Cookbook:Gizdodo (Nigerian Gizzard and Plantains)
| Gizdodo (Nigerian Gizzard and Plantains) | |
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| Category | Nigerian recipes |
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | Cuisine of Nigeria
Gizdodo is a popular Nigerian dish consisting of gizzard and plantains (dodo). It is commonly served at parties alongside small chops. It can be eaten with various kinds of cooked rice.
Ingredients edit
- Gizzard, washed and cut into pieces
- Onion
- Seasoning/stock cube
- Onion, coarsely chopped
- Red, green, yellow bell peppers, coarsely chopped
- Scotch bonnet chile pepper, coarsely chopped
- Tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- Ginger
- Vegetable oil
- Onion, diced
- Garlic
- Ripe plantain, peeled and diced
- Curry powder
- Thyme
- Salt
Procedure edit
- Combine the gizzard, onion, seasoning cube, curry, and thyme in a pot. Cook over medium heat.
- Blend the bell peppers, scotch bonnet pepper, tomatoes, onions, and ginger to a coarse paste.
- Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan. Add diced onion and garlic, and fry until softened. Stir in blended pepper mixture, and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan, and fry the plantain. Remove.
- Fry the gizzard in the oil until dry and brown. Remove excess oil.
- Add the cooked onion-pepper mixture to the gizzard, and fry for a while.
- Gently stir in the fried plantain. Simmer for a few minutes, and adjust the seasoning as needed.
- Remove from heat, and serve with rice.