Mrs Yetunde Bolarinwa is the proprietor of Yettymama Foods, Osogbo, Osun State. She shares with AISHA OLADIPO the recipe for a meal she considers the easiest to prepare.
At what age did you venture into professional catering?
At the age of 25.
What was your motivation?
I have a passion for cooking but I also felt I could make a living from rendering the service.
Many men these days are at home in the kitchen. Does your husband belong in this category?
Yes, he cooks well.
Where are you from?
Osogbo, Osun State.
What is the special dish from your place?
Pounded yam with vegetable soup.
Is there an ingredient you can’t do without while cooking?
I can’t do without salt and seasoning cubes. I don’t use curry, thyme and the likes because I run a cafeteria and we deal with local food. Just seasoning cubes and salt are enough.
One would have thought that you would make use of local seasonings for your dishes.
Though I use seasoning cubes, I still try to prepare food as natural as possible. Moreover, using seasoning cubes doesn’t make the dishes any less delicious.
Is there any chef you greatly admire?
No one in particular. I believe I am good at what I do.
Can you recall your biggest cooking blunder?
That was a day I prepared vegetable soup and added too much salt.
What food do you prepare with ease?
Amala with gbegiri.
Can you share the recipe?
For gbegiri soup, you will need beans, potash, sliced onions, pepper, salt, palm oil and seasoning cubes.
At the age of 25.
What was your motivation?
I have a passion for cooking but I also felt I could make a living from rendering the service.
Many men these days are at home in the kitchen. Does your husband belong in this category?
Yes, he cooks well.
Where are you from?
Osogbo, Osun State.
What is the special dish from your place?
Pounded yam with vegetable soup.
Is there an ingredient you can’t do without while cooking?
I can’t do without salt and seasoning cubes. I don’t use curry, thyme and the likes because I run a cafeteria and we deal with local food. Just seasoning cubes and salt are enough.
One would have thought that you would make use of local seasonings for your dishes.
Though I use seasoning cubes, I still try to prepare food as natural as possible. Moreover, using seasoning cubes doesn’t make the dishes any less delicious.
Is there any chef you greatly admire?
No one in particular. I believe I am good at what I do.
Can you recall your biggest cooking blunder?
That was a day I prepared vegetable soup and added too much salt.
What food do you prepare with ease?
Amala with gbegiri.
Can you share the recipe?
For gbegiri soup, you will need beans, potash, sliced onions, pepper, salt, palm oil and seasoning cubes.
Peel beans and pour in pot of water. Place pot on fire and add potash, sliced onions, and leave till soft. Add pepper and mash together with a small broom. Sieve and add salt, palm oil and seasoning cubes. Stir and leave it till it thickens. Serve with amala.
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