This is a very easy soup to make. It is very popular among the Northern people of Nigeria.
Ingredients
Karkashi leaves
Potash (rock potash or mubi potash)
Dry Fish
Meat (Beef)
Pepper
Locust Beans
Method Of Preparation
First, you put some
water on fire then add a little potash.
(On the show, we did not use the more common Rock potash, we used Mubi potash and it is stronger than
the regular rock potash so you need to use just a little. The essence of using it is to make the soup draw-y.)
When the
water boils, pour in the karkashi and do
not cover the pot else it rises and loses its stickiness.
In a separate pot of
water, mix your other ingredients; fish, meat, pepper, locust beans (locust
beans is very essential so make sure you put alot)
Allow to cook for about
5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, season your Karkashi with salt and beat it with
your cooking broom or two pronged wooden stick.
Pour in your
Karkashi into the sauce and stir.
If you’ve followed all the instructions so
far, you will notice that the karkashi is sticky and drawing nicely.
Take it
off the fire and serve with corn meal (Tuwon masara) or hungry rice meal (Tuwon
Acha).
In the Northern villages, people would spread mats in the shade of a tree and use their
fingers to enjoy this delicacy.
Whichever way you choose to eat it just make
sure your enjoy this meal.
You dont cook the karashi on fire.Put yourrequired amount of water on fire,wash and pick your fish preferably dry fish.Wash and blend your fresh pepper and little ginger,add to the fish in the pot on fire,add little potash,pound your dawawa and add into the pot and allow to boil.Dont add salt or any seasoning,While boiling pound your dry karashi.Bring down the stock,fetch out some of the stock and keep aside.Pour your dry karashi in the stock in the pot and stir with wooden anchor like stick or a clean short broom used for ewedu vigorously still it draws well.When your cook on fire,it gets dark and bitter.So you can now add salt and seasoning then pour the other part stock and stir well.Soup is ready.Serve with tuwon masara.Bon appetite.
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Deletewhat is the botanical of this plant, karkashi?
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