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Waina or Masa

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Difficulty Intermediate
Time
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Total Time: 45 mins
Description

Oh! Sweet love of Waina/Masa, this is a lovely Hausa dish with lovely miyan taushe, people all over the country love it and its a lucrative business too, chefs be ready to make money from these recipes

Ingredients
  • 4 cups non- parboiled white rice (local rice)
  • 1 teaspoon of yeast
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder [optional]
  • Ginger(optional)
  • Half sized Onion
  • 3 cups Groundnut (roasted and ground)
  • 500 gram Chicken, Ponmo and Beef
  • 5 large tomatoes
  • 2 large red bell peppers
  • 6 small scotch bonnets
  • 2 medium onion
  • Maggi cubes
  • 4 tablespoons crayfish
  • 1 cup dried pumpkin (optional)
  • 2 tablespoon locust beans
  • 1 cup palm oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Half sized ginger
Instructions

  1. For masa/waina:

  2. Wash and soak the non- parboiled rice for 4-6 hours hour or more

  3. Take out ½ cup of the soaked rice and cook until soft

  4. Blend/grind the soaked rice with water, ginger and onion until very soft

  5. Now add in the cooked rice then blend everything together, you can also add some of the cooked rice without blending

  6. Add the yeast, baking powder, pinch of salt and mix very well

  7. Cover and allow to rise for 3-4 hours

  8. Place the Waina pan on fire, add vegetable oil into each hole and allow to heat up

  9. Pour in the mixture and allow to cook until bubbles form like pancakes

  10. Flip it over and cook for 3 more minutes

  11. Repeat this process until the batter is finished. And its ready….

  12. Now lets make some Miyan Taushe:

  13. Season meat with ginger, garlic, salt and maggi cubes

  14. Place on fire, add some water and cook until soft (I took out the chicken first because its soft and cooked before the others

  15. Blend my tomatoes, onion and peppers, chop onion, spring onions and spinach and set them aside.

  16. Add palm oil in a pot, allow it to heat up then pour in onions and fry for 1 minute

  17. Now pour in the blended tomatoes and pepper mix and fry for about 5 minutes

     

  18. Add in stock and meats

  19. Add locust beans, crayfish and peanut, stir and allow to cook for 15 minutes on low heat

  20. Season with a pinch of salt and maggi cube.

  21. Add in spring onions and spinach and stir

  22. Allow to simmer for 1 minute and take off heat.

Read it online: https://www.foodnify.com/recipes/waina-or-masa/