Danwake Recipe

The first time I heard about Danwake was from one of my hausa friends and she admitted that it was one of her favourite dishes especially served with a very spicy sauce and I use the term sauce loosely. The sauce comprising of oil, pepper, salt. She also said sometimes it is served with lemon which I found slightly odd. I decided not to go the lemon route in this one. I did add some bell pepper and shredded chicken as my twist. Basically, danwake seems like beans dumpling which also gave me another idea on what to do with all this excess bean flour I had. Yay! Being that is a northern dish, kuka flour had to be incorporated however, I have heard there are already danwake flour mix’s available in some stores and market so you can go that route. Enjoy this simple recipe.

Recipe for Danwake

Ingredients

1.5 cups of bean flour

1 tablespoon of kuka flour (greenish in color)

1 medium piece of edible potash (baking soda is a good substitute)

1 cup of water

For the sauce

1 cup of Shredded chicken breast (Pre-cooked)

1 cup of shredded bell peppers

1 small onion (chopped)

2 small scotch bonnet peppers (ata rodo)

1/2 Seasoning cube

1/2 teaspoon of suya spice

1 cooking spoon of vegetable oil

Method

In a bowl, mix the bean and kuka flour.

In a separate bowl, dissolve the potash in a cup of warm water and slowly pour into the flour mix till its all incorporated.

You should have a thick paste

In a boiling pot of water, scoop some danwake into the pot with your hand and form little balls.

Boil/steam on medium heat for about 40 minutes so it can cook all the way through.

For the spicy sauce, in a pan of hot oil, stir fry the shredded chicken, and vegetables with the spices and seasonings.

Once the danwake is ready, serve with the spicy shredded chicken sauce.

Tip from an Afrolems follower: To make it better and smoother, use more of cassava flour and plain (wheat) flour than the bean flour itself. Ratio 1:1:1 It will be so much better.
To make it healthier you can use also whole wheat flour but that makes it’s consistency hard.