Making Nigerian Wara (Tofu)

[@graycious3]

Never knew Africans ate tofu. Thank you for this.

[@zaafirahwmd]

Thank you too.

[@Bellaliciousbae]

It's one of our eat dessert 🥰

[@windworld2893]

Tufu came from Africa

[@JoyFay]

Africa is home to various/hundreds of groups, you can’t know all about us.

[@xXAnni3LuvsYhuXx]

Same. I’ve never seen Africans eating tofu until now

[@MaryOAdedeji]

Who else is watching this April 2020 . We shall all over come coved ijmn Amen .

[@marym5029]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheJava2072]

Mary Oyenekan 👍🏽☺️

[@samuelmuldoon4839]

At minute marker 3:50, you used the sour liquid (mild acid) leftover from making millet pap. I wonder if I could use vinegar, lemon juice, or Rhubarb. My favorite would be rhubarb I think. I have never made millet pap before.

[@mrskarick]

Hearing dem.speak hausa makes me miss home..

[@ChikaIkedife]

Can you store the pap water for long?

[@AkoladeDeby]

You really tried, but you did not allow it to stay long enough on the fire after curdling it , it has to be well cooked before parking it for draining.

[@theonefromk7602]

this looks so yummy. i will try to replicate it by using ready made tofu

[@khursubanguol9468]

they did a great job. love it. the issue is hygiene, my village place is by far.

[@elizabethmendez846]

I'm not a big fan of tofu, but adding onions and spices made your look delicious! Thank you for sharing.

[@phyllisgordon6577]

God bless you. Thanks for sharing.

[@Chizo1Germany]

A gaskiya kuyi kokarin Sosai wllh my name haruna chizo from Germany wara tayi kyu sosai

[@zeevi123]

What's the composition of sour liquid preparation used in Soya milk as coagulator

[@proud_african]

Whats the sour liquid pls? I really miss home.

[@elizastonereliza3545]

Nobody died from dirty but people died from hunger or nothing to eat .

[@dee_hr2886]

Plz for the sour liquid, can I use vinegar?

[@temitayofunsho3896]

Dee_HR Yes or lemon

[@dee_hr2886]

@@temitayofunsho3896 thank you

[@patiencedaikwo2074]

I Love the Igala language at the background 😀😀😀😀😀

[@zaafirahwmd]

Yes :)

[@Wendafan-u1c]

It's Hausa Language

[@mrsmac2473]

@@Wendafan-u1c They also spoke igala...i am igala.

[@stephengiftakyenyi5048]

Igala people well-done

[@oloriajayi9998]

Please if you can list what spices you used and the common names, so I can find it in the UK please, I want try is ASAP. Thank you x

[@zaafirahwmd]

Hi. Mama says they used ground fresh peppers and ginger with onions and salt. Tamarind powder can also be used to curdle the soyabean milk.

[@mizzpoetrics]

I never thought about adding spices & onion to it - this is a game changer! Thanks for the video. 😊

[@zaafirahwmd]

You're very welcome.

[@rehobothmorayo6418]

At least let us appreciate more and criticise less.

[@awatifoyewola9244]

Last year im follow my husband going to his country. I eat fried wara. They said is cheese. I thought cheese from cow milk. When i saw this video it from soy bean... It nice..

[@Ambimags.]

I will fellow this page.

[@evro5357]

Do anyone know is the Wara influenced by asian tofu, or it's indigenous tradition?

[@sarahawo6641]

Is difficult to make o, yet they sale it 10 naira

[@gailedochie5940]

It's not difficult. Soy beans us cheap in d North

[@kt4044]

awesome video for real

[@zaafirahwmd]

Thanks.

[@Queendein9132vlog]

That so much for this,especially the onions and paper side,love it

[@lizziesibanda1571]

Hi zaafirahwmd. Please tell me how to go about making the millet water. Thank you for this great video. I like the way you add spices. What was your mixture of spices please. Thanks.

[@zaafirahwmd]

Hi. The 'millet water' is actually a by-product from making the local 'kamu' beverage (a bit like custard). You can also use lemon or lime juice to cause the boiled soy milk to curdle. The 'kamu' in this case was made using ground millet mixed with ginger and cloves then soaked in water for some hours before being seived and the liquid allowed to settle. The resulting lighter liquid on top of the settled, seived mixture is what is then scooped and used for the tofu. You can use any mixture of spices you like. Pepper, salt and Maggi seasoning cubes were used.

[@mirabelbbloom8751]

You could also use vinegar for this purpose 😊

[@beckytosh5]

wow..thanks for sharing. pls what other sour liquid can be used aside the millet residue?

[@zaafirahwmd]

I've some people say they use lemon juice.

[@omololadada4574]

lime juice, lemon juice, vinegar

[@omslsabeldeana4656]

شو حلوافريقيا بلد الجمال والسحر روعاتكم 😍🤗👑💗

[@jamilaafilaka8501]

What is the sour liquid you added to the soy milk

[@ChikaIkedife]

Water drained from pap after you filter it

[@adetutuakinremi]

What is that brown water they are adding?

[@fayyazahmad9873]

Sour millet water

[@adegokeoluwakemi5172]

Some people use alum water instead of lemon juice is that also good pls?

[@zaafirahwmd]

Yes, people use that as well.

[@dammysolesi3557]

please can i use lemon

[@adegokeoluwakemi5172]

@@dammysolesi3557 yes

[@arresteddevelopment2158]

Is Wara a Cheese or a type of Tofu?? Open to debate. Very popular snack in SW Nigeria. My Mom ate it a lot as a child

[@maryanneochala]

Wara is Tofu

[@simoladcompany9559]

I thought its cow milk they use to make wsra..tofu.

[@Ambimags.]

Whats the sour liquid?

[@idkt98]

pap

[@omoyeniayeni8056]

yes nice 1 have try it is ok but he got spoil the second day so how can I persaiv it from spoiling the next day I need answer pls ma tnx

[@zaafirahwmd]

Hi, wara shouldn't spoil that easily. Did you try keep it in a refrigerator?

[@theonefromk7602]

hi put the block in a container and cover it with water. leave in the fridge and change the water once a day. should keep well for atleast 4 days

[@pearlcity2660]

Y need to soak the beans in bleach overnight before cooking ..

[@julianekop1912]

city bleach?? what type?

[@julianekop1912]

what is the sour liquid made from

[@achizichatt6007]

It's made from already grounded and sieved millet (making pap). After the pap is sieved, it's allowed to settle leaving the water on top. So the water was kept and used the following day to make this.

[@chinweokafor2734]

Pls what is SOUR Liquid that was used?

[@zaafirahwmd]

Millet residue water from making 'pap'

[@chinweokafor2734]

zaafirahwmd thanks so much.

[@chinweokafor2734]

zaafirahwmd pls kept for how long?

[@zaafirahwmd]

Just once your pap has been made. Mama from the video also says you can soak tamarinds in water then use the water/exteacted juice.

[@DelisCakes]

@@zaafirahwmd can I use lemon as sour liquid?

[@asmaumohdlawal6550]

Speaking igala language at background 😍😘

[@chiobodondi8033]

Is Hausa not igala

[@sandrainabo-bajon8501]

Yes both Hausa and Igala

[@faithmuhammed7287]

Yes

[@dorisaniegbunam3881]

Your method is good but the cooking equips are dirty. Could have also covered the pot before putting fire.

[@msparkz11]

Yet these people live longer with all the exposure to "dirty"

[@keisharushton6763]

Looksgood

[@mimilasing5226]

nice one

[@abenaohenewaa9772]

Am Ghanaian we call it wagashi,is it fresh cow milk

[@zaafirahwmd]

Thanks for that nice piece of information, I never knew that Ghanians made it too. Yes, cow's milk is also used here in Nigeria as well.

[@gracielavibe337]

Cow milk or soya beans?

[@PatriciaAbijah]

I think that’s different

[@agnesbaah-acheamfuor2012]

No, wagashi is cow milk but this is soya kebab in Ghana

[@samuelmuldoon4839]

In the United States, the soyabean liquid is known as "soy milk". The soy milk is sold in super markets and grocery stores. The veagans drink soy milk instead of milk from cows. I worry that the only way to get milk from a cow is to make a female cow pregnant. Then there are too many baby cows and we must make the baby cows into veal or hamburgers. I like soy milk better than cows milk so that workers spend fewer hours using their hands to pull the intestines from the animals. If I want to eat meat I should pull the guts out if the animal myself. It is dirty work and I would prefer other people not to get blood on their hands for me. I wonder if you can make milk with grains other than soy beans. Maybe ee could use amaranto (Palmer's pigweed amranthe) or a different variety of amaranthe. Maybe black eyed peas or frijole que resemblen ojo de cabra (eye of the goat beans). I live in the city if Denver, Colorado in America.

[@Enung-tv7sh]

So hard

[@gbadebokike9933]

Very nice,but you environment and equipment are dirty

[@olumakindetosinayoogunbode2503]

Gbadebo like shame on you.....hmmmm shaki naa n sebii eran shiorrrr

[@zionsol226]

Peep the Gucci flips😎

[@elizaawo6632]

This isn't wara, this is tofu .wara is just like mozzarella

[@murtalaasmau2952]

There are two types( wara and awara), but this is called awara but some parts of Nigeria call it wara.

[@elizaawo6632]

@@murtalaasmau2952 all I'm saying is wara is like mozzarella and nothing like this

[@jagadasnake]

hygiene is often a problem for most foods prepped from the streets in Africa.

[@neelimadiwakar3465]

Chiii

[@jetsjetsjets1044]

Please I beg , sanitation matters. The bare hands, the bracelets, the floor, the talking over it. Just stop this and you can sell it for millions!

[@yehudajjah4639]

It's discouraging, your methods and environment so so dirty.

[@raolatajibade753]

Judith Dew How can you be of assistance regarding their dirty environment. They are living life free of chemicals.

[@raolatajibade753]

I respect these people. When I was growing up back in Nigeria I love eating wara from Ilorin. I did not know it takes this much efforts to make!

[@olaadeoye692]

Yehudajjah Too know

[@ndalenaramphele7300]

Im not impressed with everything their doing. Firstly the environment is dirty and what their doing has lots of work. I won't survive

[@jacobeksor6088]

Ndalena Ramphele city food have chemical poison you lung you didn’t see it ,it’s there.

[@ojrowland]

We haven't died from eating the dirty awara.

[@olaadeoye692]

Ndalena Ramphele What environment Have u not seen celebrity get me out of here, by the way doctors lawyers, presidents have come out off humble places like this compound using facilities and equipment like that. Humble urself

[@gratitudeolu7135]

this is krazy! how about you get mozzarella cheese, cook in hot water for ten mins...release water and voila = wara! soybeans has almost 830 calories per cup while mozzarella has 113 cals per cup...mozzarella, considered one of the healthier cheeses, contains 85 calories and 6.3 grams of fat per ounce. but soybeans????? don't get me wrong, its a good source of protein and hair growth but still I'll stick to my mozzarella....

[@maryanneochala]

How about we let people use whatever method works and is available to them? To each his own.

[@benisturning30]

Who taught Africans how to make it?

[@anestinamercy5761]

What do you really mean by this question? Africans has been making this. For ages

[@WorldOfNuella]

You are stupid

[@benisturning30]

WorldOfNutella You are a bitch.

[@adavis5646]

Maybe the Africans taught the East how to make it.

[@benisturning30]

A Davis Maybe they did. Im just curious. There is no need for rudeness here. This is why blacks have no culture. When someone is interested and asks then we get our heads chopped off.