Few days back my mother-in-law asks for the older son to come with her because they are going to harvest her squash in her vast garden in the mountain.
When my son got home, he brought a lot of squashes.
We already consumed 4 aside from whats on the photo.
We cooked them and served with soup as our viand for how many meals and i observed that kids are getting bored of it😁 so i think of making an "okoy" to achieve another dish out of these squashes.
I grated the whole squash, a big one yeah! 🤭. My arms ached and felt tired of it 😅. Because i know that my kids loves okoy and even though they are full, they come back for it later so i decided to prepare the whole big one. (i used the rough shredder when the squash is a bit watery but if its dry i used the medium, i don't use the fine one)
I added the minced garlic, onions, ginger and chopped spring onions,
Add the egg to prevent the squash to spread out when you fry it. In every time i prepare an okoy, i ussually use one egg only. Even the
Add some flour little by little until the mixture is a bit sticky but not dry
. and added salt to taste using a fork so as to prevent the squash to extract much of its water.
I didn't include the measurements of my ingredients because it depends on you how much garlic, onion you use. But about the ginger i added it coz' someone is having cold in the house, if you add ginger just a minimal of it, or you can remove it in the list because it can add a bit spicy flavor on the recipe and kids might not like it, i fried it first in the pan before mixing in the squash.
Now heat the pan in a medium fire, pour some oil, make it enough that the okoy to be dipped fry.
Scoop a teaspoonfull of your mixture and press lightly then drop on the hot oil.
I use to pair it with liver sauce but my kids preffered soy and vinegar so i substituted the vinegar with lemon because i never store vinegar in my cupboard.
All done!
Thanks for reading🤗
Try make a dessert out of squash , it is good. You just search it on google for the procedures. Your kids will love it very much.