🇬🇭 Cooking Vegan West African Food 🇳🇬
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2021
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Today's video is the exploration of a bunch of West African dishes I wanted to make after buying some ingredients from AFROCAN Market (My West African grocery haul: • Grocery Haul // West A... ) I hope you give West African cuisine a try and check out Afia and Tomi's blogs and channels for more West African Dishes!
The Canadian African: About Red Palm Oil: bit.ly/3rKQS50
Afia's Vegan Red Red Stew: bit.ly/3BAXYgP
Tomi's (The Vegan Nigerian) Vegan Egusi Stew: bit.ly/3zxRvS4
Afia's Vegan Ghanaian Jollof Rice: bit.ly/3eTy9Pr
The Canadian African RUclips: / @eatwithafia
The Vegan Nigerian RUclips: / @cosyfoodie
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So my lil west African input. First, ur lil palm oil drops is cute n healthy but West Africans are heavy heavy handed, like that palm oil to coat and swim around the pot. Lol. Yes, egusi should be soupier. U have the same idea I had, I can see egusi being a tofu scramble sub. My aunt made me a version of egusi, she said it's Igbo version (S.E Nigeria) she adds lil water to ground egusi and forms balls then drops them into the soup. The ball egusi tastes chewy like tofu, best egusi I've had.
Loved watching this video!! Also, a lot of our jasmine rice comes from Vietnam 😊Adding the palm oil for the jollof is a good idea actually, getting close to native jollof which is more local jollof rice.
And yes - we don’t talk about the clean up demands of all this cooking we do.
I did enjoy this video, and I agree cleaning as you go is best, so there’s less work. I’d be interested in seeing similar videos as well, like you making groundnut soup.
The black eyed peas look so good! If you make more, freeze them for when the baby comes. I attempted to fill my freezer when I was pregnant. I didn't make as much as I should have, but I had dinner for the first 2 weeks.
You have entered the jollof wars! 🤣 the bravery!! It breaks up families like a bad game of spades or dominoes or a wack batch of mac at the cookout! Jkjk my Nigerian side and my Haitian side (we use a lot of west African ingredients and techniques of course) are very happy!
I’m Ghanaian so I’m familiar with a lot of these foods and I think you did a good job for your first time. Your flavor/ingredients are on point but the technique is different from the traditional ways. Like for the jollof, you can add more oil so that the onions really fry when you put them in. That’s what helps with the onion flavor of the food. Also cooking the tomato paste first gives you a deeper flavor which is very nice, but if you want a slightly sweeter flavor you can just add the paste and blended tomatoes together when you stew it. For seasoning it’s actually simpler than you think with jollof. It’s usually pepper, onion, tomatoes, garlic, and ginger (optional) blended with the tomatos. The only other seasoning is just Maggi, curry, and salt that we add to the stew. But of course you can add whatever else you like! Those seasonings and techniques is also useful when you make other dishes:) Your food looks good and it’s nice to see more people trying west African food!
Add the tomato paste at the right time is the came changer …. It’s like the missing ingredient that is very easy to miss but completely changes the flavors and texture of the stew and or soup. It’s keep to fry it
I am totally new to African cuisine and wow, I will be 100% testing some of these ideas! This cuisine looks so so aromatic, comforting and delicious! Plus, isn't it amazing to explore new part of the world through what they eat?!
that red red stew looks amazing, I love black eyed peas. very excited to try.
I am the same way with following recipes. These look delicious, thank you for the new channels to follow. I had a Nigerian colleague and I enjoyed her Jollof rice very much, except it was not vegan. Much love to you and Eddy.
That first stew looks absolutely delicious. I’m 62 and vegan for 7 years. I just started my raw vegan journey with the 80/10/10 diet. I still have a nice bowl of soup or stew once a week. Thank you for these recipes. ❤
This reminded me of an African stew I made years ago. It was one of the most flavorful comforting dishes I've ever made. Going to try some of these recipes. Thx for the youtube channel recommendations!
Everything looks so so good!
I always clean as I go. I use something, I wash it, then it's on to the next ingredient. I'd get overwhelmed with the mess otherwise. I know - I used to do it that way and cooking was less fun and rewarding. Now, I LOVE it.
Ouuuu this looks sooo good, thanks for introducing me to these recipes!
When the weather chills a little more I really want to make this recipe I have for African Peanut Stew! This video has inspired me for those hearty meals. During fall and winter it is some of my favorite savory/sweet cooking seasons because i make a stew/soup once a week (I had to scale back because eating two soups between two people in a week can be stomach churning). My mother taught me the important of cleaning while you cook. There is nothing better than start cooking a meal, putting a couple of dried dishes away and having a clean kitchen. Also cleaning right after you eat makes the process of cleaning so much easier, nothing gets dried on and gross.
My SO and I have the same dishwashing routine. I typically wash as I go because I tornado my way through so many. He’ll wash whatever is leftover after the meals. He offers to do them as I go too, but he’ll stack them out on the counter to dry, and I cannot handle the chaos. He and I both have our preferred chaos, I guess 😆
The food looks amazing!
Wow, this is exciting.