Ileke-IdI:


Must I be female? How rich are you? And can you cook for me in your Dubai penthouse??

Ileke-IdI:


If you can post the recipe here or PM me the recipe, i'll really appreciate it

PS: Any other potatoe recipe too. I have lots of potatoes with nothing to do with them.

Ileke-IdI:


Once again, Toluxa is not your hubby

y me:
you need recipe for the filling alone right?

haryhorku: i am richer than Dangote, i dont have a penthouse in dubai, i got one in paris. I need a female to cook for me not a male cook, pls. Anyone female there?

Ileke-IdI:


A lady to cook for you? My friend go and siddon jor. Na who be slave?

Ileke-IdI:

Too much oil nau.

Where's the meat in the egusi?

haryhorku: dont get me wrong quoted. Thats not what i mean, after all if you be my girl shey you no go cook for me ni? i like the pix of the meal seen here....

honeric01:

Still steaming na
i don't use my money to buy meat because i hardly eat meat.

Ileke-IdI:


How I go chop without meat nau?
If i come Naija you go cook me salad with no meat?

honeric01:

So if your husband no expect u to cook, then why does he need a wife and why do u need a husband? cooking is [b]part [/b]of why men get married, you cant change this.

Turkey and fish nko? didn't you see them ni? also eggs?

I no go even cook for u if you come, mama bashira dey corner, she dey sell oily omi obe with rice na.

honeric01:

So if your husband no expect u to cook, then why does he need a wife and why do u need a husband? cooking is [b]part [/b]of why men get married, you cant change this.

Turkey and fish nko? didn't you see them ni? also eggs?

I no go even cook for u if you come, mama bashira dey corner, she dey sell oily omi obe with rice na.

y me: For the dough
Plain Flour
Baking Powder – 2 teaspoons
Margarine – 500g
Salt – 2 pinches
Cold Water - ½ cup

For the meat pie filling

2(or more) medium-sized Irish potatoes
2(or more) medium-sized carrots
500g of minced meat
1 medium-sized onion
2 cooking spoons of Vegetable Oil
Seasoning - 2 big Maggi / Knorr cubes and 1 teaspoon of thyme
2 tablespoons of plain flour
Cold water – 1 cup
Salt to taste

Tools you will need to make a meat pie

Oven: This will be used for baking the meat pie
Dough Roller or good old wine bottle. Buy dough roller in USA | in UK
Kitchen scale: Buy it in USA | in UK
A table: You will need a flat surface to roll out and cut the dough for the meat pie.
Meat Pie cutter: There are special cutters in the market but if you have a pot cover with sharp edges that can make a clean cut on the flattened dough, please use this.
Table fork: This will be used to press the edges of the meat pie after the filling has been added


Directions for preparing the Nigerian Meat Pie

The Meat Pie Filling
1.Peel the Irish potatoes and scrape the carrots, wash and cut these two into tiny cubes.

2.Wash and slice the onions into tiny pieces.

3.With your cooker or stove set to medium heat, heat the vegetable oil in a pot, add the diced onions and stir for a bit, add the minced meat and stir vigorously till the minced meat turns pale.

4.Add 1 cup of water and the seasoning. Cover the pot and once the contents of the pot starts boiling, add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook till everything is well done.

5.Dissolve 2 tablespoons of plain flour in half cup of cold water and add to the meat pie filling. This tip is so that the meat pie filling does not dry up during baking. It is also what keeps the meat pie filling moist.

6.Add salt to taste, stir the contents and turn off the heat. Set the meat pie filling aside. Now is the time to prepare the dough for the meat pie

The Meat Pie dough

1.Put the 1 kg of flour in a sizeable bowl; add 2 teaspoons of baking powder and 2 pinches of salt. You really do not need a lot of salt for the meat pie dough. The meat pie will get most of its taste from the filling. Mix these dry ingredients very well.

2.Use a tablespoon to scoop the margarine in small bits into the bowl of flour. The smaller you make the bits of margarine, the easier it will be for you to rub them into the flour.

3.Use finger tips to rub the margarine into the flour till the mix becomes like crumbs.

4.
Now, start adding cold water in bits while at the same time folding the mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed. You will be surprised at how small quantity of water you need to get the dough stiff. At most, all you need for the 1 kg of flour is half a cup of water.

5.
Knead the dough very well, put back in the bowl and leave to rest for 5 to 7 minutes. This makes the dough more elastic.


Cut, Fill, Fold and Close
1.Set your oven to 170°C (335°F) and leave to preheat while you continue with the meat pie.

2.Rub margarine on the insides of the oven tray and set aside. This is so that the undersides of the meat pies do not burn or stick to the tray during baking.

3.Break the egg, beat it and set aside, you will need it pretty soon.

4.Knead the dough some more, roll it out to achieve a 5mm thickness.

5.Use a cutter, be it the cover of a small pot or a meat pie cutter, to make round cuts on the rolled out dough.

6.Remove the excess dough, leaving behind the round cuts.

7.Scoop some meat pie filling into the center of the round cuts, the quantity should be such that you can comfortably close the dough without overflows. Don't worry if you over-filled the first one, you have many meat pies to fill today so at some point you will know just the right quantity of meat pie filling to scoop into the dough.

8.Rub the egg on the inside edge of the cut meatpie dough. Watch the video to see how this is done. This is to ensure that your meat pie is perfectly sealed and does not open up while it is being baked.

9.Fold one part of the dough to meet the other end and use a fork to press the 2 edges together to close tightly. Place your work of art in the oven tray and repeat the previous step till all the cut out dough is exhausted.

10.Roll out more dough, cut, fill, close and place in the greased oven tray till all the dough is used.

11.Rub the egg on the meat pies. This gives the meat pie a golden brown look when done.

12.Set the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. This time will depend on the type and heating capacity of your oven. For some ovens, the meat pie will be done in half an hour, for some, it may take up to 50 mins. Whatever type of oven you have, the important thing to know is that the best meat pies are the ones baked at medium heat. You can confirm that the meat pie is done when it starts browning. It is alright to open the oven to check this.

haryhorku: No mind her, she dey form ni, how on earth she No go cook for her husband, she dey lie

Ileke-IdI:


Shey the one wey you post up there no be oily omi obe with a few grass in it?

I need a husband because he expects me to cook? and vise versa? Chaiii, women don suffer

Ileke-IdI:


Shey the one wey you post up there no be oily omi obe with a few grass in it?

I need a husband because he expects me to cook? and vise versa? Chaiii, women don suffer

haryhorku: No mind her, she dey form ni, how on earth she No go cook for her husband, she dey lie

haryhorku: which suffering be that, na so e be since the creation of earth, so na your wholly duty to cook for your husby...

honeric01:

If that na omi obe, then what do u call mama bashira's own?

Yes, cooking is part of why people get married, so they can eat food prepared at home by either party.

honeric01:
Well nun no dey cook for anyone na

Ileke-IdI:


ah ahnnnnnn, this looks like it would take all week to make.

Thanks, will try it ASAP.

y me:
Lazy girl. . . get your azz in that kitchen my friend
it doesn't take long and its pretty easy . . . just give it a try lol

Ileke-IdI:


I didn't say I don't. I said it wasn't an expectation or an obligation.

Whoever hits the kitchen first cooks first. If man is hungry, man cooks.

haryhorku: fine its no big deal for a man to cook for his wife or family once a while, but my point is that the woman shld not take it for granted say na na 50 50 duty, i dey cook for my wife also,

Ileke-IdI:


Exactly, both side cooks. No expectation or obligation.

Ileke-IdI:


Make we no derail this lovely thread o. Stop posting from the 15th century Oya, let's gree to disagree, it's 51 49.

Ileke-IdI:


really? Does manna fall from heaven for them?

honeric01:

There's an obligation, the woman is the manager of the house so cooking is part of it, the husband is an apprentice when it comes to the managing of the house, the woman can always seek for his assistance but the sole responsibility of keeping the house sane lies in the hands of the woman including cooking. if the woman is lucky enough to have a good chef as a hubby, then double blessing

Ileke-IdI:


Make we no derail this lovely thread o. Stop posting from the 15th century Oya, let's gree to disagree, it's 51 49.

MaisseD: My dinner

honeric01:

There's an obligation, the woman is the manager of the house so cooking is part of it, the husband is an apprentice when it comes to the managing of the house, the woman can always seek for his assistance but the sole responsibility of keeping the house sane lies in the hands of the woman including cooking. if the woman is lucky enough to have a good chef as a hubby, then double blessing

haryhorku: Good, who takes 51 and 49

honeric01:

No, it comes from mama put.

Take this