Cocoyam flour is used as a thickener in soups replacing the conventional method of preparing cocoyam for soup. The preparation of fresh cocoyam for soup can take some time Here is a brief run down of the process With cocoyam flour all these steps mentioned above is no longer needed and all you need to…
Cocoyam also known as taro is a root vegetable cultivated for their corms as food. The leaves and petioles also serve as food. There are different species of cocoyam, the light purple corms, the white and the yellow corms. The most abundant is the light purple corm and the white corm. The yellow corm is…
One of the wonderful products you can get from tiger nut tubers is tiger nut oil. Yes oil! Tiger nuts have a high level of oil that makes it possible to extract oil from it. And the good news is that the oil from tiger nut is healthy, It’s a good substitute for olive, soya…
A good alternative to dairy milk is plant-based milk, There are a good number of plant-based milk options; We have almond milk, rice milk, oat milk, tiger nut milk, coconut milk to mention a few. I want to talk about tiger nut milk in this article, one of the many alternatives. In Nigeria tiger nuts…
My family was to have a get-together on a Thursday evening, we thought of what we could serve as drinks. We did not want the usual kind of drink. After a little brainstorming, we came up with kunu aya. This was on a Tuesday and we need at least 24 hours to soak the nuts…
Have you thought of how to plant tiger nuts at home? I want to let you know it’s a big possibility. Be it a large or a small garden. You can as well grow them in containers. In this article I would love to show you how to plant tiger nuts. Some of the benefits…
I look like a nut but am actually a tuber what am I? TIGER NUT We begin a new series looking at tiger nuts In this series we’ll cover: I admonish you follow through the whole series, If you have anything on the subject you would like us to write about do share on the…
Ugu (Fluted Pumpkin) is a trilling plant grown for its leaves and seeds. In this article, we are looking at the Ugu leaf, more detail about the Ugu seed in the next article, To begin let’s describe the Ugu leaf Description of the Ugu leaf Its appearance: The Ugu leaf is dark green in colour,…
How many of us did our mother give ugu (fluted pumpkin) leave juice and milk to drink as periodic supplement or after the doctors has said you are anemic, I remembered this juice and decided to replace the diary milk with a plant based milk What came to my mind is one of Nigeria’s easy…
Parfait, parfait everywhere from cake parfait, yogurt parfait, garri parfait to ice cream parfait I decided to try it out with pap (akamu). Incorporating pap (akamu) into our daily meal is possible, there are more interesting ways to enjoy it. I looked at some parfait recipe and decided to replace it with pap (akamu) and…