I traveled home to the countryside last weekend, to see my parents. They have retired from active service in the city and are now home, just the two of them. I always get to see them whenever I'm less busy, do my siblings.
I'm a foodie alright but I wanted another kind of delicacy, not the usual food cooked with gas stove or electric stove as was usual in the city, but home village cooking with firewood. Infact I just couldn't wait...
Come with me as I walk you through the process. It's a very simple and well known dish, local rice and tomato sauce or stew with vegetables. Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures and can be eaten anyhow you like it. Watch me make it the way I like it best 😉
First I make the fire, remember that I just wanted it cooked with firewood and nothing else.
Then with the pot balanced on the fire, I poured in the vegetable oil (made from peanuts).
Allowed it to heat up a little, just a little bit.
That's the onions, all nicely cut up.
The onions sizzling in the vegetable oil, the aroma is tantalizing.
That's the pureed tomatoes with beef. I usually cook my beef or whatever meat I'm using in the tomato puree, on low heat until tender and well spiced.
This tomato puree/beef combo goes in next.
The ingredients are now well mixed together.
Since it's firewood, I reduced heat intensity and allow to simmer gently until well cooked, add salt or any other seasoning you might want at this point.
Look at what I have got, a beautifully coloured stew or tomato sauce. 😋
The local rice is now well cooked on the fire.
I wanted to eat the dish with pumpkin leaves and since it was in the compound, I just pluck them fresh.
Properly washed with clean water.
And shred into tiny bits.
My dish is ready, yummy 😋
I must confess that the flavour was differently delicious, I couldn't have it enough.
Firewood-cooked meal is a delicacy for me anytime, natural and tasty.
Thank you.
I cook on fire for many years and its great, don't need to buy gas or coal. I like your setup with 3 bricks! You should check out rocket stoves :)
You are lucky. In the city where I live, there's no space for firewood cooking, only when I travel to the village.
The funniest thing is that my ' retired but modern parents do not agree to use firewood, but gas stove instead...😀
Different strokes for different folks, one would say..
Thank you so much for coming around and yes... I will check out the rocket stove all the same.
Yay! 🤗
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Thank you very much.
It's nice that you got to visit your parents, and even cooked! You made it look so easy to cook using firewood. The dish you made looks delicious too.
!LUV
Cooking with firewood is easy because I have doing that since I was a child. Yes I love cooking for my parents whenever I visit them☺️
Thank you so much for coming around.
That's so nice. I'm sure they love it :)