How My Day Went - November 17 2020
Slept late again. I slept after 2am this morning and woke up at 9:30am. I didn’t sleep early so didn’t wake up early. I got on my phone as soon as I woke up, so I was unable to exercise today too. I had planned to wash yesterday but I wasn’t able to, so I washed today.
After washing, I had my breakfast/lunch. It was past 12noon when I ate, so you can say it’s lunch. Watched some series and was on my phone whiles watching the series. At 2pm, I went to buy some stuffed to come and prepare Banku and okro soup. A friend called me just around the time I got home. She was in distress and crying on the phone because her boyfriend was cheating on her. I tried calming her down on phone to no avail. My mum came around just at that time and I asked her if she could prepare the banku for me. She said yes so I left it to her and went to bath so I go and see my friend.
I left the house at 4pm and I got there at 5:30 pm. It’s a 25 minutes ride when there’s no traffic but there’s almost always traffic on the streets of Accra so I didn’t get there early. She had calm down by the time I got there and we spoke for awhile. I asked her about everything and she told me. I consoled her and told her I will come next day to talk to her. She said ok, and I left. I didn’t even check the time earlier but when I did, it was already 9:30pm. I got car at 10:15pm and was home by 11:30pm. I’m happy I was able to help her calm down a bit.
Preparing Beans aka Students Companion
This is a bowl of beans. When I watch movies, I realize people call it cowpeas. In Ghana, it’s simply known as beans. I prepared some and I want to share with you.
First you start off by washing your beans. What I cooked was 2 cups of beans. I washed it twice because there were a lot of impurities in it. Some were beanstalks others were husks.
After washing, I put the beans in a pot and placed it on fire. I added 3 cups of water to it. It usually takes a while to soften up and once it’s soft, it’s ready.
After about an hour, it was ready. I added about a tablespoon of salt. Living with my grandma, she always told me if you add the salt from the beginning, it takes a longer time for the beans to get soft. I’ve tried it that way a couple of times and I saw no difference but she used to notice that I put the salt inside from the beginning when she was around. After adding the salt, it’s ready to serve.
We normally use palm oil or red oil to eat beans but since I didn’t have any, I used normal cooking oil. Served some beans into a bowl and I added 2 tablespoons of oil.
I added 7 tablespoons of gari. Beans is often eaten with gari(grated cassava). Food is ready now.
This dish is called students companion because it’s a favorite dish of students. It has the same price as rice, but it can sustain the average person much longer than rice. Students like eating beans as breakfast so it can take them through the day.
