Recipe: Eating on a Dime Buka stew

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Recipe: Eating on a Dime Buka stew Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Buka stew. *Buka stew is usually darker than home cooked stew, so choose very dark red and green tatashe especially the ones that have started softening around the edges. Rodo (scotch bonnet/habanero pepper) Vegetable oil, or whatever oil you prefer. Turn the intestines inside out and clean very well else your buka stew will taste badly.

Buka stew is a popular Nigerian stew that is present in every Nigerian home.

It is simple, versatile, delicious and easy to make.

It is made with assorted meat, cooked in tomato base (Nigerian pepper mix) and palm oil.

You can cook Buka stew using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Buka stew

  1. It’s of Tomatoes.

  2. You need of Scotch bonnet Pepper.

  3. You need of Red bell pepper.

  4. You need of Onions.

  5. Prepare cubes of Seasoning.

  6. It’s of Spices.

  7. You need of Garlic.

  8. It’s of Ginger.

  9. You need of Vegetable oil.

  10. You need of Cooked meat.

  11. You need of Meat stock.

  12. Prepare of Salt.

Let me show you how to make this perfect Nigerian stew in easy steps.

Nigerian Buka Stew Recipe: Video Recipe Nigerian Buka Stew recipe is one of the most viewed recipes on this blog.

Earlier this month, I got to record a video recipe for my YouTube Channel and thought I'd share it on here.

Buka stew is also known as the restaurant's stew (In Nigerian, Buka or mama put means restaurant).

Buka stew step by step

  1. Blend the tomatoes,onions and pepper pour in a pot and boil till the water is almost dried up. pour into a bowl and set aside..

  2. In the same pot heat some vegetable oil when its hot, fry the meat set aside..

  3. Add in your ginger and garlic paste into the oil, sautee for 2minutes. Pour the tomato paste into the oil and Start frying it by stirring it at interval so it doesnt get burnt. Fry for about 20min until all the water is dried up..

  4. Pour in the meat stock into the fried tomato, at this point you would begin to perceive the buka aroma. Add in the meat, seasoning cubes, salt and spices add water if the consistency is too thick allow to boil for another 10minutes check for salt, correct if necessary. Your buka stew is ready..

Buka stew is different from the regular stew prepared.

It has a distinct taste and delicious smell that would attract you from afar.

It is prepared with soft peppers, not spoil but soft, also the palm oil is bleach to prepare this stew..

This is my go to recipe for Nigerian Buka Stew (Obe Ata).

I promise this recipe will take you back to the first time you tasted this stew.