How to prepare Tom Brown
How To Prepare Tom Brown. Ghana Tom Brown porridge is among the most favored meals for breakfast on the African continent.
The recipe for making Tom Brown porridge is quite simple. The hard part is accessing the corn flour.
Ghana’s Tom Brown porridge is highly popular due to its distinctive brown color.
The process of obtaining the corn flour involves lightly toasting the corn and later grinding it.
Tom Brown can also be a combination of yellow corn, millet, guinea corn (cereals), groundnut (peanuts) , crayfish, dates(sweetener) and soy beans (legumes).
WHAT CAN YOU EAT WITH TOM BROWN?
Tom Brown can be eaten entirely alone, but you can combine it with:
EVAPORATED MILK
CONDENSED MILK
BREAD( TEA BREAD, FRENCH BREAD…ETC)
This is of the essential meal for babies if you want to wean them and want them looking well fed after breast milk.
And for adults who are always have busy schedules and may have to leave very early in the morning to their place of work, tom brown is exactly what you need. It’s easy and simple. This will save you time especially if you are on the go.
Also, because of its rich contents, this fiber makes you feel fuller for long causing you to focus on your most important tasks for the day.
Learn How To Prepare Tom Brown with these simple steps.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF TOM BROWN.
Helps in controlling diabetes and also serve serves as energy booster.It enhances the health of the eye due to the presence of vitamins and minerals.
High-fibre content which helps in reducing cholesterol level and improves bowl issues like constipation.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
Corn(Maize, Yellow or sorghum)
Milk
Sugar
Honey (optional)
Salt
Nutmeg (optional)
Cinnamon powder(optional)
DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE TOM BROWN
Buy dried yellow corn or guinea corn(sorghum) or maize corn. Remove the stones and other foreign particles amongst the corn.
On a low heat, roast corn until its turned golden brown. Here you can add roasted peanuts, dates, soy beans if using then send to the grinding mill or use a high power blender. Ground them into a powder form.
Tom brown powder is ready! Pour it inside a dry container to preserve it.
Put a quantity of roasted corn flour in a bowl, slowly add water and stir well until a thick mixture is formed .(Crush all small lumps formed)
Boil hot water(Quantity of water shouldn’t be more than paste mixture). Then, when the water vapor bubbles is quite noticeable, add the paste mixture.
Stir continuously until it thickens. Add little pinch of salt and nutmeg if using
For a spicy taste, add some cinnamon powder to the mixture and stir
Add more water if the paste is too thick for you.
Likewise, add more roasted corn flour if the paste is too thin
Add honey or sugar to taste and stir consistently
Reduce heat and allow the mixture to boil for about 5 minutes
Adjust sugar. Remove from heat and serve tom brown hot
You can serve this yummy cereal with milk, sweeteners and some slice of bread.
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Q&A MOST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GHANA TOM BROWN PORRIDGE:
Is it good to eat porridge every day? The intake of this type of porridge daily stabilizes the blood sugar levels. This reduces attacks against the body enhancing your system at the end of the day.
Is Tom Brown porridge healthy? It has been confirmed that the Ghana Tom Brown porridge is healthy and recommended to all including the young and the old. If possible, it is best to ensure you eat some porridge a few times a week. The Ghana Tom Brown porridge is not only pocket-friendly but also nutritious and delicious for everyone. Try the recipe and give your taste buds a treat.
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,BUT BY EVERY WORD(JESUS) THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.kjv
Ingredients
- Corn(Maize, Yellow or sorghum)
- Milk
- Sugar
- Honey (optional)
- Salt
- Nutmeg (optional)
- Cinnamon powder(optional)
Instructions
- Buy dried yellow corn or guinea corn(sorghum) or maize corn. Remove the stones and other foreign particles amongst the corn.
- On a low heat, roast corn until its turned golden brown. Here you can add roasted peanuts, dates, soy beans if using then send to the grinding mill or use a high power blender. Ground them into a powder form.
- Tom brown powder is ready! Pour it inside a dry container to preserve it.
- Put a quantity of roasted corn flour in a bowl, slowly add water and stir well until a thick mixture is formed .(Crush all small lumps formed)
- Boil hot water(Quantity of water shouldn't be more than paste mixture). Then, when the water vapor bubbles is quite noticeable, add the paste mixture.
- Stir continuously until it thickens. Add little pinch of salt and nutmeg if using
- For a spicy taste, add some cinnamon powder to the mixture and stir
- Add more water if the paste is too thick for you.
- Likewise, add more roasted corn flour if the paste is too thin
- Add honey or sugar to taste and stir consistently
- Reduce heat and allow the mixture to boil for about 5 minutes
- Adjust sugar. Remove from heat and serve tom brown hot
- You can serve this yummy cereal with milk, sweeteners and some slice of bread.