Nutrition
Tuo Zaafi
Tuo Zaafi
Ingredients
● Ayoyo leaves
● Saltpetre (Potassium nitrate)
● 3 tablespoonfuls of powdered fish
● Half cup of powdered okro
● Dawadawa
● Pepper
● Two large onions
● Two tablespoonfuls of fish seasoning
● Three tablespoonfuls of all-purpose
spices
●One kilogram of meat (Beef)
● Palm oil
● 3 large tomatoes
● Two large salmon
● Herrings
● One cup of cassava flour
● Two cups of corn flour
Preparation
-Chop the ayoyo leaves into smaller sizes.
-Boil water, add chopped onion, powdered
fish, powdered okro and dawadawa
-After five minutes, add ayoyo leaves and
saltpeter.
-Don’t cover, stir continuously until ingredients become soft.
-Add salt and seasoning. Allow to simmer for three minutes and soup is ready.
-Cut meat into desirable sizes. Wash and put meat in big saucepan over moderate heat.
-Blend onion, ginger, garlic and add to meat.
-Add salt and seasoning and cover meat to steam for five- 10 minutes.
-Heat pan over medium high heat until hot and then add olive oil.
-Add the chicken.
-Fry until browned and flip.
-Add chopped onion and garlic and sauce until tender and start to turn brown.
-Add grinded pepper, tomato puree and stir intermittently.
-Wash salmon, herrings and add to stew.
-After 6-10 minutes, add spices and allow to cook.
-Taste for salt and add some chopped onions.
-Finally add fried meat and allow to simmer for three minutes.
-Fetch some corn flour and add cold water. Mix thoroughly to form a solution.
-Boil enough water and add corn flour to cook for five-10 minutes.
-Fetch some of the solution into a separate bowl.
-Mix dry corn dough and cassava dough and add mixture bit by bit to the boiling corn dough and stir thoroughly to prevent any lumps.
-Add the corn dough solution you fetched aside to the Tuo Zaafi to make it soft and stir.
-After 15-20 minutes of stirring the Tuo Zaafi, you turn off the heat.
-Serve Tuo Zaafi with stew and soup.