Walk with me 101 : Research and tested / Kuli - Kuli in the making (Alata Mini factory) ilorin, Kwara state.

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Hello everyone,

Today is very different and so fun to get this done for your learning purpose. It is 3:30 pm here in ilorin, kwara state and I a here to see for myself the process of making Kuli Kuli. I mean how Kuli Kuli is made. Here with me I have a woman of great substance and wide knowledge in the Kuki kuki Mini factory. But before I show you and go further on this, I will like to talk about the kuli kuli making, processes, importance, advantages and many more. Let get it started.

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WHAT IS KULI KULI
  • Kuli-kuli as I rightly said is a food that is eaten all over the West Africa, name it Nigeria, Ghana and many part of West Africa, that is Kuli Kuli is primarily made from peanuts. It is a so much common and used as light food also snack in Nigeria and Ghana. It is sometimes consume alone or with a mixture of garri, sugar and water popularly called "garri soakings". It is also consumed with some other food items like Pap .it is often ground as used as an ingredient for Suya preparations and Kilishi also inform of suya as well. But in dried form. Here is what I am saying about the kuli-kuli.
HOW DO YOU PREPARE KULI-KULI
  • With what I have seen and heared to make Kuli-kuli, peanuts are roasted either by fire, oven but here it is roasted by hand turning using fire wood, big frying pan and then grind into a paste called "Labu". The paste is then mixed with spices such as salt, and sometimes grinded pepperto make it taste more pepperish. The paste is stripped of excess oil with water, and made into the desired shape here I will she us long shape, and star shape (round balls, cylinders, etc.). The oil removed in this process is then heated and used to fry the shaped peanut paste until it solidifies into hhard substance called Kuli-kuli . It is then removed from the oil and allowed to cool down until ready to be eaten, as shown down in the images taken by me throughout.

  • Here is it from the step 1. ( Roasting of the Peanut)

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This was the image I snapped while the peanut were just still looking fresh and neat but not roasted yet.

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This was the metal small bowl I'm measuring the peanut from the market.

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  • Step 2.( Peanut roasting)

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This was the woman frying the peanut on fire using a thick frying Pan.

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  • Step 3. ( Kuli-kuli Paste)

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These are the guys helping ther mom in the kuli kuli making, using the paste to form a very long shape of their heart desires.

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  • Step 4.( Frying the Kuli kuli paste)

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Wow, like I said earlier on this, this is just a way out of many ways to fry kuli-kuli. The pot was put on fire for several minutes until it was getting hot and hotter then the paste was laid into the hot oil gradually.

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Beside the hot pot, you can see a steeless seive where the already fried kuli kuli was kept to cool.

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Here is another kuli-kuli pattern which I called the Star shape.

  • In conclusion here is the end product, Kuli-Kuli in the making (Long shape pattern)

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You can see it on my hand very hot. Lol.

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In my final conclusion, when I was going home, I bought this from the Kuli-kuli factory. Check it out.

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Here is my picture proof.

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My own contribution is this , I want us to consume groundnut because it's very health if eaten moderately. Also Groundnuts ( Peanut) are very healthy because they are very excellent sources of beneficial nutrients to the body such as proteins,

carbohydrates,
vitamins,
minerals and oil.

Down are some of the vitamins and minerals that can be seen or gotten from groundnuts;

Vitamin A.
Vitamin E.
Vitamin C.
B complex vitamins like folic acid, and hosphorus.Zinc.

Thanks for reading
@matthewthonyit

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I am really interesting on your post @matthewthonyit, I pick it for Pay It Forward Curation. You have provided this platform with very good information. Wish you all the best

I really appreciate your sweet comment. Thank you

Those are some huge portions. this is the first time I hear about Kuli-kuli, thanks for teaching me something new @matthewthonyit

You welcome. It nice having you on my blog. More of it to come soon.

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Kuli-kuli! I thought I heard the song wooly-booly when I read it. 😊

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At first I thought it is a sweet delicacy like peanut candy but then you mentioned kuli-kuli is added with salt and pepper. I can only imagine how that tastes. Maybe I'll ask someone at home to try it.

You mentioned about different shapes but I see only long and flattened shapes. I think it will be more attractive and look more delicious if somehow those are created with indeed different shapes like the ones on this video. You do not really have to have food moldings like the one on video but I am sure those who make kuli-kuli can still make different shapes by hand. The different shapes will be a technique to encourage more buyers. You may want to give it a try and see how your sales will boost up. 😊

Smile, it a very fine delicacy I must tell you. It so sweet and it taste nice with slight pepper in it.

Sweet? So I guess there is an option to add sugar, is it? I think you can even add butter if it is available.

Actually, we have different types of kuli-kuli.

  1. You can make it with much pepper
  2. You can sauce it with just light pepper as well.
  3. You can as well make it with sugar. Depending on your taste and choice.

Just as I thought! Yes, we can add spice or flavoring as we want to. Maybe we will try it at home some time.

Thanks for the clarification.

You welcome. Happy weekend

You too have a happy weekend!

Hi @matthewthonyit, i found this post in @el-nailul's blog.. hopefully sometime i can taste this kuli-kuli..

Smile. Sure. It so delicious 😋

you do a great jobzonnetje.gif

Me gusta el mani, pero nunca lo he comido asi, Hola @matthewthonyit, me gusto tu post, gracias por compartir la información, llegue a tu post porque @el-nailul, presentó tu publicación en esta semana Concurso de pago por adelantado si estas interesado click Aqui

Such an interesting post @matthewthonyit! I love seeing how different things like this are made :)

Thank you for such a beautiful post! I found it because @el-nailul featured you in his Pay it Forward Curation contest entry. It's a weekly contest, where I'm one of the judges, and I'd love to see you join us with an entry of your own next week :)

Thank you so much. I wil love to join as well. Thanks

Hi @matthewthonyit. As you know @el-nailul featured you in this wee's @pifc's Pay It Forward contest.

Nicely done article. I had not heard of kuli kuli before. It looks wonderful and by the way it looks (from how much you bought) you like.

Smile. Yeah. I purchase much because I have to send it to the UNITED STATES for a customer who needed it services up there from Nigeria. I sent it to New York city.

That's cool. A little bit of home for those so far away :) Seems that might be a nice little business (or I would hope so)

It's a real good awesome nice business both for sex. Believe me.

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