Steemit Engagement Challenge S2W3 | Steem4Nigeria | Preparation of a Recipe Peculiar to my Country | (#burnsteem25)
Introduction
It's a wonderful opportunity to participate in the ongoing contest in the community. This is actually an interesting piece that enables the writers to pass across a message about the rich culinary peculiar to their country, I have seen many of those and I will be writing mine too, I've got something beautiful to share with you today and I hope you'd enjoy it.
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My Local Recipe- Adalu
There are so many special recipes peculiar to Nigeria and my tribe, Yoruba in the southwestern part of the country but today I have chosen the one which is very natural and special to me, yes it's natural and you would see why as I proceed in this article. The name is Ádálù (local language) or Èwà àti àgbàdo (Beans and Corn).
To prepare this recipe, we normally utilize sweet brown beans and fresh corn, and other ingredients I will tell you about as we proceed. It's a very delicious and nutritious meal you can't do away with if you had tasted it before. The only downside is that its preparation consumes appreciable time.
History of Adalu
Adalu is most common among the Yoruba tribe in the southwestern part of Nigeria, although, it can be found as one of the meals consumed by other tribes of the country as well. The history of this recipe cannot be actually traced to a particular year of existence but it is established that it has been in existence for a long time among the people of Yoruba.
I heard from the elders that this meal is very rich during the olden days as such traditional rulers and the people under them used to eat it on special occasions when there is a cause to celebrate great achievements like bountiful harvests, special occasions in palaces and so on. Our old parents met it when they were born even their parents as well, we can say this meal has been in existence, hundreds or thousands of years ago.
How to prepare Adalu
The ingredients for this meal is very natural as I highlighted earlier and those that are to utilized are; Beans, Fresh Corn, Palm oil, Onions, Habanero pepper, and Salt. For this preparation today, let's see the measurable ingredients I have utilized in the table below.
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Beans | 450g |
| Corn | 225g |
| Palm Oil | 50g |
| Habanero Pepper | 9 pieces |
| Onions | 1 sizeable bulb |
Ingredients
Preparation Steps
- The first step is to separate the seeds of the corn from the kernel. The corn would be the first to be cooked in this meal because the cooking time of corn is longer than that of beans. I have utilized a knife for the separation, see the result in the images below.
- I washed the separated seeds in water thoroughly, poured them into the pot filled with water, and placed them on the electric cooker.
Corn being cooked
- While the corn is being cooked, I have blended the pepper and onions manually (using a manual blender). The corn was allowed to cook for 45mins when it's becoming softening and easy to eat. I washed the beans and poured them inside the same pot containing the corn, little salt was added. The onion was also blended and added to the mixture. See the images below.
- The mixture was allowed to cook for 1 hr till the corn and beans are well softened. The blended pepper and palm oil were added to the mixture and stirred.
The mixture was cooked for another 15 minutes and after that, the Adalu meal is ready and served hot.
Hot Adalu served
I can do without Adalu for some time, that's because there are other local delicacies as alternatives, and the fact that it takes longer time to cook Adalu and such time is not always available.
My Recommendations for Adalu
If you follow the steps closely, you will realize that nothing like seasonings was used in the process. This is a completely natural meal and delicious. You don't need any preservatives/additives for this meal which makes it very healthy for human consumption, think of the proteinous beans and high-fiber corn (with Vitamin benefits), you can see what great health benefits you'd be getting from this meal. As such, I highly recommend this meal for you, it's healthy and delicious.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I have shared with you in this piece a very healthy meal known by its local name Adalu (beans and corn) which is very natural, palm oil is a natural extract of palm fruits and salt was just added in little quantity.
Adalu is very nutritious and its existence has been a very long one which makes it hard to trace back to the exact year. I hope you will try to make Adalu someday. Thanks for reading my entry. I hereby invite @dexsyluz, @event-horizon, @olabillions, @pelon53, @edlili24 and @ruthjoe to participate in this contest.
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@fredquantum
Friend, Thanks for sharing this Adalu recpie with us. It looks like a unique recpie. I hope many nigerians are also like it. Nice to know from you that we can make it with the help sweet brown beans and fresh corn and some other ingrediants.
I think that these ingrediants are also available in pakistan and I will also try to make this recpie because it looks so tasty. I am very happy that you like this recpie the most.
At last, thanks for giving us knowledge about this Adalu recpie. How beautiful name the Adalu is. I wish you best of luck for the contest.
Greetings Friend 🇵🇰
Thanks for supporting my article today, @malikusman1. I am glad that you have a few things to learn from this.
Thank you sir for the invite..
This Adalu really looks yummy and very nutritious.
Thanks for visiting. It's actually a very delicious one.
Prof sef sabi cook,
you have demonstrated well on how to prepare adalu meal, as per we are of the same tribe, I can relate to this meal, best when the corn is just harvested, in my case, I will add a little sugar to it, our method can't be the same but still on still this is natural and the end result is enticing
Best of luck bro
You are quite right, bro, fresh corn is utilized for cooking this meal to achieve a great result. I understand some add sugar to their beans and you are just one, I don't quite use that method. Thanks for sparing your precious time to relate to my article today.
Oh you don't, well it the sweetness for me tho, not that it was made compulsory, my.mama never thought me that😁, I choose to add,😋😋
You are welcome
Alright, bro. Have a wonderful night.
Nunca antes habia sido testigo de tan peculiar receta de nigeria, creo que aqui en venezuela estamos acostumbrados a comer el maiz licuados en arepas y cachapas, no creo que me de tiempo de participar xD pero aun asi no me niego a participar
Un grato saludo amigo, que tengas mucha suerte en tu participación!!!
Por cierto, eh escuchado de una versión con mayonesa y diversas salsa en colombia xD creo que es lo mas cercano que tengo a probar geográficamente, me imagino que disfrutaste tu plato, buen provecho
I am familiar with quite a several Arepas in Venezuala, even though I have not prepared one 😊, I will check out the corn liquefied in Arepas and Cachapas and see what they look like. Thanks for honoring my invite, @dexyluz.
Ádálù, or Beans and Corn, is a typical recipe from southeastern Nigeria.
Thank you for telling us part of the history of this dish and its preparation method. It looks really delicious and I hope one day I can try it.
Successes in the contest.
Thanks for spending some time to interact with my article today. I wish you the best in the contest.
Adalu is a good and teasty meal. In my place we call it comechop. But I never know anything about the history of the dish, thank you for telling us the history sir. Your dish is looking so delicious and yummy 😋
Best of luck.
Awesome! I'm glad that you are familiar with the meal and can relate to its richness. That name (comechop) sounds more like a Pidgin English 😊. The meal is actually delicious and I can't get enough of it. Thanks for sparing some time to interact with my article today. I wish you success in the contest as well.
You are welcome sir☺️ thank you for the best wishes.
You have done so wonderful well in your presentation and I believe that I have learn a lot from your post
Corn and bean has always been my best food ever for we always prepared it locally and I most say that I will prepare another one for you have made me to fell as to test it again thanks for sharing
Thank you. I'm glad you can relate with this meal. I wish you good luck in the contest.
Beans is a very popular food in our country, I also ate a few times. But the recipe you shared with us today has never been eaten that way. I got a very good idea through your post. Many thanks to you for sharing this recipe with us. You have presented each step very nicely.
I'm glad you have learned a few things from my article today. Best wishes.
Now i know another name for this delicious meal. We usually call it beans and maize combo. I dont think we have a local name for this meal. And today i have learn a local name call Adalu.
Your presentation is great, learning from you sir and i wish you success in the contest
It's a great pleasure that you can relate with this meal. Thanks for engaging with my article today, @udyliciouz.