Nisha and Nishanth's Culinary Debacles

A recipe i got from a forward which will surely be appreciated by those of us brought up in East Africa. it was kindly pointed out by saju that the posts were from the blog "chachiskitchen.blogspot.com". thank you for the same and apologies that it was wrongly posted - there are pictures available too http://chachiskitchen.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20African%20Influence 'Fried' Mogo – Fried Cassava Mogo is Cassava in Swahili This is a 'no fry', healthy recipe Ingredients 1 large tuber of cassava (or 1 pkt frozen cassava) Juice of 2 Limes 1/2 cup olive oil chili flakes salt Method 1. Cut the tuber into 3 pieces, peel 20 by slitting the skin on one side, the skin will peel of quite easily. 2. cut in large chips and boil with a little salt. (In the case of frozen mogo; boil with some salt) 3. Slice into thin (1/2 - 3/4 inch wide. 4. Mix the olive oil, lime juice, and chili flakes, add to the cassava, toss to ensure that all the pieces are evenly coated. 5. P...

A recipe i got from a forward which will surely be appreciated by those of us brought up in East Africa. Mogo (Cassava) Mogo is another East African food that we relish. It can be eaten just boiled; like the sort we used to get in the canteen at Schools, Tanzania with just some salt and red chilies, yum. It cost 10 cents, for 50 cents you could get it fried with tamarind chutney. We (the girls) also used to sneak out to Deejays on Sunday afternoons, via the kitchen at the back, we were not supposed to eat at Deejays. But every Sunday, we would go for 'a walk' armed with 50 cents from Uncle, straight to Deejays! When we got home Dad and Mom used to wonder why we were not as hungry as we normally were! Ahhhhhhh those were the days. This is a masala version - of mogo =0 A Ingredients 1 large tuber of cassava (or frozen cassava) 1 400gm can of tomatoes; crushed 1 large onion; chopped finely 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon mustard seed 2/3 cloves of garlic; minced 2/3 green chil...

Cassava 2-3 large pieces 1 coconut grated 1 small onion 2-3 green chillies salt to taste Method 1) Peel and cut into halves and remove its center thread 2) Cut into 2-3 inches length pieces. Wash it water and boil with clean water. When ready throw excess water from cassava 3) Take out coconut milk from grated coconut in mixie and keep aside 4) Then add more water and take out second milk with 2 cups of water only and add second milk of coconut to the boiled cassava 5) Add chillies, salt and onion cut into small pieces and cook until second milk dries up. 6) Then stir once or twice only. 7) Add the first milk which is thick and cook for a few minutes only leaving some sauce inside and serve as mail meal. You can add boiled meat pieces of your choice or dry fish pieces Cooking time - Approx 30 minutes.