How to make Kunun Gyada, A Northern meal
This particular meal originated from the Northern part of Nigeria and is made using raw groundnuts and rice.
The making of Kunun Gyada draws a whole lot of similarity to how we generally make Akanmu or Ogi which makes it easy for anyone with the knowledge of how to make the latter.
Cooking time
20 minutes
Recipe category
Main dish / Appetizer
Recipe cuisine
Local
Cooking method
Boiling
Recipe Yield
3 servings
Ingredients
8 hours soaked 50g of rice
3 hours soaked 150g of raw groundnut (peanut)
Extracted juice from soaked tamarind
600ml cool water
Instructions
- Blend the groundnuts with 400 mls of water and also the rice with 200ml of water and set aside. Use a chiffon cloth or cheesecloth to strain the blended groundnut to extract the groundnut milk.
- Pour and stir the groundnut milk in a clean pot under medium heat. It should always be stirred to avoid the formation of lumps and also prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- When the groundnut milk boils, gently add the blended rice bit by bit and keep stirring. Add the tamarind juice afterwards too.
- Continue stirring till it completely heats up. Switch off the heat.
Kunun Gyada is ready and should be served hot/warm as a drink on its own or with Akara (Kosai).