This is something i love to call the Vintage Nigerian meal…Everybody that lived or lives in Nigeria at some point just had or still has just rice, stew and dodo. This is very simple to prepare and does not take a lot of time. The recipe is seen below
Ingredients
*2cups – Rice
*10 cubes – Beef
*5 Large Tomatoes
*4 pieces -Pepper
*1 stick – Plantain
*3 Cooking Spoons of Vegetable Oil
*4 Cubes of Maggi Cube
* 1 Bulb – Onion
* 1/2 teaspoon – Curry
* Pinch of Thyme
* 1 teaspoon dry pepper
*1 Teaspoon of Salt
* 4 cups of water
#Wash Rice and boil with 2 cups of water till soft and add a pinch of salt.
# Wash beef, season with a pinch of salt, pepper, 1 maggi cube and a spoon of chopped onions and boil for 15minutes
# Wash tomato and pepper and blend with 1 cup of water. Bring to boil for 15minutes
# Heat up two cooking spoons of oil and fry beef till brown
# Chop onions and heat up 1 cooking spoon of oil and fry the onions.
# Pour the boiled tomato and pepper into the oil and fry for 7 minutes
# Add 2 maggi cubes, salt, dry pepper, curry and thyme and stir. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes on low heat
#Dice the plantain and fry
Serve Hot!
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