My delicious and nutritious UKPA bambara nut

in Plant Power (Vegan)2 months ago

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Greetings to everyone here how are you all doing and how is your day going today I made a delicious meal for my family today this meal is popularly know as UKPA here in eastern part of Nigeria UKPA is a very nutritious meal gotten from bambara nuts.
This is how the bambara nut looks like.

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So one of my neighbor who is from ENUGU gifted me with grounded bambara nut and I have to make something good with it
Let's know the ingredients for used in cooking bambara nut.

INGREDIENTS USED
2 cups of bambara nuts
Salt to taste
1 medium Onion
5 piece of fresh pepper
5 stems of Scent leaf
1/2 cup of red oil
Water.

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Let's proceed
Step 1
I will put my bambara nut in a clean bowl add water and mix.

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Step 2
I will also add salt and red oil and mix them together.

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Step 3
I will wash and slice my onions and fresh pepper and add and stir them together.

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Step 4
I will now wash and slice my scent leaf and add.

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Step 5
I will now put my well mixed bambara nut into nylon.
I will now put water in a clean pot and then put my tie bambara nut into the pot and cook. I will cook for some minutes by then my bambara nut is now thick I will now bring it down.

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Here my bambara nut is ready.

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Thank you all for your time and support do have a bless week.

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This looks tedious to make, but I guess it's probably a native delicacy, and I'd be keen to try it:)

Yes is our native delicacy very nutritious and thanks for stopping by

we also eat this in the northern part of the country
thanks for sharing..,..

Thank you for stopping by

I know poor about Niger cuisine I'm so happy you share many Nigerian recipes, well the nuts I never seen before look so nice this recipe 😍

How I wish you will see this nut your place and try it you will love the outcome

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Oh wow I've always wondered how our own Okpa is made , this post is am eye opener, I'm so glad you shared the recipe. Thank you!