Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Nigerian Practical Life
DH is from Nigeria and one of his earliest memories is helping to make pounded yam. (in Nigeria it is considered good hospitality to present a dish of pounded yam and soup to visitors) Traditionally this is done with a 4 foot mortar as in this Yam Pounding painting
We have adapted this for one of our Practical Life lessons - I boil the yam and pop it in a bowl next to a large pestle and mortar.
The child pops the yam in the mortar and pounds away - as you can see they have great fun doing it.
Once pounded a small amount of water is added to make it into a smooth paste - this is rolled into a ball and placed in a bowl ready to serve.
Another great African PL lesson was shared with me by a good friend - grating plantain, the grated plantain is fried to make delicious crisps.
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5 comments:
This is a great idea! I like how you modified it to work in your home. Do the kids like to eat it?
Yes the kids are very happy eating it - a bit like mashed potato but tastier.
I think their favourite has to be the plaintain crisps :)
We have done the plantains crisps before. Yummy!
Haven't tried the yams yet.
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Yum! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing! I love when practical life can tie in with a cultural lesson or theme :)
Fantastic practical life activity!
Kerri
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