Cookbook:Gizdodo (Nigerian Gizzard and Plantains)

Gizdodo (Nigerian Gizzard and Plantains)
Category	Nigerian recipes
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Gizdodo is a popular Nigerian dish consisting of gizzard and plantains (dodo). It is commonly served at parties alongside small chops. It can be eaten with various kinds of cooked rice.

Ingredients

• Gizzard, washed and cut into pieces
• Onion
• Seasoning/stock cube
• Onion, coarsely chopped
• Red, green, yellow bell peppers, coarsely chopped
• Scotch bonnet chile pepper, coarsely chopped
• Tomatoes, coarsely chopped
• Ginger
• Vegetable oil
• Onion, diced
• Garlic
• Ripe plantain, peeled and diced
• Curry powder
• Thyme
• Salt

Procedure

1. Combine the gizzard, onion, seasoning cube, curry, and thyme in a pot. Cook over medium heat.
2. Blend the bell peppers, scotch bonnet pepper, tomatoes, onions, and ginger to a coarse paste.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan. Add diced onion and garlic, and fry until softened. Stir in blended pepper mixture, and cook for about 10 minutes.
4. Heat oil in a pan, and fry the plantain. Remove.
5. Fry the gizzard in the oil until dry and brown. Remove excess oil.
6. Add the cooked onion-pepper mixture to the gizzard, and fry for a while.
7. Gently stir in the fried plantain. Simmer for a few minutes, and adjust the seasoning as needed.
8. Remove from heat, and serve with rice.