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 Peanut Cake (Nkate cake)

Nkate Cake

‘Nkate’ cake is a local snack known for its sweet and nutty flavours. This delicious confec­tion combines crushed ground­nuts or peanuts with melted sugar. Nkate cake is typically enjoyed as a dessert or as a sweet treat.

Its distinct combination of crunchy peanuts and sweet cara­melised sugar creates a delectable texture and flavour that is difficult to resist.

It offers a delightful balance of sweetness and nuttiness.

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Ingredients

-Two cups of peanut

– One cup of sugar

Preparation

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-Pour the peanut into the blender and crush it up.

-Meanwhile you heat up your pan and pour out sugar in it to make the caramel sauce. Keep stirring so it does not burn.

-The caramel sauce is now ready so we’ll add our crushed peanuts. Keep stirring till it all comes together.

-One has to stir faster so it doesn’t get hard after that it can be cut into any shape of choice.

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-Bag them up and they would be ready for school as snack. This is the best recipe for peanut brit­tle, try it out and let’s see how it comes out. -sweetadjeley.com

Benefits of peanuts

-Supports heart health

– Helps to maintain a healthy weight

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-Manages blood sugar levels

-Aids weight loss and promotes healthy skin

-Provides protein to the body

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 Benefits of shrimps

Shrimps
Shrimps

 -High in protein:

Shrimp is a lean protein source, providing essential amino acids for muscle building and repair.

– Low in calories:

Due to its low calorie content, shrimp can be incorporated into weight loss diets.

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– Omega-3 fatty acids:

These healthy fats in shrimp can improve heart health by lowering bad cholesterol lev­els.

– Antioxidants

This pigment found in shrimp is a powerful antioxidant that may help protect cells from damage and potentially reduce inflammation.

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-Essential minerals:

Shrimp provides important minerals like sele­nium, zinc, iodine, and vitamin B12 which are crucial for immune function, thyroid health, and cognitive function.

– Bone health:

The calcium and vitamin D content in shrimp can contribute to maintaining strong bones.

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Potential cancer prevention:

Some studies suggest that the antioxidants in shrimp may have anti-cancer properties.

Source;foods.com

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Shito

Delicious shito
Delicious shito

Shito is a Ghanaian hot pepper sauce, made with ingredients like dried chili peppers, dried fish, ginger, and oil, and is used in various dishes, especially rice-based meals and swallows.

Ingredients

-5 litre of oil

-70 grams of fresh onion

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-100 grams of tomato paste

– 40 grams of powdered pepper

– 30 grams of ginger

– 30 grams of fish powder

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– 10 grams of powdered garlic

-30 grams of powdered shrimps

-30 grams of powdered herrings

– 5 tablespoonfuls of salt to taste

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Preparation

-Pound or blend dry hot pepper together with fresh ginger

– Pound or blend dried shrimps and dried herrings

-Grind onion, garlic and hot pepper

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-Heat oil

-Add grinded or blended onions, garlic and pepper.

– Allow it cook for a while.

– Add powered shrimps and powered dried herrings to it.

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– Cover and allow to cook further until all water has evaporated

– Add pounded hot pepper, stir, cover and allow to cook

– Add fish powder and con­tinue stirring to avoid burning

– Cook until sauce is dark brown in colour

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-Take off the heat and serve with rice, waakye, gari, jollof etc

By Linda Abrefi Wadie

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