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  • Low Budget Concoction Rice Recipe

    Low Budget Concoction Rice Recipe

    5,000 naira

    Nigerian Meals under 5k

    This Low budget concoction rice recipe is a slightly cheaper version of the Nigerian native jollof rice. It is a popular traditional rice dish with a unique taste and aroma and it’s very easy to make compared to some other nigerian rice dishes. Depending on your budget, you might use alternatives to the key ingredients like smoked dry fish, cow skin and dried prawns. This is a classic Nigerian meal under 5k, here is a recipe on how to make low budget concoction rice. 

    Nigerian Concoction Rice (Native Jollof Rice) 1

    Ready in 45 minutes

    Serves 4 people

    500 calories 

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups Rice ( 1500 naira)
    • Palm oil (300 naira)
    • Chopped Scotch bonnet peppers (300 naira)
    • Onion (100 naira)
    • Smoked fish (1000 naira)
    • Dry fish (500 naira)
    • Dried prawns (500 naira)
    • Cow skin (500 naira)
    • Locust beans (100 naira)
    • 2 seasoning cubes (100 naira)
    • Ugu leaf (100 naira)
    • Salt

    Preparation

    • Parboil the rice by placing it in a pot with enough water and bring to a boil. When the rice is half cooked, strain and set aside. 
    • Next finely chop your peppers and onion.
    Nigerian Concoction Rice (Native Jollof Rice) 2
    • Wash the cow skin thoroughly to remove any sand residue and cut into little pieces like this: 
    Nigerian Concoction Rice (Native Jollof Rice) 3
    • Debone and shread the smoked and dried fish, also remove the heads of the dried prawns and blend them, they are packed with flavor and nice aroma.
    • In a pot, heat the Palm oil, add the chopped onions and locust beans stir and let it fry on low heat for 1-2minutes.
    Nigerian Concoction Rice (Native Jollof Rice) 4
    • Then add the chopped peppers and grounded prawn heads and allow it fry for a few more minutes.
    Nigerian Concoction Rice (Native Jollof Rice) 5
    • Introduce the rice to the pot and add enough water to cover the rice.
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    • Stir and add the smoked and dry fish and prawns on top of the rice. Cover the pot and let the rice cook on low heat for 10-15minutes.
    • When the rice is almost done, add the chopped Ugu leaves, it gives a distinctive flavour and a bit of brightness to the rice.
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    • Mix everything together and your delicious low budget concoction rice is ready to be served. 

    Tips

    When trying to make Nigerian meals under 5k, having ingredients like rice, onions, vegetable or palm oil, seasoning cubes and even crayfish powder helps to reduce the overall cost of making future meals. This low budget concoction rice recipe can be made with less than 3k if you already have certain ingredients at home. 

  • Nigerian Indomie Noodles Recipe

    Nigerian Indomie Noodles Recipe

    Nigerian Meals Under 5k

    The recipes on how to make Nigerian indomie noodles is as numerous as the amount of local government areas in the country. In fact, almost every Nigerian as their special way of preparing noodles, you can prepare Nigerian indomie noodles with egg or with chicken. 

    Ready in 20 minutes

    Serves 2 people

    280 calories 

    Ingredients

    • Indomie noodles 
    • Fresh pepper and onions
    • Eggs
    • Vegetable oil 

    Preparation

    1. Parboil the noodles. I’ll be using superpack indomie noodles, I usually cook two packs for myself. So start by boiling some water in a pot, when the water comes to a roaring boil, add the noodles and allow to cook for about five minutes. This is the recommended cooking time on the noodles packaging. 
    2. When the noodles are cooked to al dente, strain and place back into the pot. 
    3. Fry your egg sauce. In another pot or frying pan, add some vegetable oil and fry your onions and chopped fresh pepper. You can add in some fresh tomatoes and even other vegetables like carrots, green beans and green pepper if you are feeling a bit fancy. But i like to keep it simple and quick. 
    4. Fry the onions and pepper until they become fragrant, i like to add a pinch of seasoning cube, garlic and ginger powder, alongside curry and thyme just for a lil razzle dazzle of flavor. Allow everything to incorporate into each other before introducing the eggs.
    5. Add your beaten raw eggs with a pinch of salt. For the two packs of superpack indomie noodles i fry two eggs. You can make do with one or increase the number of eggs according to your taste and wallet. 
    6. Once the eggs are fully cooked and well mixed in with the pepper sauce, add it to your cooked noodles and mix thoroughly. Place your delicious looking Nigerian noodles on the stovetop and allow to cook for about two minutes so that everything can mix properly and your noodles are ready to be served.

    Tips

    You can make your sauce before cooking the noodles, so that they are nice and fresh when being incorporated into the sauce mixture 

    You can use any type of noodles and they’ll work just fine

    You can fry an extra egg and lay on top of your noodles before serving so it really looks like the noodles sold at those maisha spots. If you are Nigerian, you’ll understand what I’m saying.