NO FAIL FRIED RICE

NO FAIL FRIED RICE

Yup that’s quite the declaration in the tile isn’t it. Lol. I have been making this fried rice for years and so far it has never gone wrong. I hope you love this recipe as much as I do and it becomes your go to fried rice recipe. Its super simple to make; the ‘hardest’ part of this recipe is dicing up the vegetables.

I recently got back from Nigerian and I had such an amazing time. I’m still adjusting from holiday mode and dreading my next working day L. Why cant I just win the lottery already so that work can be a thing of the past? Ah well while I keep dreaming lets get back to this fried rice. I was never really a fan of fried rice growing up because i never liked all the vegetables in it. The times I did eat it I painstakingly picked out everything that was not rice in that plate before settling down to eat.

As I got older I decided to make fried rice myself because this way I could put only the stuff I liked in it. I asked my mum for a recipe and it was  all going well until she said ‘you have to constantly monitor the rice because you add the water in small increments making sure to add a little more water each time the water is about to dry up to stop it burning’. Sorry mummy but I was not about to start stand guard over a pot of rice, forget that.

GARDEN EGG SAUCE

I am not a fan of garden eggs and no I have lost my mind posting a recipe for stuff I don’t like. Before you close your browser page and write me off completely let me assure you that I adore this sauce and you will too even if you hate garden eggs. The first time I tried this sauce I could not believe this deliciousness was made from garden eggs.

When I was younger I used to pretend to like garden eggs because all my older cousins that ate it used to make it look so yummy. I would take bit and wash it down quickly with water then rub the seeds on my mouth so that it looked like I was eating it lol! I think about it now and just shake my head. Why was I punishing myself and forcing myself to eat something so bitter?

 Eventually I realised it was not worth it and I stopped pretending; it is just too bitter; but believe me, something magical happens to garden eggs when you make it into a pepper sauce. Honestly I don’t know what it is but it just transforms from this bitter fruit into something oh so spectacular. My favourite way to eat garden egg sauce is with yam but it’s delicious with potatoes, cocoyam and bread and a whole host of other things.

NIGERIAN STYLE SHAWARMA

I have a pretty important exam coming up on Thursday but this recipe has been burning a hole in my virtual pocket and I just had to post it. Shawarma is one of those things that I look forward to having whenever I go home to Nigeria.  Sometimes I even make sure that there is one waiting for me at home when I get home from the airport.

The last time I was back home was back home I definitely had more than my fair share of shawarma (don’t judge me) and once I was back in the UK I was having withdrawal symptoms and thus this recipe was born.

COCONUT JOLLOF RICE

COCONUT JOLLOF RICE

Coconut and I have a great relationship, I love everything with coconut in it from Thai curries, to macaroons to chocolate (mmmm.............. bounty); the exception to this rule however is coconut rice.

My first experience of coconut rice was terrible; I ABSOLUTELY detested it and have stayed away ever since (I know now that it was the way it was served that was the issue, with tomato stew!!!!!! Who does that???? If anyone offers you this never ever speak to them again, seriously it was vile).

I'd never heard of coconut jollof rice and so when I was at my friend’s house a few weeks ago and she announced that coconut jollof rice was for lunch, I thought to myself thank God she has Indomie.

She managed to convince me to try it and I fell in love.