Danwake is a local northern delicacy,this is the original recipe but can be substituted with flour,this recipe is just perfect and has the taste of original danwake dumplings.
Ingredients
- red millet(dawa) 5cups.
- beans 1 cup.
- cassava flour 1/2 cup (alabo).
- boabab leaves powder(kuka) 3 spoons.
- potash powder 1 tsp ( dissove in 1 cup of water).
- chilli peppers seasoned.
- 1 cup vegetable oil
Procedure
- mix millet and beans together, grind into smooth powder till perfectly soft.
- sift the millet powder and discard the chaff.
- in a medium sized bowl mix the millet powder,boabab powder, and cassava flour.
- now start adding the potash liquid into the bowl containing millet powder and mix using your hands till you achieve a thick dough(the dough should be as thick as chin chin dough,and add water if you feel a cup of water will not be sufficient).
- now boil some water in a big pot and while its still boiling use your hands to scoop the dough making small dumplings.
- keep scooping and throwing the dumplings into the pot of boiling water.
- the balls should be small in sizes.
- after throwing in the dumplings allow to cook on high heat for 30mins.
- after 30mins, drain the dumplings in a colander and pour in a bowl of cold water.
- drain from cold water using a colander.
serve with small desired amount of oil and chilli peppers,onions,tomatoes and veggies of choice.
Hausa version
kayan hadin danwake
- Dawa cup 5.
- wake cup 1.
- alabo rabin cup.
- kuka cokali 3.
- rabin cokali na kanwa.
- yaji.
- mangyada cup 1.
yadda za’a hada danwake
- a gyara waken sai a niqa shi tare da dawan.
- a tankade.
- sai akwaba garin dawan da alabo, da kuma kuka.
- sai a kwaba garin da ruwan kanwa har sai ya hade sosai.
- sai atafasa ruwan zafi a ringa jefa yayan danwake cikin tukunyan ruwan zafi.
- adafa har tsawon mintina 30.
- atsameshi azuba cikin ruwan zafi.
- akuma tsamewa sai aci da yaji,mangyada,timatir da kuma albasa.
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