While it is necessary to eat, it is also necessary to eat intelligently, be creative with some of the food items. It would rather be surprising to know that people that love to eat are way healthier and always looking good.
I remember my little cousin asked me why we must eat everyday, i told him it is important to eat everyday to satisfy our appetites also to derive pleasure and supplies adequate nutrients to the body.
To fulfill all these purposes, one must really watch whatever his eating.
- the black-eyed peas fritter known as 'akara'in yoruba tribe of Nigeria and 'kosai'in hausa language, 'Acaraje in Portuguese language. It is a fritter made from beans, commonly found in west africas, Nigeria especially and also i heard in some part of brazil too.
And believe me acaraje/akara is one of the best street food one could get, it can also be made at homes though.
Akara/acaraje is made from mashed beans, garnished with other ingredients like pepper,onion, salt, and mould into a ball shape.
- the black-eye peas fritter is a street food and could served as religious offerings in some religions too.
Akara is mostly taken as a breakfast and is eaten with corn pudding or millet or with bread. most times the people selling akara in the street also sell corn pudding known as 'ogi' or bread with it.
Akara are mostly seen at the roadside friend early in the morning and sometimes late at night,
I took some more pictures as I went out to get some for myself as a breakfast.
Akara is mostly sold by women but the interesting thing here is that, the man is seen assisting his wife together with their children. While the man fries the akara, the wife is seen serving the customers.
While some customers decides to stay and eat right there, some can decide to take it home.