Hello everyone 💞 ♨️,
I welcome you back to my #FoodPorn Series which I introduced two weeks ago on this great platform and to help us gain more community audience I always post my link on Twitter platform as well. I actually felt this is a necessary thing to say on this one because many Food are being Prepared and ready to consume in so many ways depending on your choice based on individual mindset. We have several ways of getting food prepared, be it fried, boiled, sauce, cooked and so on.
In West Africa, most especially in Nigeria we do have thousands ways to set food on fire which will later bring out more palatable Delicious Delicacy Aroma , it does not depend on if you are truly a Pro in the kitchen or not. In everything you lay your hands on there is only one believe I always have which is Idea is Needed in Everything Thing you do. When I started learning how to cook , it was back in the days when I was 12 years old, did you just said how? Too early.
How I Learnt Cooking And Where ?
Apparently, you need to hear this straight from me. I have been dreaming on how to learn cooking from my mom's womb, my mom was an Home-economist to the fullest and my dad was an Agricultural Major. To start with, here in West Africa but not in every family but our own Family, we are groom to act and know whatever our parents are doing, this really made us a true learner because whenever my dad is on the farm, I go with him. Our farm is very far from house, one hour journey from our residential home. The farm is called Agricultural and Research Farm along Obafemi Awolowo University Main Campus , Ile-Ife, Osun state..
https://m.vconnect.com/teaching-and-research-farm-obafemi-awolowo-university-ife_central-osun_b753632 on the farm they have different kinds of animal units. Turkey Units , Cattle Units , Sheep and Goat Units , Layer Units, Broiler Units , Feeddmill Units and Research Units. These are few of the unit I can remember because if has been long I went there last. So, it is a big farm compared to other University Farm. I learnt alot when I was so small following my Dad to this Farm I mentioned earlier, he had so many friends in each Unit or department so I'm entitled to enter any Unit without permission from their Boss. I learnt from their Poultry Units , Rabbitry Units, Grass-Cutter Units as well. So I tried to develop my knowledge and ideas. But I was down with cash , no money to Specialize in any Aspect at all because every Unit has to do with Large portion of Money. Money is involve in Farming and in Agriculture in general. I learnt Cooking from both parents and I'm so happy and glad they made me who I am. When I was so small, I always climb a small chair to wash Plates , cups on the zinc after each meal. That's lesson learned. Back to our #FoodPorn Series let have the detailed Step by Step method in Preparing Beans Cake.
Needed Materials
- Raw Beans
- Bowl
- Water
- Pepper
- Onions
- Turning Stick
- Frying pan
- Maggie
- Salt
- Spoon
- Heat Source
- Grinder
How To Prepare Indigenous Beans Cake.
Step 1.
The first thing you need to have is with Red beans or white beans. Although, here in West Africa, Nigeria white Beans is mostly used but in my own case I used Red Beans also called _Milk beans _
You need to separate the shaft from the main Beans so as to prevent Sharp stones in your Beans Cake when eating it.
This is the beans Shaft to be giving to Rabbits soon.
Step 2.
You need a clean deep bowl which you will later pour some water in it and then pour the already sorted beans to be soaked.
Step 3.
Pour the sorted Beans inside the deep bowl and leave it for 20minutes for it to get real soak.
Already soaked Red Beans , waiting to be separated the second thime. You will remove the beans outter coat from it original beans itself and be left out the the pure white inner coat.
Step 4.
I had to change the smaller deep bowl to a bigger one now. Still battling with the outter beans coat removal with bear hands.
Using the Sieve to get rid of the Outter Beans Coat.
This is the beans outter coat floating on the water.
It becoming more white than before.
Step 5.
It has become more White again using the manual method of separating Beans coat.
Step 6.
You transfer the already sorted beans into another empty bowl before you add other ingredients to it.
Step 7.
After I finished packing all beans needed. Now the other ingredients goes inside too.
I added Scotch Bonnet Pepper to it to make it taste awesome.
Yes. pepper is gone!
Step 8.
Onions goes inside as well.
Step 9.
- Grinding Process using Big Electric machine.
Ready for grinding. I have to go extra mile to grind the beans so as to get a good great result at the end. I have an alternative for grinding which is the use of Electric Blender.
Grinding house. It is along Olohunda Mosque area. Ita-Alamu.
The Old man handling the grinding machine. The man has three types of Grinding machines. One for the Pepper , one for the Yam or Plantain Flour and the last for for Maize.
Step 10.
This is how the paste looks like. Not too watering but thick.
Step 11.
You have to pour bit by bit into a smaller bowl and stir very well so as to give an equal stirring pace and smoothening.
Step 12.
After pouring it in bit, you have to keep stirring it either to the left or to the right and side.
Step 13.
You add a pitch of Salt.
Step 14.
You add Maggie. I used Chicken Know
Step 15 .
Keep stirring together in one direction.
Step 16.
Wash your frying pan and get set for frying the raw beans to turn beans cake.
Step 17.
You use a smaller spoon be it metal or runner plastic to dish it from the deep small bowl into the hot frying Pan , in it we have Vegetable Oil. But some may decided to use Palm oil.
This is how it looks like when it raw but on the fire. Passing through the frying stage.
You can use fork to turn around or better still use perforated spoon.
Step 18.
You put the second batch on the fire again.
This was my second batch.
It's almost done. Try it at home and you will never regret your move on making the beans Cake Preparation.
Step 19.
- In conclusion.
This type of meal can be eaten in two ways, either eaten with Pap or eaten just like that. Or either with bread. This is an ancient way of life and it has been existing for a very long time. When you say Beans Cake. There are many things you can use beans cake for, even sometimes it is use for making naming ceremony and more.
Reference made.
See you next time!
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