How do you say happy birthday in Ibibio?

Answer 1

200 gms: Refined flour

1-2 nos. Eggs

1 tbsp: Fresh Basil (finely chopped)

1 tbsp: Five Spice powder

To taste: Salt

1 tbsp: Sesame oil

1 nos. Red Bell Pepper (cut into juliennes)

4 nos. Spring Onion (finely sliced)

1 tbsp: Szechwan paste

1 tsp: Ramdev Black Pepper powder

Method

1. Combine flour, egg, basil, five spice powder and salt and knead to a semi-stiff smooth dough.

2. Roll into a sheet using pasta machine and then into noodles.

3. Cook them into salted water.

4. Heat oil in a wok, add red bell pepper and spring onion and stir fry quickly on a high flame.

5. Add Szechwan sauce and toss well

6. Then add cooked noodles and season accordingly.

7. Roll noodles with fork then place into a bowl and garnish with red pepper and fresh basil.

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Chicken Brinjal Surprise with Tomato Red Curry and Potato Chips

Ingredients

For Chicken Tangri

4 nos. Chicken Leg pieces

1 ½ cup Amul Curd (hung)

1 tsp Ramdev Red Chilli powder

1 tsp Ramdev Turmeric powder

1 tsp Ramdev Garam Masala powder

3 nos. Green Chillies (finely chopped)

1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp Cumin seeds

To taste Salt

2 tbsp Besan (dry roasted)

For frying Fortune Refined Oil

For Chicken Brinjal Surprise

4 nos. Large Brinjals (2 whole brushed with oil, 2 sliced thickly)

2 tbsp Amul Butter

3 nos. Onions (finely chopped)

10-12 cloves Garlic (finely chopped)

4 nos. Green Chillies (finely chopped)

4 nos. Tomatoes (finely chopped)

400 gm Boneless Chicken (cut into tiny dices)

1 ½ tsp Ramdev Red Chilli powder

1 tsp Ramdev Turmeric powder

1 tsp Ramdev Amchur powder

To taste Salt

150 gm Parmesan cheese (grated)

2 pcs Amul Gouda Cheese

150 gm Amul Mozzarella Cheese

For the Gravy

6 nos. Tomatoes (diced)

4 nos. Onions (diced)

3 nos. Black Cardamom

5 nos. Green Cardamom

50 gm Cashew nuts

4-5 nos. Whole Red Chillies (dried)

2"piece Ginger

10 cloves Garlic

3-4 nos. Green chillies

3 sprigs Basil leaves

1 cup Tomato puree

50 gm Amul Butter

100 ml Amul Cream

To taste Salt

4 sprigs Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)

For Potato Chips

2 nos. Potatoes (peeled and cut into paper thin slices)

For frying Fortune Refined Oil

To taste Salt

1/4th tsp Ramdev Chaat Masala

Method

Chicken Tangri

1. Make cuts in the chicken leg and keep aside.

2. Combine hung curd with red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, green chillies, ginger-garlic paste, cumin seeds, salt and besan. Mix well and rub into chicken. Leave aside for half an hour.

3. Half hour later deep fry marinated chicken leg till golden and cooked. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.

For Chicken Brinjal Surprise

4. Roast brinjals on an open flame, peel and MASH well. Keep aside.

5. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a pan and add onions and garlic and sauté till golden. Add green chillies and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.

6. Mix in chicken pieces, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchur powder and salt. Mix in mashed roasted brinjal, remove from flame and mix in parmesan.

7. Sprinkle over sliced brinjals with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tbsp butter and sear the brinjals.

8. Preheat oven to 100*C. Arrange seared brinjals on a baking tray and top with some chicken mixture. Top with 3 alternate layers of seared brinjals and chicken filling. Top with a slice of gouda cheese and some mozzarella and bake for 5 minutes.

For Gravy

9. For the gravy, combine tomatoes, onions, black and green cardamom, cashewnuts, both types of chillies, ginger, garlic and basil. Add 2 cups water and boil till ingredients are cooked. Puree the mixture in a blender and pass through a sieve.

10. Heat butter in a pan and add prepared gravy mixture. Also mix in tomato puree, cream and salt and cook the gravy till it thickens and till tomato puree gets cooked.

Potato Chips

11. Heat oil in a kadhai and deep fry potato slices till golden and crisp. Remove, drain on absorbent paper and toss with salt and chaat masala while still hot. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.

Assembling

12. Spread tomato gravy on a serving plate, place fried chicken leg on it and drizzle over with more gravy. Place brinjal stack next to it and arrange potato chips around it.

Barfi Gulkand recipe by Zebi Zubair

Ingredients

1 cup Amul Paneer (grated)

1 cup Khoya (grated)

½ cup Tangerine pulp

For Gulkand

4 tbsp Sugar

1 cup Rose petals

6 nos. Magai paan leaves (shredded)

1 tbsp Marmalade

Method

1. Combine paneer and khoya and mix thoroughly. Mix in tangerine pulp, spread into a tray and refrigerate.

2. Combine sugar with 1 cup water and rose petals and cook till it becomes like a jam. When thick, remove and cool. Mix in shredded paan leaves and keep aside.

3. Cut set paneer mixture into even sized pieces, spread over with marmalade and top with prepared gulkand.

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Benarsi Kemami Sivaiain recipe by Zebi Zubair

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg Benarsi Siwai

• 1 kg Khoya

• 2 kg Sugar

• 1/2 kg Pure ghee

• 3 drops Kevra essence

• 10 pieces Green cardamom

• 1 piece Nutmeg

• 100 g Makhana (chopped)

• 1 piece Coconut whole (gari)

• 100 g Cashewnut

• 100 g Almond

• 100 g Kishmish

• 5 pieces Silver foil (chandi ka waraq)

Method

In a pan add ghee and roast the sewai till brown. Add sugar, water, khoya and milk to a pan and bring to a boil till you get a four string consistency. Shallow-fry the dry fruits in oil. Add the roasted sewai to the dry fruits and sugar syrup. Cook on a slow flame for five minutes. Remove from heat and then add kewra essence (3 drops) in the mix. Season with cardamom powder and zaifal powder, rest it for 4 minutes. Decorate with silver foil and fried dry fruits before serving.

Answer 2

African isn't a language. Most African countries speak French or English.

Answer 3

Anuri ubochi amurugi di kwara gi

Answer 4

murnar cika shekara

Answer 5

Eku Ojobi

Answer 6

Birthday blessings ma. May all your wishes and prayers for this new year come true. Happy Birthday!