5 Ethnic Nigerian Foods; Tuwo Shinkafa

Tuwo Shinkafa is a lumpy kind of food used for eating soups mainly by the Hausa and Yoruba tribes of Nigeria

Tuwo Shinkafa is prepared with ingredients below

...Short/Medium grain soft rice, Water which will be enough quantity to cook the rice till very soft and sticky
...Before you make the Tuwo Shinkafa, rinse the rice in cold water and put in a sizeable pot

Tuwo Shinkafa is prepared by
... Pouring enough water to cover the rice and start cooking at medium heat from a stove
...When the first dose of water dries up, check the rice by mashing it between your fingers. If the rice grains have even a tiny resistance when you press them, then it needs to be cooked some more.
...Reduce the heat to low, add a little bit more water and continue cooking till the water dries.
...Repeat the process till the rice is so soft that it melts when you press on it.
...Once you're happy, mash the rice with a wooden spatula by moving the rice in small quantities from the far end of the pot to your side of the pot.
...Fold the mound of tuwo and repeat till all the rice grains have turned into a mass of tuwo.
...Cover and leave it to steam for about 2 minutes.
...Mix thoroughly and dish serving quantities onto a thin plastic film and wrap them up. This wrapping prevents the tuwo from drying up.
...You are done serve tuwo in smaller balls.


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