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Suya

Skewers rolled in ground peanut and chilli, grilled over open coals.

Suya
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Skewered, with yaji

45 minutes ยท serves 4 ยท Easy

What you need

  • 600g beef sirloin, sliced thin
  • 100g roasted peanuts, ground to powder
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp cayenne
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 stock cube, crushed
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • Onion and tomato to serve

What you do

  1. 1Make the yaji: grind the peanuts as fine as you can without turning them to butter, then mix with the ginger, cayenne, garlic and crushed stock cube.
  2. 2Thread the thin beef onto skewers in loose folds, brush with oil, and rub half the yaji in firmly.
  3. 3Grill over hot coals or under a fierce grill, 3 minutes a side. It should char at the edges.
  4. 4Dust the rest of the yaji on as it comes off the heat โ€” the second dusting is the one you taste.
  5. 5Raw onion and tomato, and nothing else needed.

In a pan, with chicken

30 minutes ยท serves 2 ยท Very easy

What you need

  • 400g chicken thigh strips
  • Yaji spice mix
  • Oil
  • Onion
  • Lime

What you do

  1. 1Rub the strips with oil and half the spice, rest 20 minutes.
  2. 2Fry hard in a dry pan in one layer until charred.
  3. 3Rest of the spice over, lime squeezed on.