rice
Buying in bulk and storing can save you a ton of money. Every home manager loves to shave off an extra penny here and there from home keeping expenses and this is one of them. I was at the frozen foods section of a large supermarket chain recently and i saw the price on a … Continue reading Money saver tips for Vegetable Fried Rice ingredients
Rice Pudding drizzled with Sorrel and Date Syrup and Orange Slices On the last day of our vacation in August, we arrived Virginia very early in the morning very tired - after an exciting week in Florida- and very hungry too. Le hubs cousin -who had been longing to host us- treated us to a … Continue reading Rice Pudding
As a teenager fried rice was one dish I held down with confidence. I had no doubts I would be cooking Fried rice for my SSCE food and nutrition practical as well as Efo riro, I knew the invigilators would be hooked. I didn't want a repeat of the near disaster that happened during my … Continue reading Fried Rice (Nigerian Style)
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