Local baking in The Gambia | How to bake without an oven

[@tranchiegarvin6878]

Cousin Mam Binta my mama never measured any ingredients either. This video also helps me to appreciate the wood burning stoves I saw in other peoples homes. They may have taken some of us Afurakans out of Afuraka but they weren't able to take all of the Afurakan out of us Afurakans in amerikkka. These videos are so much appreciated because I personally feel that they show the real Gambia as opposed to the commercial romanticized versions I see on youtube. Thank you cousin Mam Binta and Sister Marie. Trench...

[@africandiaries]

We thank you so much Baba Trench! We appreciate having you here and show you the local ways of living here 😁😁

[@TonyaEL]

Thank you Mam Binta for teaching us how to bake a cake this way. Also, you should have a KZbin cooking channel.

[@africandiaries]

Hey sister Tonya, thank you so much for your comment! I forwarded your message to Mam Binta and she is forever grateful. ...and ikr - she should start her own channel lol //sister Marie

[@TonyaEL]

@@africandiaries Sister Marie, thank you for sending her my message. I am keeping my fingers crossed. She is a natural cook and teacher. I can tell cooking is a passion of hers.

[@mariamatouray7723]

@@TonyaEL Shes actually a good teacher and a good leader. She's successfully organized tech camps for young Gambians.

[@TonyaEL]

@@mariamatouray7723 Thank you for sharing this wonderful info about our beloved sister.

[@themelanatedmr.mosley]

Wow! That was very resourceful and creative. I love the genius of OUR people.

[@africandiaries]

I agree dear brother, it is a creative way Mam Binta is baking for us in this video! Our people are indeed a great people!

[@fortheloveofbaking9002]

I found my love for baking in gambia and i learned a lot about improvising for the many tools or ingredients you dont have at your disposal . I think it made me a better baker because necessity is the mother of invention and all bakers need to be creative and inventive

[@africandiaries]

Thanks for sharing that fam !! And yes, you become very creative lol

[@sistermariam6013]

I love mam binta for the sake of Allah she is just lovely mashallah i enjoy cooking with her may Allah bless you 😊 am watching you from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@africandiaries]

Awww thank you so much sister Mariam! We love you for the sake of Allah, bless you. I live in Sweden too lol // sister Marie

[@yod55]

Don't rush your food. If you want it right then let it cook. I love how you keep it real. I know I have a lot to learn but after that I would take it to the next level. There is always so much to do and so little time.

[@africandiaries]

I appreciate that so much fam, thank you!! It's never good to rush African food lol it takes time and we should be patient! so true

[@doncsay]

you video, reminds me of my home country guinee, and i really enjoy your content 🔥

[@africandiaries]

I'm glad I can take you back home with my videos! That means a lot to me, thank yooou !!

[@tarajahatehiamanafrikan]

LOVE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN YOU TWO … THANKS 🙏🏽 FOR SHARING ❤️

[@africandiaries]

Aww you do lol I just push her around! Glad you enjoyed it sis! 😍

[@mariamatouray7723]

"We never measure!" That had me lol-ing. Very true we measure with our eyes 😂

[@africandiaries]

Lol it's so true hahaha

[@slayer1203]

LOCAL BAKING LOOKS GOOD! 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@africandiaries]

Thank yooou

[@shalondafultz8627]

Wow this is so innovative and looks absolutely amazing!! You did that the cake turned out perfect 👍🏽

[@africandiaries]

Thank you so much 🤗 It was all cousin Mam Binta's idea

[@Amadoujallow-m8m]

We love it mama Binta ❤❤❤❤

[@baboucarrjitehbojang881]

Hi Ladies, thats a wonderful style of Baking which i will call (WATER STEAM BAKING) I think this style of Baking is much more better than the Electrical Baking in the oven, because in that it can get Burnt, but in your style, it can never get Burnt. So congrats for your new style of Baking, and i think it will taste Nice for sure. Thanks.

[@africandiaries]

Yes, exactly - it can never get burnt... so we didn't rush the baking at all lol ! It did taste good, Mam Binta is very creative in her baking lol! Thank you so much for your comment

[@baboucarrjitehbojang881]

@@africandiaries You welcome Sister Binta. Tack.

[@jamescube9064]

Thats the real day by day in AFRICA, and we are gething back home to eat a such natural food sweet and delicious 🇬🇭🇪🇦🇪🇦👌

[@africandiaries]

Yeah brother, that's the realities of Africa right there !

[@jamescube9064]

@@africandiaries u know love to see such sweet to guideness, its same like my country Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇪🇦👍👌

[@africandiaries]

There are a lot of similarities between our countries brother!

[@jamescube9064]

@@africandiaries I get yu men 👍ride on

[@starboywizkid9835]

So creative Mame Binta i‘m speechless

[@africandiaries]

Thank you so much! Hope you can try it some day too

[@mohammedhassanyusuf1617]

Masha Allah i will love to see more about cookikg food like gari(ugaliy)

[@africandiaries]

Thanks! Unfortunately, we havent done a video like that but in the future definitely!

[@ibeyeesther2031]

Lovely!

[@africandiaries]

Aww thxx !!

[@meadowbrownbakery]

Thank you for sharing. Use baking powder instead of using bicarbonate of soda. Bicarbonate of soda is too strong and can make your cakes bitter. There is not need to cover the pot with the cloth, the lid alone is enough. I did a similar video showing how to steam cakes a white ago. If you have foil or some baking paper you can cover your cake tin and tie it with string first before you put it in the pot. You could also use sand like someone suggested.

[@africandiaries]

And thank you very much for the advise! Really appreciated, seems like you bake a lot

[@riddimchef1]

Bicarbonate of soda is fine, just be careful and not add too much. A splash of lemon juice will make it the same as baking powder 👍🏾 Excellent job you did 🙌 The flour and milk etc is called a batter as opposed to dough.

[@BIGeSTRING]

That must be a very nice cake. I can imagine the taste. It also would be a very nice cake with pineapple, or mango. Next time i'm in Gambia i'll gonna search for that cake

[@africandiaries]

Oh right, good idea lol! It would taste wonderful with those fruits You do that, good luck😜

[@fatousall5809]

You are so creative.it turn out great👍

[@africandiaries]

Thanks so much 😊 and yeah it was delicious !

[@reginamangara7715]

Beautiful Binta

[@africandiaries]

Thank yooou so much sis!

[@noriethegreat]

Excellent job Mam Binta. I learned something new today.

[@africandiaries]

It's my pleasure! Glad I could teach you a thing or two!

[@slayer1203]

IMPROVISE IMPROVISE IMPROVISE VERY SMART! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@africandiaries]

Yesss You've got to improvise with what you've got!

[@fortheloveofbaking9002]

"If you"re not done I'm done " LOOOOOOOOOOL omg if that isnt the story of a bakers life i dont know what is

[@africandiaries]

Hahahah omg it took forever hahah until the sun went down and we were fasting the whole day

[@smooth1146]

Nice concept, quite ingenious

[@africandiaries]

Glad you think so! Yes that is right

[@sanelsaand]

This so great but the next time use sand instead of water 🥰

[@mahawadiaby6827]

Elsa loveliness, Can u please explain more about that method

[@africandiaries]

Thank you! Lol yeah I'd like an explaination too😝

[@sanelsaand]

@@africandiaries @mahawa diaby this is same as on the video just instead of water use sand, I explain 🥰 : sift sand before, put it into cooking pot and lets heat, put pan with cake batter inside on heat sand and cover like that on video... you can use any sand ... voilà 😀 that’s it and hope i am clear ... much love to you 💕

[@africandiaries]

Oh wow, thank you so much for taking your time and explaining! Will definitely keep this isn mind Much love sis!! 😍

[@zainabchannel443]

The sand gives it a kind of taste I prefer a empty pot

[@conniepender4719]

Your cake looks yummy! Looking forward to more authentic Gambian cooking. Thank you

[@africandiaries]

Thank you! It was yummy lol, I am looking forward to that!

[@muhammedjawo7042]

Greetings Extended Family, today I guest Marie Sosseh turns to be the camera woman 👩 , enjoying the channel

[@africandiaries]

Lol yeeaaah today I am the camera woman ! Glad you're enjoying the channel, stay tuned !

[@fatuskitchen8145]

Woow sis Ma Shaa Allah you doing great Keep it up My Allah make you channel grow grow and grow up 😊😊😊 home sweet home

[@africandiaries]

Bless yoou sis!! We appreciate your time and comment! Ameeen to your prayers, wishing you the same! You got yourself a new subscriber!!!

[@fatuskitchen8145]

@@africandiaries thanks you for that 😊. Appreciate

[@slayer1203]

NICE! ❤❤❤❤

[@africandiaries]

Glad you like it!

[@yanabou007]

Thank a lot for such a wonderful vedio. The cake 🎂 looks delicious and your method was nice and all local.. 🌺

[@africandiaries]

My pleasure aunty Sai 😊 Maybe you can try it next time lol

[@FatoumattaSanneh-e9i]

Nice I will make it

[@omarjamilomar9721]

Wow 😳 mam Binta mashallah 🥰

[@africandiaries]

Thank you brother!

[@papistgai5268]

You two are truly amazing, you gives us hope for young Gambian women. And Marie is very generous with her channel. Well done girls. I'm coming for a piece of that tasty looking cake.🙂

[@africandiaries]

We truly appreciate your comment fam, we are very happy and glad we can give hope to others out there! It is entirely our pleasure and we love doing it! Thank you for your support! Lol, the cake is all yours

[@papistgai5268]

@@africandiaries you're welcome.

[@beverly6294]

Amazing 😘 looks delish!

[@africandiaries]

Thank you 😋 it waaassss

[@Mae_cy_moon]

It's been a while since I saw this kind of cooking

[@africandiaries]

Really lol and it's still around!

[@seasonedsofisticate1901]

I think the word you could not think of was ‘batter’ in English. Cake batter. But what you made looks more like what is called banana bread in the U.S.

[@africandiaries]

Thank you!! Yeah banana bread is another name for it!

[@avsekaya5236]

🤌👏🥰 gott !!!!

[@africandiaries]

Det blev det faktiskt hehe! Gör ni likadant i Turkiet?

[@kema7]

Mashallah!! The cake looks so good!! Thank you for sharing this I will try baking this way. New subbie.

[@africandiaries]

Thanks sis, and welcome to the extended family!!

[@mariamajallow1393]

😘you are the the best

[@africandiaries]

Wow, thank you so much sis! And so are you!!

[@mahawadiaby6827]

This is the recycling way in africa, we reuse containers for all purposes, by the way, cake looks good

[@BIGeSTRING]

My Gambian girlfriend even had a way to bake in a microwave. I had never seen that before

[@africandiaries]

Thank you so much everyone! And yeah, Mam Binta actually bakes in the microwave as well lol // sister Marie

[@DEO777]

Have you ever tried to turn the big pot upside down and put the pan of dough under the big pot? Or does this recipe require steam?

[@africandiaries]

Hmmm no we haven't tried that! Well the method is basically steaming

[@DEO777]

@@africandiaries I think it would cook much quicker without the steam, and probably will taste better without all the moisture.

[@abouayoubaldiogani8816]

Bn Provecho

[@slayer1203]

LA ILLAHA ILLALAH DON'T BURN YOURSELF! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@africandiaries]

You can't avoid that sometimes though!

[@essanjie2283]

Finally is done after 3days,😁my share pls.

[@africandiaries]

Lol mbadu hahaha! I ate your share 😁😁

[@amiejoof9962]

Alhamdulillah always wanted to know how cakes were baked locally

[@africandiaries]

I honestly did too. And now we know thanks to Mam Binta😁 // sister Marie

[@Lifeisgood201-A]

Man binta where are from

[@africandiaries]

From The Gambia

[@africandiaries]

If it is meee you're talking about lol then my name is Marie and yes - I am from The Gambia

[@UKEducatedLady]

Steam pudding.

[@sallybadjie6202]

Nex time use beking powder u don't need a pot white water but a great oven

[@africandiaries]

Thank you all for the tips!

[@rosierose6008]

I'm sorry but the grains are wide open with flies and that doesn't seem very hygienic...I like you and your channel.

[@africandiaries]

Thank you for liking me and the channel! 😃 I'll think about that for next time

[@hhhhhh7911]

Background is not hygiene

[@africandiaries]

Thank you for watching!

[@riddimchef1]

This is Africa, not the west. No need to be obsessed about hygiene. I have never had a bad stomach from food in Gambia 😊