Nutrition
Spicy peanut snack balls (Adaakwa)
Delicious ‘Adaakwa’
Ingredients
-2 Cups of roasted corn flour
-1 Cup of smooth peanut butter
-½ Tablespoonful of salt
-1 Tablespoonful of powdered pepper or preferred
quantity
-3-4 Tablespoonful of sugar
Spicy peanut snack balls,known as ‘Adaakwa’ is one of the
easiest snacks to prepare. It is mostly served as snack
and very delicious when eaten hot.
Preparation
-In a medium size bowl, put all the ingredients together
and mix until everything is well incorporated.
– Add more peanut butter if the mixture is too hard and
add more roasted corn flour if it is too soft.
-Take about a tablespoon size at a time and roll it be
tween your palms into a circular shape.
– Ready to serve
Benefits
-Promotes weight loss
-Boosts fertility
-Boosts memory
-Regulates blood sugar
-Reduces risk of cancer
Nutrition
Palm nut soup
Palm nut soup is a Ghanaian dish that can be served with so many foods. It has a rich base of palm nuts combined with tomatoes and various vegetables that makes it very nutritious.
Preparation
Ingredients
– 1 kilogramme of palm nut
– Half kilogramme of beef
-One kilogramme of goat meat
-Three large salmon
-One full tuna
– A handful of turkey berries
-Two large onions
-4 large tomatoes
-3 large garden eggs
– One tin of mackerel
-Ten large peppers
– One large ginger
-2 cloves of garlic
– Four fingers of okro
– Salt to taste
Instructions
-Wash, cook palm nut, turkey berries, and pepper and add salt to it.
-Grind palm nut, turkey berries and pepper with mortar and pestle or mini food processor.
-Wash goat meat, beef, Tuna, salt and put on fire.
– Blend onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes and pour on the goat meat.
– Add smoked tuna and salmon and okro to the soup.
-Use a spoon or ladle to skim off the surface oil.
-Garnish the soup with the okro or garden eggs as desired.
-Serve with fufu, banku or Omo tuo.
Nutrition
Cucumber and apple smoothie
Ingredients
-Two medium sized cucumber
-Three apples
-Four tablespoonful of honey
-Crushed ice
-Two cups of yoghurt
-One tablespoonful of blended ginger
– One tablespoonful of celery and mint
Preparation
-Wash and slice cucumber, apple into smaller sizes
-Blend until it is smooth
-Add honey and a little water to it
-Add crushed ice and yoghurt
-Blend it till you achieve your desired texture
– Then serve
