How to prepare Tubani
How to Prepare Tubani. Tubani also referred to as steamed black-eyed peas’ pudding is a popular Ghanaian dish that is commonly eaten in the northern regions and Zongo communities of Ghana.
The dish consists of a paste made from the flour of black-eyed peas and water which is then cooked after being first wrapped in the sweet-tasting, aromatic leaves of the banana leaves and served with gravy or pepper and sliced onions tossed in hot vegetable oil.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup Black eyed pea flour/cow pea flour
Water
Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon salt petre
DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE TUBANI
In a large bowl, pour moderate water over black eyed pea flour. Beat the mixture in a circular motion till mixture becomes fluffy.
Under medium heat, add a little amount of water into a saucepan and bring to boil.
Wash your banana leaves or corn husk and put some at the base of the saucepan on fire.
Scoop some of the fluffy mixture into some of the leaves and wrap.
Put the wrapped food gently into the water on fire and let it cook for some time.
Cover the top of the water in the saucepan with some of the leaves to cover top
Cover with the saucepan’s lid and let it cook for about twenty minutes. Serve when cooked with gravy or pepper
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How to prepare Tubani
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Black eyed pea flour/cow pea flour
- Water
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon salt petre
Instructions
- In a large bowl, pour moderate water over black eyed pea flour. Beat the mixture in a circular motion till mixture becomes fluffy.
- Under medium heat, add a little amount of water into a saucepan and bring to boil.
- Wash your banana leaves or corn husk and put some at the base of the saucepan on fire.
- Scoop some of the fluffy mixture into some of the leaves and wrap.
- Put the wrapped food gently into the water on fire and let it cook for some time.
- Cover the top of the water in the saucepan with some of the leaves to cover top
- Cover with the saucepan’s lid and let it cook for about twenty minutes. Serve when cooked with gravy or pepper