The Perfect Breakfast Treat - Homemade Pap And Fried Potato Recipe
Pap also known as Ogi in my mother's tongue (Yoruba) is a popular Nigeria breakfast recipe, this recipe combined with any snack is perfect for breakfast. fried potatoes, fried yam, moi moi, akara (beans cake) and even cakes and snacks are best enjoyed with this recipe.
In Nigeria, especially the western part, Pap and fried potatoes is very common, most of the elders in my area preferred taking this before any other meal, my mum is also a big fan of this recipe, this recipe is very quick and easy to make.. Even some youths especially those in higher school (university) take this recipe as breakfast.
Few days ago, I visited my uncle wife who just put to bed, in the morning she asked me to prepare Pap and get some Potatoes and help her fry so she can eat and take her medication. As a food blogger I decided to help her out and also capture the step by step process to share with you guys..
The recipe isn't expensive to make, with few and straightforward steps and will be ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
Pap
Potatoes
Onions
Vegetable Oil
Sugar and Milk for the Pap
Red Pepper
Maggi and Salt.
Preparing The Pap
A lot of people preferred making the Fried potatoes first before making the Pap, while some are do otherwise. In my own case I made the Pap first and later went to fry the potatoes.
Step 1: To make the pap you need to boil water, then get a clean bowl and unwrap the raw pap and dilute with warm or cold water, stir thoroughly till everything dissolved.
Step 5: Add sugar (optional) and mix thoroughly, then bring out the boiled water and gently pour inside the mixture, stir gently to avoid lumps.
Making The Fried Potatoes
You can see that within 3 minutes the Pap is ready, very fast and straightforward. Now frying the potatoes is quite easy as well..
Step 3: Wash and cut the potatoes to your preferred size, then set inside a clean bowl and sprinkles salt all over it.
Step 4: In a small sauce pan, preheat the vegetable oil, quickly fry the onions, then gently add the potatoes one after another, deep frying both sides.
Step 5: Fry all the potatoes till it turns brown, turn of the heat, bring out the pap add milk and sugar if you still want more and enjoy.
Like I stated you can enjoy with any snacks, you can even add Honey to the Pap and enjoy don鈥檛 forget to share with your neighbors 馃榿
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