Today I'll share with you one of the fastest breakfast options in Nigeria.
Here, breakfast often starts with a delightful local meal called "pap" (also known as akamu or ogi in some cultures). Pap is a porridge that is made from farmented maize or millet. Many Nigerians choose to add honey to their pap to sweeten it and to make it more nutritious. The mixture of honey produces a pleasing flavors and textures.
Pap
Pap, which is the main breakfast (or the star of the meal) is prepared by soaking farmented maize it water and allowing it to soften. Then the grain is blended into a smooth paste and the mixture strained to separate the liquid from the chaff. After the chaff is removed, the liquid is cooked over medium heat with constant stirring to avoid lumps. The pap then thickens gradually while it's on heat, after that it is transferred to a plate or bowl to cool. This is the preparation of the pap from scratch, but Maybe I'll show you the steps in another post. We're just going to focus on making a pap and honey breakfast.
So already processed pap is easily gotten from the market or grocery store.
Many already have it homemade. So each morning we want to have pap, we simply take out the quantity we want and transfer to a bowl.
So to turn it into a delightful breakfast here's just what we need:
- Already processed pap
- Cold water
- Hot water
- Sweetener (Honey, sugar, milk, any of your choice)
Procedure
Start by puting water to boil
Put the quantity of pap you want to make in a bowl
Add cold water to make a watery paste and stir very well to remove lumps
- Wait for the water to boil very well and then slowly add it to the watery paste till it thickens and becomes porridge
After that the honey or any other sweetener is added to it. And then Breakfast is ready!
This can also be served with some fries, plantain, potatoes, beans cake etc. But it can be eaten kike that with honey as breakfast, especially for someone who wants to loose weight. It's a really healthy and nutritious meal and it is known all over the country by every tribe and tongue as the ideal breakfast.
I hope you like it too!