How to prepare tasty omena (Dagaa)

[Cassey Tash]

Omena is common in our homesteads and whoever doesn’t like Omena is missing on important nutrients. Epuka magonjwa, kula Omena.

Omena has numerous health benefits. Its nutrients are very useful since it’s rich in Calcium, Vitamin A and proteins.

Below is my Omena recipe, try it and thank me later.

Ingredients

¼ kg omena

1 tomato

1 onion

Tomato paste

Cooking oil

Salt

Spices of your choice

Procedure

Deep omena in hot water for 3 minutes, this help to eliminate sand from omena’s head

While the omena is still in hot water, chop the onion and tomato in separate bowls.

Heat your pan in moderate heat.

Add cooking oil in your heated pan

While the cooking oil is settling, drain water from your omena and put it in a bowl

Carefully add your washed omena in the heating cooking oil

Stir for few seconds and let it fry

Add salt to taste, and stir

Add your chopped onions and stir

After 2 minutes add your chopped tomato and tomato paste

Stir carefully unit it cooks to your preference

Serve it with hot ugali

 

[Elgin]

Omena ni mpoka msuri saiti, but the taste hata uweke spices gani ni ile ile,so to avoid hio taste, mimi humeza tu na kaukali bila kuchew.

 

[Okiya]

@AU5 @zapp_brannigan @Meria pin this thread and unpin it at the end of the year.

 

[AU5]

Omena ni mpoka msuri saiti, but the taste hata uweke spices gani ni ile ile,so to avoid hio taste, mimi humeza tu na kaukali bila kuchew.

stop buying omena haijakauka vizuri

 

[Historian]

omena za supermarket hukua poa kuliko za soko?

 

[AU5]

omena za supermarket hukua poa kuliko za soko?

za soko ziko better

 

[Mawaya]

stop buying omena haijakauka vizuri

Sasa mbona hutaki nitoe maoni?

 

[AU5]

Sasa mbona hutaki nitoe maoni?

pole bro, ongea

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Deep omena in hot water for 3 minutes, this help to eliminate sand from omena’s head

Osungu aside, how does this work? Do you mean wash the omena in hot water?

 

[Mwalimu-G]

stop buying omena haijakauka vizuri

Sasa hii mtu atajuaje?

 

[AU5]

Sasa hii mtu atajuaje?

aulize mama odhis huko sokoni

 

[JazzMan]

Umesahau ndimu ya kushughulikia harufu

 

[Kasaman]

Omena is common in our homesteads and whoever doesn’t like Omena is missing on important nutrients. Epuka magonjwa, kula Omena.

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Omena has numerous health benefits. Its nutrients are very useful since it’s rich in Calcium, Vitamin A and proteins.

Below is my Omena recipe, try it and thank me later.

Ingredients

¼ kg omena

1 tomato

1 onion

Tomato paste

Cooking oil

Salt

Spices of your choice

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Procedure

Deep omena in hot water for 3 minutes, this help to eliminate sand from omena’s head

While the omena is still in hot water, chop the onion and tomato in separate bowls.

Heat your pan in moderate heat.

Add cooking oil in your heated pan

While the cooking oil is settling, drain water from your omena and put it in a bowl

Carefully add your washed omena in the heating cooking oil

Stir for few seconds and let it fry

Add salt to taste, and stir

Add your chopped onions and stir

After 2 minutes add your chopped tomato and tomato paste

Stir carefully unit it cooks to your preference

Serve it with hot ugali

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juzi nilipewa deep fried omena ,thought they are bitter but how tasty they were ! Are they sold in packages like crips ???

 

[Reri]

stop buying omena haijakauka vizuri

I used to think that one can only cook those dried omena bought from sacks in markets or plastic paper bags in a supermarket.
There is this young lady in Kisumu who buys them fresh very early in morning in a bucket from wholesale fish vendors.

She dries them during the day in the very hot Kisumu sun and dry fries them in the evening. When I plan to pass through Kisumu I place my order the day before in bulk. I have my special recipe of spices she uses to prepare my order: green onions, garlic, coriander and a secret item for men only She chops them up really in fine pieces before cooking them in olive oil and soya source. You can keep them in a fridge and they still taste good after one month.

You should all try it !