Eukay's Kitchen

Variety they say is the spice of life and indeed it is. Imagine a nice plate of white rice with a lovely sauce different from the usual tomato stew, wouldn't that wow minds and water mouths? One of Africa's finest is the ofada sauce usually eaten with ofada rice. The name ofada is from Ogun state in Western Nigeria where the brownish rice was first cultivated by a soldier who allegedly smuggled it from Asia. The ofada rice and ofada sauce are usually a must have in many parties in Western Nigeria. However, we can not all wait for a party to enjoy this delectable sauce; so why not bring the party home? This recipe is for ofada sauce. The ofada rice is quite difficult to get outside Nigeria so other rice species can be used as a substitute. WHAT IS REQUIRED? Green peppers (9) Scotch bonnet (3) Tablespoons of crayfish (2) A handful of da wa da wa (locust bean) Seasoning cubes (to taste) Salt  (to taste) Dried fish or smoked fish Shaki (cow tripe) Pomo (cow hide) Pa

SAMPLE OF FRESH OKRO VEGETABLE ''Choose one and let us go please, I am tired'' I told my mum who would not simply pick any plate of okra portion at the Tinubu market in Lagos. We had walked 45 minutes turning round and round a very small market, I still couldn't understand why mum wouldn't just pick some portions and pay for them so we could go home and have our lunch, I was just too famished for all this , the scorching sun made it even worse, I stared at my mum and felt like strapping her on my back home, but she did not even blink twice at me. ''So madam, how much is this plate of okra'' mum asked another seller at the market ''I sell a hundred naira for one portion and two hundred naira for 3 portions, buying 3 portions is better'' the seller said and further advised.  ''Ok, I will be back'' mum said and left the sellers shade. At this point, I felt even worse. This was the fifteenth shop we had visited wit

FINELY MADE MEAT PIES .......so, I finally pulled through yippie!!! Hi guys, this is my fourth attempt to make meat pie in the last two months. I always love to try something new and so I set out to make my first meat pie in January this year. I searched YouTube and got recipe ideas from different YouTubers yet all trials failed woefully.  My meat pies were too soft and stuck to my baking tray. However, I set out to make another set of meat pies in the same month, this time, they came out very hard, burnt and dry. I tried again the third time in February, trying really hard to make it work, unfortunately, it came out with a funny shape, looking dry and hard as indicated in the picture below. FAILED MEAT PIES REASONS MY MEAT PIES FAILED Feeling determined, I set out the fourth time to make another set of meat pies but not without trying to figure out the reasons I failed earlier; 1. I did not use any measuring scale. I tried to guess every measurement I used, this is