Traditional Comforting Food

Pap and porridge beans is a traditional nutritious food combination to counter chill weather. This combo is relatively inexpensive and and widely available in many African cultures especially during winter period.

Preparation of Pap and Porridge Beans

Pap is produced from the popularly fermented corn known as OGI in west Africa, particularly Nigeria. The OGI process involves soak after harvest , wet milling to make paste, allow it to ferment for 2-3 days ( breakdown the starches and protein creating lactic acids and developing awesome flavor and texture) then sieving thereafter put your water on heat to reach the boiling temperature to pour inside to make a consistently like gel known as PAP.

Porridge beans is made from sorted beans, allow it to cook on heat to soften texture and added the other spices like pepper, palm oil , spices, crayfish to develop characteristics flavor and taste.

There are benefits of enjoying pap and beans during the rainy season;

1. The combination provides you with warm and comfort during the rainy season.

2. Beans porridge are rich in carbohydrates, protein fiber and other essential nutrients like potassium, zinc and iron making it an excellent sustainable source of energy and crucial for maintaining healthy life during the cold weather.

3. This combo is easy to digest which makes them an amazing option for who may have indigestion or are just recovering from illness.

4.It is affordable and accessible which makes them an easy and quick nourishing meal.

How I like taking the combo

Hot pap and porridge beans early morning on weekend days is one of my family favorites meal as a breakfast because of it's light and easily digestible benefit.

Mostly,my household enjoyed it with small portion of sweetner and evaporated milk to add to the taste, texture and flavor. However, with a well tender prepared garnished onion and crayfish flavored porridge beans.

(Source) : Picture by myself.

Make sure you and your loved ones have a taste of this warm nourishing pap and porridge beans during this coming winter period to counter chill weather.