SLC-S28/W4-“Local Taste, Global Twist| Global Dessert!

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It is another season and in which of taking part in this learning challenge and I enjoyed this week topic because it's has to do with picking up ingredients that is available and affordable to work with.

So I choose garri as my local ingredients to make a parfait with it.

Parfait is not our local style of preparing food, it's origin is from France but other country has buried it and use different recipes prepare parfait. It is usually prepared with either you got or creamy milk to help make the ingredients to be sticky or moisturize making it easy to digest from the mouth.

What dessert did you choose or create? Give your reasons for choosing it and show your preparation steps.

I choose to create a dessert called Tropical Garri Parfait. It is very common in my country, garri is part of our local desert.

Another reason why I choose it is because garri is very affordable, it is so easy to prepare, and like I said it is our local dessert therefore, it is loved in many Nigerian homes.

Also, out of creativity I want to show that a very simple local ingredient like garri can be use to prepare a delicious modern dessert.

Garri parfait recipe

Ingredient

• Garri
• Groundnuts
• Banana
• Watermelon
• Liquid fresh milk

Mis en place

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Steps

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Which local ingredients did you add to make this dessert international?

I used garri as the based which replaced oats, granola, or couscous which is usually used in making parfaits worldwide.

Garri is a made from cassava and it is mostly prepared and eaten by the Africans, therefore it is our local ingredient that I used. Eat can be eaten with anything and has different ways of preparing it. So in this contest, I choose to use it asa base for my parfait.

Groundnuts and banana makes the dessert stand out with crunchy and nice flavour.

The combination of banana and watermelon makes it feel like international desert.

The fruits colours makes it look fresh, garri and milk gives it that creamy base like a real parfait, then the sprinkled groundnut added crunchy tropical vibes.

What inspired your flavor combination and decoration?

The hot weather climate over here inspired my combination. I normally like banana flavour and so the flavour from the banana in the perfect also inspired me to make it.

I was also inspired by the idea of using any available and affordable household ingredients to turn it into something delicious and global.

As for the decoration, I was inspired by normal global parfait cups which usually have a colorful layers that look appetizing even before having a taste. So this inspired me to give my parfait a colourful layer.

So this sparkling pinkish colour from the watermelon really makes it appetising to the eye making it desiring to have a taste.

How would you describe the final taste and feeling it gives?

The taste was so delicious I never knew that it could taste this way. It's taste sweet, and satisfying, just taste like enjoying a chilled summer parfait in the beach.

I and my daughter enjoying the garri parfait

Talking about the feelings it gives me, I like eating nutritious meal in general and so sitting down to outline the health benefits of this parfait makes me feel joy knowing that I'm consuming a healthy diet.

The fruit in it makes it gives vitamins and build immune system. The nuts and milk are good source of protein.

Thank you so much for going through my post

I will like to invite @adylinah @sol02 and @blessedlife to take part in this contest