Monday, 21 March 2011

My Lovely People, I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Hi Everyone!

So its Mr Lashes birthday on Saturday the 26th of March and I was thinking of cooking for him.

Now I can cook the rices and efo's and other somewhat basic foods of the world but I can't make banga soup. Mr Lashes is Urhobo and I thought it would be a nice surprise to make that for dinner on the Friday or the Sunday.

For the birthday, I was thinking of getting a hotel on the Saturday, (I was thinking outside London before but since the nice driving assessor man  decided to fail me, that's not happening). We could check in, go to Oxford Circus to get his present, come back, go out for dinner/maybe see a movie then go back to the hotel room. Have a lie in on the Sunday, go and get breakfast then check out and go home.

So what do you think about the hotel idea???

Anyone have a recipe for Banga Soup?

What else can I make for him?


Any Urhobo recipes that will remind him of home?? I know he'll appreciate anything with fish, seeing as I've only made him fish based foods twice in the past three years as I can't stomach the stuff.

Thanks in Advance :-)

xxPretty Lashesxx
Posted by Pretty Lashes at 13:40
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14 comments:

  1. 9jaFOODie21 March 2011 at 15:27

    "bANGA SOUP / OBE EYIN serves 4



    Palm-nut soup

    500g / l1b Assorted parts of meat
    225g / 8oz stockfish (pre-soaked)
    225g / 8oz bushmeat (washed)
    1kg / 2Ib oil-palm nuts
    225g / 8oz ground crayfish
    1pt stock or water
    225g / 8oz Okro (sliced)
    100g / 4oz ground pepper
    1 onion (sliced)
    salt to taste


    Place the washed meat in a large pot, add a drop of water or stock season with salt and ground pepper and boil for 30 minutes or until tender.

    Add the smoked fish and stockfish, cook for another 10 minutes. Prepare the oil-palm nut to extract the oil by boiling the washed nuts for 20 minutes until soft. Remove from water and pound to remove the oil. Pass through a sieve to separate the kernels from the chaff. Pour the strained pulp into the meat together with the sliced peppers onions' tomatoes puree and Okro. Sprinkle in the crayfish and cook for 15minutes until the soup is fairly reduced and thickened to coat the back of spoon. Check seasoning and serve with pounded yam (Iyan) or Usin/Egun obobo (starch & plantain pudding).

    VARIATIONS
    Fresh fish crayfish and shrimps could be used instead of meat with a small amount of ground egusi (melon seeds) added instead of Okro. Freshly washed bitter leaf could also be added."
    the recipe is a copy and paste from online Nigeria.it works great with little needed variation.
    the hotel idea sounds great!!! book a spa hour at the hotel.... that might take it up a little (in my opinion :d)
    awww....Mr Lahes is a lucky man to av u o.

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  2. Pretty Lashes21 March 2011 at 16:08

    Thank you 9jaFoodie, I was really hoping you'll see this and reply...that sounds do-able!

    He really is, I tell him all the time :p

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  3. 9jaFOODie21 March 2011 at 16:49

    You are welcome :D.

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  4. Anonymous21 March 2011 at 21:05

    Mr Lashes is my birthday mate......dont even knw what to do with myself that day, my husband is travelling on Wednesday
    You can make a nice grilled fish, urobo men love anything fish.

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  5. Tiaraoluwa (Of God's Body)22 March 2011 at 01:13

    Awww the hotel thingy sounds like a good idea...have fun and good luck:)

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  6. kitkat22 March 2011 at 02:23

    9ja foodie to the rescue!! i was going to suggest u ask her before seeing she had commented already.
    since u have the recipe, u cn do the banga soup for him..but the hotel plan sounds real good too!
    goodluck :)

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  7. Pretty Lashes22 March 2011 at 10:45

    Happy Birthday in advance Kiki! ;) Mr Lashes is a fish kind of man...since I don't finish work till half five on fridy and its an easy hour and a half commute to his, I might just make this on Friday and make the banga soup next weekend when I can take my time with it.

    Thank you Miss KitKat and Iwalewa..will definitely update next week to let you all know how it went.:-*

    xx

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  8. N.I.L (Naijamum in London)22 March 2011 at 16:55

    I knew 9ja foodie would be the best person to ask! The wonders of blogging

    Just a PS - Since you are in London, I wanted to tell you that you will not be able to get fresh palm nut.

    I use tinned palm nut 'juice' - and the best brand I have used is called TROFAI. You can find it in most African foodstores.

    Tell oga say I say ....'Migwo'

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  9. Pretty Lashes22 March 2011 at 17:17

    Thanks Naijamum, just as well I'd not gone to the African shop yet, DEMANDING they give me palm nuts!! =))

    :)at 'Migwo'. That's about all I know how to say, I'm learning though, I'M LEARNING!!!

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  10. Molara Brown22 March 2011 at 18:01

    9ja foodie to the rescue...just do your best to make the day a beautiful one for Mr. Lashes.

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  11. Blessing23 March 2011 at 05:47

    I hope the Mr. appreciates all your efforts...Happy Birthday to him, wish him many more... have fun!!!

    And send me some Banga soup o ;-)

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  12. Ibifiri Kamson23 March 2011 at 11:32

    Hello nice blog just started following you. Thank you for becoming a follower of secretlilies, although late, wish mr lashes a happy birthday... I love your name " pretty lashes.
    www.secretlilies.blgospot.com

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  13. Anonymous2 April 2011 at 20:39

    I think the hotel idea is great! Change of scenery is always goo. And listen to 9jafoodie :D

    Adiya

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  14. doll (retired blogger)9 May 2011 at 20:00

    i see you got the recipe. hope it came out well?

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