I Can Only Eat Amala Lafun Prepared By My Mum (Jide Kosoko)

I Can Only Eat Amala Lafun Prepared By My Mum (Jide Kosoko)

My favourite dish is a combination of rice,
dodo and fresh fish . I also like amala and fresh fish .

Are you a good cook ?
Of course , I cook a lot . As a matter of fact , every Boxing Day ( December 26 ) , I cook for my family.

Are you concerned about your daily calorie intake when choosing what to eat ?
Of course , I have to be concerned. I am diabetic and I have been managing the condition . Being aware of my calorie intake is part of the management .

Do you eat three squares meal daily ?
Not really . In the morning , I usually take coffee . Around noon , I take my lunch and my dinner comes around 6 :30 pm. I eat minimally. At times , I eat five times but I must be sure of what I eat and that it doesn ’ t contain many calories .

What is your favourite drink ?
My favourite drink is water . I used to take soft drinks but I stopped and occasionally , I take little red wine, especially when I am at an occasion . But generally , I ’ m not a fan of alcohol .

How often do you take fruits and vegetables?
Vegetable is my food . Almost all my meals contain vegetables .

Do you prefer Nigerian meals to that of other countries ?
Definitely , I prefer my country . Even as a Yoruba man, I prefer Yoruba ’ s apon to Igbo’ s ogbonna .

What is your favourite fruit?
Garden egg. I take a lot of garden egg and ginger .

Do you have any food allergy ?
I don ’ t have any . I only abstain from taking some foods , I am not allergic to any food .

What is the strangest food you’ ve eaten?
I have forgotten the name but I was given in India . I almost vomited.

Is there any food that brings back special memories to you ?
There are quite a number of foods that bring back memories . When I was much younger , my mum used to cook ishakpa . Ishakpa is a type of vegetable that looks like a flower and the protein that comes with it is called konko . I used to enjoy it . In those days , we took it with amala lafun ( yam flour ) . Apart from my mum , I don ’ t trust anybody to prepare it for me .

What is your favourite dessert?
Fruit salad .
If you were to select fruits to make a salad , what fruits would you select?
Definitely , carrot is going to be part of it and apple. I watch my intake of sugar, so I eat the fruits occasionally .

How often do you shop for food ?
That is my wife ’ s job but occasionally , when I travel , I buy fruits such as apples, pineapples and oranges . The shopping is my wife ’ s responsibility . My own is to eat and be sure there is food . There must be food at home .

If you were to organise a dinner for your birthday, which is today , what kind of food would you serve your guests ?
If are organise a dinner, there would be variety of foods that people like such as rice, amala, yam porridge , beans and others

Source:- Punchng