Masa//A Perfect Breakfast For The Day
I had no doubt about what pictures I will flaunt us with since I was on my way to go and have my breakfast when I saw the notification for edition three task. While I clean my hands to have my breakfast, I also cleaned my camera to feed your eyes very well with one of the most popular variety of food in the north central part of Nigeria. The picture above is a picture of "Masa" a dough made from either rice or maize flour or sometimes both. Sometimes masa is prepared in such a way it can be consume with soup and sometimes it is prepared with sugar so that you will not need to add soup to it before consumption.
Though, I stay in the middle belt region of Nigeria, I am not Hausa by tribe because that's the most dialect found around this region. The Hausa people are fond of eating masa very well which gave me a easy access to the food whenever I want to get it. I have develop a strong passion for masa and don't get tired of eating it specially when it is prepared very well.
Preferably, I love the one that goes with the soup maybe because I have been eating it like that for a while but I've tasted the both and the one that is mixed with soup stands out to be the best for me.
The soup is made up of beans and vegetables, some people will only do it with vegetables but most people do it with the beans soup. The one I had for breakfast is with beans soup as you can see above. I added some dry pepper because I couldn't taste enough pepper in the soup, the meal was delicious and without fault.
I took a bravery step to take some shots of the Masa while it was on fire, I wanted to show you all what "The Local Masa Pan" looks like.
If you look at the pan, it's actually different from other types of cooking pots, the pan has tiny little spots which the maize and rice recipe is poured into for frying, it is after the frying before you have the doughnuts. It wasn't easy to take those pictures but thank God I was able to convince the person selling it so I could bring pictures for my friends on Hive and tell them about her delicious masa. I don't really know all the procedures for making the masa but I know that both cooked rice and uncooked rice are used in the process.
The rice will then be grinded very well in the engine and for those that do add corn flower will also do same. A little yeast is added and allow to rise for six or more hours so that when it is on fire it will be able to swell up a bit. I could also take a short of the grinded recipe that was waiting to enter the pan for transformation, below is the grinded rice which is used for the masa.
Rice is carbohydrates and the beans used in making the soup contains protein, vegetables, fats and oil. It is actually a good and rich meal not to joke with, It was indeed a great experience. Hope you had fun reading through..