Nutrition
Ofam (ripe plantain loaf)
Ofam
Ingredients
-1kilogramme of over-riped plantains
-3 fresh chillies to taste
-1 onion, finely grated
-3 tablespoonfuls freshly-grated ginger
-250millimetres good-quality palm oil
-80grammesof plain flour (either ground maize, rice flour or wheat flour)
-2 tablespoonfulsof salt to taste
Method
-Peel the plantains and mash until smooth.
-Place the mashed plantains in a large mixing bowl and add the grated onions.
-Remove seedsfrom the chillies, chop and pound to a paste andaddto the plantain and onion mix.
-Season to taste with salt and mix the ingredients together.
-Now add 50grammes of the flour and stir to make it thicker
-Stir in 200millimetres of the palm oil.
-Stir the batter well to mix the ingredients, and then set aside for 25 minutes.
-Use the remaining red palm oil to grease a cake tin.
-Pour the plantain dough into the cake tin and transfer to an oven pre- heated to 170° Degrees Celsius.
-Bake for about 30 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and cooked through.
-Allow to cool in the tin for 20 minutes.
-Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Ofam can be served warm or cold and should be accompanied by roasted peanuts.
Serve as a dessert or as a snack.
Source: celnet
Nutrition
Coconut yam porridge
Ingredients
-½ tuber yam
-Leftover stew substitute with fresh pepper mix
-Seasoning
-3 tablespoonfuls of salt
– 3 tablespoonfuls of coconut milk
-Half bottle of palm oil
– 2 tablespoonfuls of pepper
-3 tablespoonfuls of dried shrimp
Preparation
-Add hot boiling water to the dried shrimps and cover for about 10 minutes and then rinse clean with cool water.
-Peel yam and cut into chunks, wash and rinse clean.
-Add yam pieces to a pan and place on medium heat.
Add palm oil, pepper, coconut milk and little water just enough to cover the yam or at the same level as the yam.
-Add seasoning and salt, cover the pan with a lid and leave to cook on low heat.
-After five minutes, add the washed shrimps and continue to cook on low heat till yam is soft.
-Using a wooden ladle, mash yam into pieces but not to puree, leave some yam chunks if you desire.
-Check for salt and seasoning.
-Cook for another three-five minutes and take off the heat.
Source: myactivekitchen.com
Nutrition
Clear streets of hawkers, destitute
Dear Sir,
I want to use this platform to appeal to the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) to rid the streets of hawkers to make it convenient for commuters.
These hawkers have been on the streets, especially the Kwame Nkrumah Circle area for some time with a few attributing their stay there to political expediency.
Every inch of space for pedestrians have been covered by their activities, leaving commuters to sometimes walk on the streets with the vehicles.
As if that is not enough, the rest of the space has been occupied by destitute and ‘junkies’.
With the election over, the Assembly must be seen to be clearing the mess these group of people have created.
Fact is, moving around the area has become a challenge as one has to tread carefully in order not to step on any wares on sale.
It is not a good and comfortable sight at all and I believe this will be the right time to clear the area to ensure some sanity in the area.
Regina,
Bubiashie
