STRAWBERRY
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler until its all melted and smooth. Holding the strawberry by its stem, dip in the melted chocolate. Place the strawberry on the wax paper. Melt the white chocolate and drizzle it over the chocolate coatted berry.
MOGO ( CASAVA)
Now this is a mogo dish that anyone who lived in Mwanza Tanzania will remember with fondness. It is a simple dish made with boiled cubed cassava with just salt, chilli powder and the juice of a lime added for tanginess. Most Mwanzans enjoy this with sekela jugu (roasted peanuts) and crushed cassava chips sprinkled on to the soupy mogo. Along with a bottle or can of soda, this is the food of my childhood.
This is a very easy dish to prepare, simply boil the mogo in water until tender. Drain the water (into another pan and reserve this). cube the mogo, add it back into the reserved starchy stock and add the salt, chilli and lemon. Bring this to a boil and gently simmer until the stock thickens a little.
Serve with sekela jugu and mogo chips.
1 piece mogo
2 tea sp salt
1 tea sp chilli powder
1 lime
Boil the mogo add salt.when its done add chili powder & lime.
MOGO BHAJYA
SInce my last post on fal ahaari Hondwo, my friends have been asking for more recipes of falahaari foods. In my opinion, there is nothing better than the mogo bhajiyas. Again, this love for mogo (cassava root) stems from my time in Tanzania where this is readily available and heaviliy consumed.
These golden fried nuggets with aromatics such as corriander and ginger, the zingy, tanginess of the citric acid and the gentle heat of the chilli paste render these difficult to stop eating once you start.
So have a go at making these and let me know how you get on.
2 big potatoes
small piece of casava (appx 5 inch)
2 tea sp chili paste
2 tea sp salt
1 tea sp ginger paste
2 tab sp ground peanuts
1/2 tea sp citric acid
lots of finely chopped cilantro
Oil for frying
Boil the potatoes,peel and smash. Grate the casava,squeese all the water out and mix the cassava with potatoes add all the above ingredients. Give wada like shape ie: flattened discs and ,deep fry on very high heat.
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