by Fatima Sani | Mar 13, 2022 | Local Delicacies
In the northern portion of Nigeria, Miyan Gyada is one of the most popular dishes. It’s not too difficult to make. Because it is mostly cooked with groundnut, Hausas refer to it as Miyan Gyada, while it is called Groundnut Soup in English. In this piece, I am going to teach you how to prepare Miyan Gyada.
Let’s get cooking without wasting too much of your time!
Equipment for Making Miyan Gyada
Ingredients
2 cups of groundnut
Fresh pepper, onions, and tomatoes
2 cooking spoons of palm oil
Meat
Seasoning cubes
Salt to taste
2 medium bunches of spinach or ugwu leaves
Water
Procedure for Preparing Miyan Gyada
STEP 1: Thoroughly wash the meat.
STEP 2: Place the meat in a clean pot over medium heat. Toss in some onions, spices, and a splash of water. Allow for 20 minutes of cooking time.
STEP 3: Prepare the groundnuts while the meat is cooking. Start by removing the stones and dirt from the groundnut, and then place the stone and dirt-free groundnut in a clean tray.
STEP 4: Fry the groundnuts in a clean frying pan for 10 minutes. Allow 5 minutes for cooling.
STEP 5: Using your blender, puree the groundnut until smooth, then set it aside.
STEP 6: Mix the tomatoes, peppers, and onions separately. Before you start blending, make sure you add a little water.
STEP 7: Toss the ground pepper and groundnut into the simmering meat and combine to produce a thick paste. Then;
STEP 8: Thoroughly wash your spinach or ugu leaves and cut or slice them with a chopping board before adding them to the cooking pot.
STEP 9: Pour in the fried palm oil and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Then;
STEP 10: Season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow 10 minutes for cooking.
STEP 11: Your Miyan Gyada or Groundnut Soup is ready for consumption.
Swallow that Goes with Miyan Gyada Best
When eaten with Tuwon Shinkafa or Tuwon Masara, it’s excellent. Teba (Eba), Tuwon Semo, and other swallows are possible. It also goes well with Waina, Sinasir, and Fankasau.
How to Serve Miyan Gyada
Miyan Gyada is best served hot with a glass of chilled water or your favorite beverage.
Occasions to Serve Miyan Gyada Best
It can be eaten as one of the three main meals of the day. It could also be offered at weddings, festivals, walima, and other special occasions.
How to Store Miyan Gyada
It can be refrigerated and kept for several days as long as electricity is available. However, in the absence of a refrigerator, it will only last a few days, and only if you keep warming it in the mornings and evenings. It’s crucial to remember that, while you can preserve it, the taste will be different than when it was freshly prepared.
Nutritional Value of Miyan Gyada
Miyan Gyada is high in energy and contains nutrients, minerals, antioxidants, and vitamins that are beneficial to one’s overall health.
Conclusion
Although its preparation is not simple, you will find that it is well worth the time you put into it because the taste is out of this world. You should try to prepare Miyan Gyada for yourself or your family now that you know how to make it.
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by Aisha Zakari | Oct 18, 2021 | Food & Kitchen
A smoothie is everything with fruits—from tasty to creamy to nutritious to healthy and delicious smoothie recipes. Making a smoothie at home is so simple as long as you have the right fruits and ingredients. Once you know how to, you’re stuck with it!
What Is A Smoothie?
A smoothie is a thick, smooth blend of fresh fruits with milk and/or yogurt. Smoothies are nutritious and fortified with fiber, nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and flavor.
Now that you know what a smoothie is, let’s tell you how to make and blend up a smoothie.
How to Make Smoothies at Home
The basic ingredients for making smoothies are fruits, something creamy, and a liquid. Sometimes, vegetables are incorporated as extras, but they are always optional.
Ingredients Needed to Make a Smoothie
Fruits
Fruits could be bananas, mangoes, strawberries, or any of your choice, either fresh fruits or frozen fruits. Fresh fruits give a smooth smoothie, while frozen give it a bit rough appearance.
Cream
This involves adding yogurt to it to improve the texture of the smoothie. You could use plain yogurt or Greek yoghurt.
Liquid
This is the incorporation of either water or milk. Milk is my go-to as it has nutrients and richness for this healthy, delicious smoothie recipe.
This could be whole milk or coconut milk, as it gives vitamins, calcium, and protein. Milk also helps to thin out purée and makes it easier to blend to the right consistency.
I hope that with this, you’re beginning to have an idea of what constitutes healthy, delicious smoothie recipes. In making a smoothie, we start by layering our ingredients, from fruits to cream to liquid.
Vegetables
These are what make smoothies healthy, as the vegetables are extremely fortified with nutritional benefits. Vegetables are optional, though. The vegetables may be kale, spinach, cucumbers, ginger, or cinnamon.
Sometimes, seeds are also added to give it a nutty taste while also carrying nutritional value. Such seeds may include chia seeds and hemp seeds.
For extra sweetness, you can add honey or maple syrup. Now, I’ll be sharing with you different kinds of smoothie recipes.
Let’s get blending!
Equipment Needed
1. Cucumber Apple Mint Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients for Cucumber Apple Mint Smoothie
Cucumber
Mint
Apples
Honey
Avocado
Procedures
STEP 1: Wash your fruits and vegetables properly in a bowl with running water.
STEP 2: Chop/dice your fruits.
STEP 3: Wash your blender before use.
STEP 4: In your blender, add diced cucumbers apples, and chopped mints.
STEP 5: For coldness, add ice or place it in the refrigerator after blending.
STEP 6: Add honey and avocado to the blender and give this a blend.
STEP 7: You’ll get a green-looking healthy purée.
Your healthy, delicious smoothie recipes of cucumber, apple, and mint are ready.
2. Chocolate Chip Mocha Breakfast Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Mocha Breakfast Smoothie
Iced coffee
Milk
Chocolate chips
Coffee beans
Procedures
STEP 1: In a blender, add iced coffee cubes.
STEP 2: Add whole milk, chocolate chips, and coffee beans.
STEP 3: Give this a blend.
STEP 4: Serve this in a glass and top this with whipped cream.
Your chocolate smoothie is ready.
3. Strawberry Banana Yoghurt Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients for Strawberry Banana Yoghurt Smoothie
Milk
Yoghurt
Strawberries
Banana
Procedures
STEP 1: Wash your fruits properly in running water.
STEP 3: In the blender, add the fruits and sliced/diced banana.
STEP 4: Pour in the milk.
STEP 5: Pour in plain or Greek yoghurt.
STEP 6: Give this a blend.
Your healthy delicious smoothie recipes are ready.
4. Orange Mango Carrot Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients for Orange Mango Carrot Smoothie Recipe
Oranges
Mangoes
Carrots
Milk
Procedures
STEP 1: Wash all your fruits and dice them.
STEP 2: Add the oranges, mangoes, and carrots to the blender.
STEP 3: Pour in milk and give this a blend.
Your orange carrots smoothie is ready!
5. Strawberry Blackberry Raspberry Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients for Strawberry Blackberry Raspberry Smoothie Recipe
Strawberries
Blackberry
Raspberry
Broccoli
Milk
Procedures
STEP 1: Wash all the berries properly.
STEP 2: In the blender, add in fruits and broccoli.
STEP 3: Pour in milk and give this a blend.
Your berries and broccoli smoothie are ready to be enjoyed.
Are Smoothies Healthy?
Smoothies are healthy as they are extremely fortified with vitamins and minerals. Simply blending pineapple, bananas, watermelon, and yoghurt is promised to enrich you with there are nutrients such as calcium, proteins, etc.
How to Store Smoothies
Simply store and preserve the blended smoothies in the refrigerator as this is guaranteed to still be of quality for 2-3 days. Store in a container with airtight covers.
Conclusion
Ta-da! I hope you had fun blending up these healthy delicious smoothie recipes just as much as I did writing them. I’m not a fan of vegetables in my smoothie, I like something and anything sweet so I mostly go for fruits, yoghurt, and milk. It still gives the same nutrients but not as much as vegetables do.
Comment below if you tried any of the recipes or if you think I missed any. If you enjoyed this, check out three other different ways of making lemonade I bet you didn’t know about.
