Garlic straws

Hi everyone!

It's been ages, I know. Soon half a year would have passed without another post if we hadn't published this one. My sincerest apologies. A whole lot happened with the Ndudu tales crew, and we were unable to post more tales as planned. We look forward to doing better this time round.

I'm still working on our Apple pie post from the last Bake Off shared here. Since it's taking quite some time to complete it, let's try something new. A slightly different approach to our Ndudu tale today. I hope you like it and leave your thoughts on the content and format below. :-)

So, sometimes when I try a recipe, I take step by step shots and share in a Whatsapp group. I'm in quite a number so I kinda rotate my recipe shares in different groups.

Today, I tried garlic straws and the following chats of my recipe were shared in one of my favourite groups right after. Do enjoy...

Just in case the comment in the picture above is unfamiliar to you: An asanka, in conjunction with the tapoli or £ta, is an earthenware bowl used to grind food in Ghana. The bowl serves the same function as the pharmaceutical mortar, and the tapoli the same function as the pharmaceutical pestle.  If used such that the grinding is thorough, it functions as a blender that uses manpower instead of electricity. When new, and if black in colour, the asanka darkens the food it grinds. This wears off after a few uses and ground food is not dark but rather, it's expected colour. The colouring from the asanka is not harmful when ingested.

Confession time... Lol! At this point of my baking process, I forgot to continue with the other shots before I moulded my garlic straws. So the next picture attempts to compress about 5 steps in one comment... I'm terribly shy this happened, it would have been great to see the dough.

I noticed later on that eggs worked better than water here as it held the straws more firmly when the baking was done... so, at the point where the picture above says add water, please add two eggs instead and whisk till dough moves from crumbly to soft, consistent and maleable.

So, what do you think of this new approach to recipe shares? Do let us know in the comments below.

I really hope you try this recipe and leave your comments below. It's my first set of garlic straws so it'd be great to know how yours turned out.

On behalf of the Ndudu team, I'd like to say thanks for reading and trying something new with us. Till we meet again here, do have a wonderful Foodie time ahead!