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Corn flour doughnut (Banfo bisi or Awiesu)

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• Awiesu or Banfo Bisi

• Awiesu or Banfo Bisi

Corn flour doughnut locally known as banfo bissi is a Gha­naian snack mainly filled with carbohydrates and other nutrients.

The snack has a crunchy exterior and soft in the middle when freshly fried, however, it hardens up when cold.

Ingredients

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200grammes of milled corn flour

25grammes of caster sugar

Pinch of nutmeg

100millemetres of water

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500millemetres of sunflower oil

80grammes of roasted peeled peanuts

Method

-Mix water and 100grammes of the milled corn flour in a saucepan and place on medium heat.

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– Mix the corn flour and water till mixture forms a hard smooth paste. This should take about 8-10 minutes.

-In a bowl, mix the remaining

 100grammes of corn flour, sugar and nutmeg together.

-Transfer the hot dough into the dry corn mixture and mix everything till well combined.

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-With clean hands, scoop a hand­ful of the corn dough mixture and roll it in-between your palm to form an oblong shape.

-Insert a few groundnuts into each shaped corn dough and set aside.

-Pour the sunflower oil into a saucepan and place it on medium heat.

-Test whetheroil is hot by dropping a little corn dough into the oil. If it sizzles, oil is ready.

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– Fry each corn doughnut till it is golden brown and drain off any ex­cess oil on a blotted kitchen paper.

– Serve immediately with ground­nuts and a glass of cold juice.

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Goat light soup

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Goat light soup

Ingredients

-2 pounds of goat meat

-3 large tomatoes

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-3 large onions

-1 large carrot

-Salt to taste

– ¼ garlic

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-4 fresh garden eggs

-Pepper

-2 fresh onions

-4 tablespoonfuls of tomatoe paste

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Preparation

– Wash goat meat in clean water and set aside

-Blend ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes

-In a pot containing the meat, pour the blended mixture and allow it to cook for sometime

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-Add the tin tomato paste, salt, with more water, cover and cook for about 10 minutes

-Place carrot, garden eggs, pepper into a clean pot and pour 1 cup of water into the pot and bring to boil

-Blend cooked carrot, garden eggs, pepper and pour it into the meat and add more water

-Allow to boil for about 5 minutes

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Custard Ice cream

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Creamy custard ice cream

Ingredients

-4 tablespoons Cowbell milk powder

-2 cups of fresh milk

-1 cup of condensed milk (sweetened)

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-2 tablespoons of vanilla custard powder

-1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

-Optional: Sugar (only if you want extra sweetness, since condensed milk is already sweet)

Preparation

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-Mix the custard base in a small bowl to dissolve the custard powder in ½ cup of cold milk to make a smooth paste

-Cook the custard, heat the remaining milk in a saucepan

-Stir in the Cowbell milk powder until fully dissolved

-Add the custard paste and cook on low heat, stirring continuously until it thickens slightly

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-Remove from heat and stir in the condensed milk

-Add vanilla essence for flavour

-Taste and adjust sweetness if needed

-Let the custard mixture cool to room temperature

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-Cover and refrigerate for at least 3–4 hours (overnight is best).

-Pour into a container, and freeze 

 -Scoop into bowls or cones and enjoy your homemade custard ice cream.

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