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My personal secret to the best Nigerian tomato stew. Cooking very good tasting Nigerian stew is easy. My little stew secret will help you cook the best tomatoes stews without scratching your head.
Frying tomatoes for preservationThere are 2 methods I use to get great Nigerian tomato stew. 1. I boil the tomatoes before blending with tatashe and onion. 2. I blend tomatoes and tatashey together before boiling. However, I do not boil for long and empty my gas cylinder because excess water is drained out with a sieve. I cannot remember ever cooking Nigerian tomato stew that doesn’t taste wonderful. Every time I cook tomato stew, it turns out great because I don’t just do the normal blend and How to cook tasty Nigerian tomato stew: Method 1
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| boiling tomatoes before blending. Remember to blend with pepper (Tatashey) and onion for good flavor. Fry with seasoning too before storing in the freezer. It saves time later. I learnt this from my Auntie as a teenager, so you see, I don’t forget easily *rolls eyes*.
This tip has been kept close to my heart till today, and I am going to scoop it out to you my blog reader.
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Different experiences with nigerian tomato stew
Cooking good Nigerian tomato stew is a skill.
Direction for cooking good Nigerian tomato stew:
Direction: My personal secret to the best Nigerian tomato stew
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- Do you still blend your tomatoes before boiling? Why waste all that time and gas?
- Stop that right away, take your tomatoes home.
- Wash and chop into the pot.
- Boil it.
- Drain the excess water and allow to cool a bit
- Blend your tomatoes with some onion and fresh red pepper.
- Boil a little bit to the consistency you prefer or just fry in hot cooking oil.
- A little ground crayfish does wonders. i.e to those who like crayfish stew.
- Enjoy and share with those who care to accept change! Good luck!
NOTE: your canned tomato could be added to the blended tomato, OR boiled with the blended tomato BEFORE FRYING!! How To Preserve Fresh Tomatoes: I like to fry until the oil begins to separate from the tomatoes and I begins to create dimples in the tomatoes.
Good Tomato stew TIP:
Frying with pepper, onion, seasoning and salt is a saver. Whenever you need tomato to cook other dishes, or stew, what you do is bring out the fried preserved tomato and just add to the meat stock, like magic, your stew is ready. This way, you don’t cook stew afresh every time you need it.
How to make Nigerian stew that everyone wants to eat: Method 2.
INGREDIENTS FOR A BIG POT OF NIGERIAN TOMATO STEW:
Ingredients
- 1 small basket tomatoes
- 11/2 basket red bell peppers (Tatashey)
- 2 large onion bulbs
- Two Seasoning cubes
- 2 kg beef
- 1 teaspoon ground fresh pepper or more if you love spicy food
- Salt to taste
- 5 cups Vegetable oil for frying, you can add more later or scoop out excess depending on how oily you love your tomato stew
COOKING STEPS:
If the quantity of tatashey (Red bell pepper) is more than the tomatoes, then you may not need to boil tomatoes first before blending as that proportion will automatically give you a tasty pot of stew.
Blend everything raw and fry or boil first before frying, whichever route you chose, the destination will sure be delicacy. Remember! More tatashey t (RED BELL PEPPERS) than tomatoes. Also add onion to blend and your delicious pot of tomato stew is ready.
Also Read our 10 ingredients for good tomato stews
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Hmm… interesting. Living abroad and not having the usual Nigerian tomato, my stew usually suffers loss and I hate to admit that I am one of those that used to boil till it burns but then I started adding crayfish. Don't even question me! It came out great. It takes out the 'live' taste of the tomato and adds a different flavor…
But I'll try this once. If it works… I'll take all credit for it amongst my family (lol). If it doesn't… I will kill you! lmao
Ha ha ha! Adding crayfish to stew gives it a different yummy flavour. It takes away that raw, kind of sour tomato taste. I also add crayfish sometimes, so thanks for reminding me "cos I haven't added in a long while. Boiling takes away that raw taste, and I think you will Love it, so, I still have many years to live. Lol!!
Hi,this is coming really late,but,i think boiling of tomato before blending and even excessive frying leads to loss of nutrients.
Yes, cooking generally destroys nutrients. When I want to eat with all the nutrients intact, I just go for salads. I love tomato salads. That way nothing is destroyed by heat.
We cannot live on only raw foods because we want to preserve all the nutrients. Moderate cooking is OK. Do not over boil the tomatoes. Once the water seeps into the pot, drain and blend. You can even chop and fry if you don't mind the tomato chunks in your plate. Try it and see the difference OK?
NOTE: your canned tomato should be boiled with the blended tomato BEFORE FRYING!!
My qtn is how do i boil d canned tomato wit d blended tomato n stil drain it out, won't d canned tomato be drained out as well? Pls more details. Meanwhile I luv ur blogs!!! U hv kept me glued 2 it since dis morning!!! Lols
Wow. Just discovered ur blog and I'm really impressed. I've bookmarked already and I'm just waiting to finish typing dis before sharing with friends on my bbm group (remember me wen d cash starts rolling in). Lol. Welldone dear.
Wow! Just discovered ur blog and I have it bookmarked already (shows I'm going to be here always) btw I'm sharing the page with 30 ladies on my BB group (remember me wen d cash starts rolling in). Lol. Tnx for a good job.
Thank you! thanks for sharing and getting ready to enjoy the cash.:)(:
How far NR? You haven't killed me o, so, that means it worked. Yay!
Thank you! sorry I could not reply early due to loss of internet connection at the location I traveled to.
After blending, you do not need to drain again. Draining comes after boiling the chopped tomatoes. Hope I answered you. Thanks for reading!
Wow. Just discovered ur blog and I'm really impressed. I've bookmarked already and I'm just waiting to finish typing dis before sharing with friends on my bbm group (remember me wen d cash starts rolling in). Lol. Welldone dear.
Wow. Just discovered ur blog and I'm really impressed. I've bookmarked already and I'm just waiting to finish typing dis before sharing with friends on my bbm group (remember me wen d cash starts rolling in). Lol. Welldone dear.
But wait oh. Wen i preserve dis tomato eh,can i use it to eat rice like dat? Can i use it as a fully made stew? Or do i need to do any further tin? Hpe u get my questn.
Yes Sheila, you can use it for anything. Only thing is, there is no meat, fish or chicken there yet, and you have not added it to any stock to enhance the taste. If you can eat without meat, why not.
I have learnt ohhhhhhh
Hi, I always feel bad when I cook stew and it tastes sour,I feel so ashamed of myself….my question is am I to add water in the chopped tomato for boiling or would I just put the tomato in the pot and boil, and must I reboil the blended tomato again before frying,I feel it's a whole waste of time,what if my husband is starving….tnx
The washed and chopped tomatoes already have some water. You don't need to add water before boiling. You can fry after blending, i.e if you are Ok with the thickness.
This is good info.; tnx Aunty Eya!
I love ♈ōϋя̲̅ blog ma'am…pls,What are the right seasonings to use? If I want to use ginger,do I blend it with d tomato or with crayfish?
Thank you faith. I use curry powder and knorr cubes. For ginger, I blend with the tomatoes. Sometimes I blend a little garlic too with the tomatoes.
i noticed that after boiling and blending when frying the tomatoes spills every where and dat makes me very uncomfortable. is their any way i can fry without such problems. thank you
This is an interesting site. Pls why frying, how do u know that all the water is dried and when do I add the spices like Nutmeg, curry, and Ginger
Best stew ever. I cooked it and me and hubby love it. Thank you for sharing.
This is really refreshing!
Should I boil the pepper with the tomatoes before blending?
Also what kind of pepper is best: tatase, rodo, sombo….?
I was tinking of a way to preserve fresh tomatoes so i can use it whnever i want. Most pple use jars..which is beta
A way that has wrked for me is to parboil my tomato+pepper+tinned tomatoes with curry and seasoning cubes to d consistency i want,then pouring fried onions with the vegetable oil into d mix.Allow to fry and add further seasonings to taste nd its ready.
I'll try that method. Thanks.
I find this interesting and will give it a trial. pls, when do I add the paste tomatoes? is it after the blending or frying? or is it not needed.
The paste tomatoes Wld be boiled with fresh tomatoes Nd pepper with curry+seasoning cubes before u pour in d fried onions with oil.
Thanx vry1. I was introducd 2 ds blog by a dear nebo nd I must say im hapy nd thank u ol, esp antyEya.
Tried it n it was amazeballs. Thank u Eya
I tried ur receipe and i cant thank u enuf. Thank u.
Life saver, I was almost losing it.
M having issues with my stew but I think I’ve discover where problem is coming from, first of all the tatashe and fresh paper,I do put them pretty small because I’ve ones put too much and it spoil my stew like twice the quantity of the stew.bcos my stew is always watery it takes ages to dryup which I don’t have that patience but even if sieve still smells raw tomato.it’s I