Danwake

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.