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Recipe Name:Chermoula Sauce

Preparation Time: Less then 15 mins

Cooking Time :20 mins

Ingredients :

• 4 cloves garlic, peeled

• 1 tbs salt

• 2⁄3 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro

• 1⁄3 cup finely chopped parsley

• 1½ tbs  sweet paprika

• ½ tbs ground cumin

• 1⁄8 tbs cayenne pepper

• 2 tbs  freshly squeezed lemon juice

• ¼ cup olive oil

Method:

1. Place the garlic and salt in a food processor and process to combine.
2. Add the cilantro, parsley, paprika, cumin, pepper, and lemon juice.
3. Process for 1 minute. Add the oil and process for another minute.

Your Chermoula Sauce is ready now.

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Recipe Name :Kuku Paka

Preparation Time : Less then 40 Mins

Cooking Time : 2 Hours

Ingredients :

• 3 spoonfuls cooking oil or butter
• 1  finely chopped Onion
• 2   chopped bell papers
• 1 garlic, minced
• 1/2  teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• a few whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 chicken, cut into small serving-sized pieces
• 1 cup water
• 4  potatoes, cleaned and cut into quarters
• 3  ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
• 2  cups coconut milk
  
• fresh cilantro or parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method :

1. Heat the oil in a large pot or dutch oven. Over high heat fry the onions and green peppers for a few minutes, stirring constantly Stir in the minced garlic and fry for a minute longer. Add the spices and salt and mix well.
2. Add the chicken to the pot. (Add another spoonful of oil if necessary to keep chicken from sticking.) Brown the chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken and set aside.
3. Add the water to the pot and bring to a slow boil. Add the potatoes and cook them until they begin to become tender. Return the chicken to the pot and continue to cook at a low boil, stirring occasionally, until the chicken and potatoes are done.
4. Stir in the tomatoes and cook for a few minutes more. Then add the coconut milk, reduce heat, and gently stir and simmer until sauce is thickened. Stir in the lemon juicec. Garnish with the fresh coriander leaves or parsley immediately before serving.

Recipe Name: Chicken Pie

Preparation Time  : less then 45 mins

Cooking Time : 2 Hours

Ingredients :

• 5-lb  roasting hen
• 1 peeled and quartered Onion
• 6  allspice
• 4  cloves
• 1/4 tsp. mace
• 1 tsp. salt
• 6 peppercorns
• 1/2 lb. Ham (cubed)
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/4 cup cream of Wheat
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbls. lemon juice
• 2 hard-boiled eggs (sliced)
• 1 recipe puff pastry (see below)
• 1 egg – beat with 1 tbls.
• water

Method:

1. In a large pot or dutch oven, place Chicken, Onion, allspice, cloves, mace, salt and peppercorns. Add 3 cups of water and bring all to a boil. Lower the heat, cover and simmer until tender – one to two hours. Then place Chicken on a platter to cool. Strain out spices and save 3 cups chicken stock. When Chicken is cool, debone Chicken and cut into 1-inch pieces and throw the skin away. Next, make sauce as follows: Add wine to chicken stock, bring to a boil and slowly add cream of Wheat. Reduce heat to low, stir constantly until thickens. In a small bowl, mix together egg yolks and lemon juice. Stir 3 to 4 tbls. of sauce into yolks and then add yolk mixture to sauce. Bring to a boil for one minute. Then remove from heat.
2. Place 1/2 deboned Chicken in a baking dish, scatter chopped Ham on top, then place a row of egg slices. Redo above and then pour sauce over the two layers.
3. Make top puff pastry as follows: Cut 1/4 lb. sweet butter into two cups of flour until it is the consistency of pie dough. Add 4 to 6 tbls. water and knead into a ball. flour a board and roll out with a floured rolling pin as you would pie dough. Place on top of baking dish and pinch edges. Brush top with water and egg mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.

Recipe name: Sousi Pa Gnon

Preparation Time : 30 mins

Cooking Time : 1 Hour

Ingredients:

• 6 pa gnon (catfish)
• 1 fully grown coconut
• Kaffir lime leaves
• 2 dried chilli peppers soaked in water
• 7 sm dried chilli peppers soaked in water
• spring onion leaves
• fish sauce
• chopped coriander leaves
• ground black pepper
• salt

Method:

Fish preparation: scrape off the mucus from the skin, gut the fish, cut off and discard the heads and tails, wash the fish and salt them.

Coconut preparation: split open-grate the meat and squeeze two extractions of coconut milk from it, keeping the first extraction Separate from the second one-quantity, one soupbowl of each

Put the first extraction of coconut milk in a wok on the fire until it becomes creamy. Then add the “kheuang hom” and fry it until it gives off a good aroma. Add the fish gently, stir thoroughly, then add fish sauce and the second extraction of coconut milk. When the fish are cooked, taste and check the saltiness. Add the Kaffir lime leaves. Transfer to a serving-dish, garnish with the chopped spring onion leaves and coriander and ground black pepper, and serve.

Recipe Name: Fufu and Pepper Soup

Preparation Time : 10 to 20 Mins

Cooking Time :30 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 pig foot

• 1 lb stewing beef

• 2 lbs soup bones

• 1 lb shrimp (with shells)

• 3 crabs (cleaned and cut in half)

• 1 large onion (chopped)

• 1 1/2 C whole okra

• 2 tsps salt

• 3 tsps seasoned salt

• 1 tsp ground black pepper

• 1 or 2 Tbs tomato paste

• 1 pod of orange habenero hot pepper

• 2 bonnies

• 1 piece dried fish (about 2 inches)

• 1 piece dried meat (about 2 inches)

• 2 Maggi chicken soups (optional)

• 3 bitter balls

• 1 large Orange (see Tips)

• Fufu

Preparation:

Cut the pig foot into 6 pieces. Wash and boil separately until soft. Rinse off and set aside.

Cut stewing beef and soup bones into 1 inch pieces. Peel bonnies and remove bones. Break into small pieces. Wash and cut dried fish into 1 inch pieces. Clean crab, remove back shell, and break each in two pieces.

Combine pig foot, beef, soup bones, bonnies, crabs, shrimp, dried fish, and dried meat in a pan and wash.

Add 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, and 2 tsp seasoned salt. Stir to spread seasoning evenly. Let sit for 20 minutes.

Slice onion. Chop up your hot pepper finely. Cut your bitter boils into quarters. Cut ends from okras.

Transfer all ingredients to as 8 quart pot. Add water to pot so that it is 3/4 full (two inches from the top).

Add tomato paste, 1 tsp of seasoned salt and 1/2 tsp of black pepper.

Taste your soup. Add 1 more tsp of salt according to taste. Add one or two Maggi cubes if desired.

Bring soup to a boil on high. Reduce heat to medium high. Half-cover pot and boil slowly until the soup is dry and the pot is 1/2 full.