• Nigerian Masa

    Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of rice (soft fluffy rice like Jasmin, basmati or glutinous rice would do) 3/4 cup of boiled rice 1 tsp of instant yeast 1 tbs of caster sugar 1 cup of warm water 1/4 baking soda oil to fry Directions: Soak the rice for about 5 hours (I soaked mine over… Continue Reading

  • Saving Time

    The last time I made rice masa, it took so long that it actually put me off making some afterwards.  I have been craving masa for some weeks now and I thought I would try to reduce the cooking time by a day! LOL. Here is my new and improved recipe. Rice Masa Ingredients: 1 cup… Continue Reading

  • Masa Masa Masa

    I bought a pack Quinoa ages ago, it had been sitting in my cupboard and just recently overcame the fear of cooking it. I made a jollof out of it (which was actually amazing, yes I didn’t have high hopes!) with half of the pack so we have some more to experiment with. Yay! While researching… Continue Reading

  • How Do You Like It?

    Life is funny sha! Funny how we take things for granted. Masa is one of those Nigerian foods I was never crazy about. I like it, I am or was never crazy about it.  I grew up around it so it was always available. In the eighteen months I spent in Nigeria I don’t remember… Continue Reading