Mercyfood&;delicacies

Nigerian Coconut Rice Recipe for the coconut lover.   Ingredients 2 tbsp coconut oil (or any oil you prefer) 1 cup diced red onions ½ tsp ground red pepper ½ tsp curry ½ tsp salt 2 maggi cubes ⅛ cup crayfish blended 3 habanero peppers (chopped) 1 cup sweet peppers (chopped) 2 cups coconut milk 1 ½ cup long grain parboiled rice thoroughly washed Instructions To a medium-sized pot, heat up your oil on medium heat and throw in your chopped red onions. Fry until the onion redness starts to fade. Add in your crayfish, peppers, curry, salt, oregano, maggi cubes, habanero peppers and sweet peppers. Stir for about 5 mins Pour in your coconut milk and stir with the other ingredients Add in your rice and cook for 45 mins on medium heat Serve and Enjoy!  

Fried Spaghetti! This stir fried spaghetti recipe is easy, quick and absolutely delicious. Ready in 20 minutes, this spaghetti recipe makes for great midweek dinner.  WHAT IS SPAGHETTI? Spaghetti is a type of pasta. It is long, thin and made of milled wheat. Other types of pasta are linguine and fettuccine, macaroni and many others. Spaghetti is probably my favourite of them followed by linguine.  FRIED SPAGHETTI RECIPE Add water in a pot and put on the stove. Add a tablespoon of vegetable oil and leave to boil before adding salt and spaghetti. Cook for 10 minutes or till spaghetti is cooked aldente. Drain and set aside.  Put a wok or pan on stove, add the remaining vegetable oil then add prawns/shrimps. Fry prawn then add onions, mixed vegetables, mixed peppers and spring onions. Add seasoning cube, curry powder, dried thyme and soy sauce. Stir fry for 3 minutes then add in the cooked spaghetti.  Ingredients 500 g Spaghetti 1.5 cup Mixed pepp...

Ingredients  5 serving 300 g Abacha (dried shredded cassava) 100g Ugba(Ukpaka) 200 ml Palm Oil 2 tablespoonful ground Crayfish 1 teaspoon ground Ehuru(calabash nutmeg)(optional) 1 level teaspoon ground Potash(akaun) 1 Stock cube/ powder(seasoning cube) 1 large or 2 small Onions to taste Chili Pepper/ any hot pepper (to taste) Salt 1 tablespoonful finely chopped Garden Egg leave.(You can use thinly sliced utazi leaves or spinach leaves as an alternative) Boiled Dried fish or Stockfish Kpomo or Kanda (cow skin) Steps First wash, season and cook the kpomo(slice the kpomo into tiny bits).  b. Soak the dry prawns in hot water to soften them a bit and strain. c.  If you haven,t done this yet, also cut the fresh fish and fry.  Also shred the boiled dried fish / stock fish. Then set all aside for later use. Dissolve the ground akaun (potash) in about 3-4 tablespoonful of water and pass through a sieve to remove particles. Set the liquid aside for later use. e. Rinse the Ugba...

AKARA – BLACK EYED PEAS FRITTERS Akara (Black Eyed Peas Fritters) is a very delicious, vegetarian-friendly meal. These are quick, easy and tasty and involves only a handful of simple ingredients – black-eyed peas, peppers, onions, salt and seasoning cube.  Akara – Black Eyed Peas Fritters Akara, which is also known as black-eyed peas fritters or Acaraje, is a very delicious, deep-fried beans cake made from black-eyed peas paste. It is a vegetarian-friendly meal eaten in most parts of West Africa and Brazil.  Though it’s origin is said to be from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria but somehow it has found its way to the hearts of other west African countries and even beyond. How to make Akara : The setup on this one is extra-simple:   Soak for about 30 minutes or till the skin is swollen Peel off the beans with your hands (the hard way) or use a blender and pulse a couple of times to split the beans (the easy way) This is now blended until a smooth and thick batter is...

 Egg Sauce Nigerian Egg Stew is a popular Nigerian Stewed eggs recipe. Egg stew is very easy to make and is a staple in most Nigerian homes. It is particularly eaten at breakfast and is enjoyed with boiled Yam, Bread, Potatoes or Plantain. So, let’s cook! Ingredients: 3 Medium Eggs 1 Cooking spoon Vegetable/Olive Oil 1/2 Can Chopped Tomatoes or 3 Medium Cherry Tomatoes 1 Red Bell Pepper 1/2 or 1 Scotch Bonnet 1/2 Onion (Chopped) 2 Garlic Cloves (Minced) 1 Stalk Spring Onion(Chopped) 1/2 Teaspoon Curry and Thyme 1 Knorr Chicken Cube Salt to Taste. Preparation: Blend the Peppers and Tomatoes roughly and set aside. Also, whisk the eggs and set aside. Pour the oil into a frying pan or wok. Place on medium heat. When it’s hot, add the minced Garlic, saute for a minute. Then pour in the chopped Onions, saute till fragrant… Add the chopped Tomatoes and Peppers, Knorr cube, Thyme, Curry powder and Salt to taste. Fry for 6-8 minutes…. Pour in the chopped Spring Onions, fry for a minute… Whi...

Ingredients Black eyed beans – 1.5 cups Medium onion – 1/2 
  (chopped) Red bell pepper (Tatashe) –  1 (chopped) Scotch bonnet pepper (ata Rodo) 1or 2 Eggs – 4  (boil and peel 2 of the eggs ) Ground crayfish – 1 Tablespoon Palm oil- 3 Tablespoons Melted butter (optional) – 3 Tablespoons Bouillon cube (Maggi) – 1 Salt (to taste) Other: One large loaf pan for steaming Directions Prepare the beans  – Pre soak beans in warm water (preferably overnight), Peel the beans,
 rinse and remove beans skin)  Combine beans, red bell pepper, onion and and 1 cup water in a blender, blend until you have a very smooth
 batter Pour the batter into a large bowl, Crack the left over eggs into the batter. Set aside Dissolve salt, palm oil, crayfish and bouillon cube in 2 tablespoons of boiling water, set aside to cool. once cooled add to batter With a spatula or turning pin (omo orogun) or electric mixer- Mix the batter thorough ( this is to incorporate air into the batter and f...