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Hunger can make one fantasize about a lot of things. Was just thinking about food combinations and what to eat and my mind went to Gizdodo.(it's a combination of peppered gizzard and diced plantain) The Almighty God blessed us with a lot of food and one of them have stood supreme, against all odds and and criticism is plantain!!! Fondly called "dodo" in this part of the world. Plantain can be eaten with rice, beans, but if you want to be a little bit extra, try it with bread. Lol. So gizdodo is best prepared with ripe plantain but not necessarily overly ripe so we don't end up with a less appealing meal.
You actually do not need much for this meal,
Some gizzards (chicken gizzard will do)
1 finger of ripe plantain.
3 large tomatoes
Green pepper to garnish.
Red Pepper(atarodo Or tatashe)
Crayfish (optional tho)
Onions
Garlic, curry and thyme, seasonings & salt to taste.
Clean and wash the gizzards with salted water. And also cut them into smaller chewable sizes.
Put the gizzard into a pot, pour water up to a level half the content of the gizzards.
Season properly with onions, garlic, curry, thyme and other spices available to suit your taste. Then cook until tender.
While cooking, cut the plantain and fry in hot vegetable oil until they're done to your taste, when they are, remove them and place aside.
Fry the cooked gizzard in the same oil until they're brown.
Chop the tomatoes and peppers and blend coarsely.
Add chopped onions, green pepper fry a bit, add the crayfish.(optional)
Add the blended tomatoes and pepper mix.
Then fry for 5-8 mins until it has lost it's sour taste.
Add a seasoning cube and salt.
Cook for two more minutes.
Add the fried plantain, stir gently for a while. Then you food is ready!!!
Can be eaten with Rice (White, jollof, fried, coconut)
I'd recommend jollof Rice. I mean you can never go wrong with our Nigerian jollof.
It will go well with beans nd yam. Lol quite a combination I know.
Or if you'll are light eater, you could have your gizdodo alone.
Hope you try it out sometime.