Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Waina (Masa)

Waina (Masa). Waina is basically a slightly fermented rice meal that is accompanied with a Nigerian soup like Miyan Taushe or Groundnut soup. When visiting any of the northern states you will find Masa being sold in street corners. The type of masa that is eaten with soups are not sweetened.

Waina has a background in Northern Nigeria and is enjoyed by the Northerners across all the states. Waina/Masa, thi is a lovely Hausa dish with lovely miyan taushe, people all over the country love and its a lucrative business too. Foodnify, your one stop local and continental food recipes, food articles and health tips and chefs profiling platform. You can cook Waina (Masa) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Waina (Masa)

1. You need 1000 g of Local Rice.
2. You need 1 handful of Foreign rice.
3. Prepare 1 Tsp of Baking Powder.
4. It's 2 of Tblsp Baker's Yeast.
5. You need 2 cups of Flour.
6. You need 20 mls of soaked Potash water.
7. You need 1 of large Onion Diced.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
9. It's 3 tsp of Sugar.
10. You need of Oil for frying.

Waina is a simple meal that is also known as Masa. It is a dish that can be prepared with soaked white Maize or local Rice. It is mostly prepared in the Northern part of Nigeria and is eaten with Miyan Waina/Taushe. It can be prepared plain or sweetened with sugar.

Waina (Masa) instructions

1. 1000g Local unpolished Rice. Wash Rice and Soak for 20-30minutes. Grind until fine and smooth..
2. Get a handful of polished foreign rice, and Boil..
3. Add boiled rice, Yeast and Baking powder, cover tightly and put in oven to rise for 45minutes or under the sun for 2-3hours..
4. After completely risen, Add Potash water, sugar, salt and diced onions and mix..
5. Get a special masa frying pan like this and put on stove (this is new though not the one am using)..
6. Put 1Tblsp of oil in each hole and wait for 1min until hot and then Pour a half cup of the mixture in each hole and allow to cook for 2minutes until light brown.
7. Flip to cook other side too.
8. Serve singly or with any combination of choice mentioned above..

Masa or Waina is a rice cake that is from the northern part of Nigeria and is traditionally eaten by the Hausa tribe. Nigeria is a country with different cultures, traditions, people and with that comes assorted food, cooking method, and recipe. The Northerners are known for their healthy and sumptuous meals and Masa is one of such meals. Masa or Waina, commonly found within the Northern Region of Nigeria is a delicious delicacy people usually enjoy for breakfast. People believe the common masa/waina is only prepared with white rice, maize, guinea corn or even millet.

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