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Special Dishes and Drinks
Special dishes are cooked during special occasions and ceremonies like Christmas, Eld-el Kabir, birthday, wedding, child naming, and festivals, among others. The dishes may be continental or traditional.
Examples of Continental Dishes
- Vegetable salad
- Roasted chicken
- Iced cake
- Swiss roll
- Chicken pie
- Scotch egg
- Fried rice
- Meat pie
- Drinks- wine, minerals, malt, etc
Examples of Traditional Dishes
- Rice and stew
- Pepper soup
- Jollof rice
- Suya/sere, dambo nama
- Fried plantain, fried potato chips
- Fried meat, chinchin
- Fried chicken
- Drinks- kunu, zobo, palm wine, lemonade, etc
Methods of Cooking
- Boiling
- Frying
- Stewing
- Roasting
- Steaming
- Baking
- Grilling
Cooking Traditional dishes
How to fry Plantain
Ingredients- Some plantain, salt, oil for deep frying
Equipments– Kitchen knife, sieve, Plate, mixing bowl, frying spoon, deep frying pan
Method
- Peel the plantain
- Slice thinly and put in a sieve
- Heat the oil until smoking, hot
- Fry slices of plantain in small quantities
- Reduce the heat and fry until golden brown
- Remove and drain in a sieve
- Sprinkle little salt to taste
- Serve in a plate
Quiz
- What are special dishes?
- Mention five traditional dishes.
- List five methods of cooking.
- State five continental dishes
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