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palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil offers a similar flavor profile with less saturated fat.

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often more affordable.

yams

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Sweet potatoes provide similar texture with added nutrients.

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu is a plant-based protein, while canned tuna is often less expensive.

Warm 100 milliliters of milk to a hand hot temperature.

Mix 75 grams flour with 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon yeast in a bowl.

Whisk the mixture into the warmed milk to form a smooth thick batter, cover and leave in a warm place.

Blend 75 grams peanuts, 30 grams bread crumbs, and suya spices to a coarse powder.

Mix 2 tablespoons oil with herb blend and 1/2 teaspoon salt, then stir in 500 grams of chicken.

Coat the chicken in two-thirds of the peanut mixture, reserving the rest for serving later.

Leave the coated chicken in the fridge until ready to cook.

Soak pepper sauce spices in 120 milliliters freshly boiled water.

Fry the pepper and 3/4 of the onion in 3 tablespoons oil for 10 minutes until soft and beginning to brown.

Prepare the salad by mixing cucumber with remaining onion, juice of 1/2 lemon, and a pinch of salt, then set aside.

Remove half of the fried pepper and onion mixture to use for the rice and use the other half for the spinach.

Stir 300 grams of rice, tomato puree, jolof spices, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 500 milliliters water into the pan, cover, and cook for 15 minutes until liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked through.

Let the rice stand with the lid on for 5 minutes before serving.

Preheat the grill or electric skillet.

Cook 400 grams of spinach with a splash of water, half of the reserved pepper and onion mixture, spinach stew blend spices, and a pinch of salt in a covered pan for 15 minutes until soft.

Blend the soaked pepper sauce spices with the remaining softened pepper and onion, juice of the remaining half lemon, and a pinch of salt, then set aside.

Grill the chicken skewers or just the chicken for 10 minutes, turning frequently until cooked through and charred on the outside.

If using prawns, stir them into the spinach and cook for 5 minutes.

Heat 3 centimeters of oil in a deep pan over medium heat for the puff puffs.

Drop teaspoons of the batter into the hot oil and fry for 3 minutes until golden brown, then drain on kitchen paper and toss in hibiscus sugar.

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