Ooh wow wow Dada’s, I just want to say thank you so much 😊 I learned a lot from you, I tried you cassava leaf 🍃 soup, puff puff, fish, jello rice 🍚 and more! Your recipe is the best and easy to follow , and now am trying the moi moi may God bless you! ❤🙏🙏🙏
That’s one yummy Olele, would give it a try before end of Ramadan. Also great tips on how to clean off the skin of the beans, that’s life saving method. You’re the first Gambian I’ve come upon on UA-cam.. well done Janha x
That looks really good. My mom from the Caribbean made something like this called “Dunkin’s”. She used corn, cinnamon, Ginger and raisin. Wrapped in banana leaf and steam. We are family.
Dada’s FoodCrav Kitchen Nice meet you. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. Your food looks so Delicious. I love eggplant so I know I would love this❤️
This is amazing. Not seen this method before. It looks so inviting and it a must try for me. It looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. From Chioma`s Kitchen
👏👏👏👏 you have no idea, I was looking for recipe how to make moi moi and I thought that it was complicated. I have been in America for 18 years but missed moi moi so badly. The last time I ate it was in high school in ndows Thank you so much for your channel.
Thank you Dada, well I love oleleh so much . But I never made it myself because I thought it's very difficult to make but after watching your video . Thank you and so much appreciated. 👏👏👏❤️💯
Wow! Looks so good! I'm new to African cuisine. I'm always exploring new foods. Your instructions are very clear and I can't wait to try. Thank you for your channel. Sharing recipes is sharing culture! P.S. The tip on de-skinning the beans was great, and a new one for me.
Wow I just learned a new way to cook black eyes beans. In cameroon, after blending the beans we add red oil, salt and pépé when is ready , you can eat it with boil banana, cassava, plantain, yam, coco. Thanks for the receipe
I am so glad that you came across min channel. I really appreciate it. Now we have each other. Thank you so much for watching. I bet your olleleh will come out great. Let me know
Awesome recipe! Didn't know one could add eggplant. I am going to try that tomorrow but I don't like canned fish. Like salmon to me is tasteless but I will broil some fish in my oven..wonder if shrimp would work too? I like experimenting!
Yes ofcourse shrimp will work perfectly fine. I sometimes add smoked Turkey. You can steam fish and add it too. Bonga fish or smoked catfish . Yes try it please and let me know.
There are specific set of people in the Gambia called Oku. They’re originally Yorubas from Nigeria, who settled in Gambia decades ago. They’re are the ones who have that food she made. That’s why she called it Olele, the write spelling I did. That’s a typical Yoruba word for moi moi. We Yoruba called it Olele.
I am a Nigerian. This is the best Moi Moi recipe I have seen. There is only one problem, the foil. Foil emits aluminum particles that are unhealthy. In Nigeria, we have Moi Moi leaves, which is better.
Yoruba settlers took that to the Gambia. They call it Olele. A typical Yoruba word. Those people are still in The Gambia called Oku. ( The Oku people) They’re also in Sierra Leone. They’re originally Yoruba people. Same name, same culture, same food, same language, but their present day children are not speaking the Yoruba language fluently anymore. Just few words they know, but maintained the culture and traditions. Their grandparents were originally Yorubas.
Dada’s FoodCrave Kitchen I agree, also thank you for uploading these videos. Being in college, I miss Gambian food so much and now I can make my own without calling my mom every second! 😄
Yessss! By the time your graduate from college and go back, your mom will not only be proud of you graduating she will also be proud that you can prepare all these different dishes too. Keep watching . So much is coming your way. I wish you all the best in college. Good luck! May God guide and protect you every step you make.
This reminds me of making tamales that I just made for Christmas we wrap our Masa corn Masa with pork meat with chili and wrap in the corn Husk husk leaf that we soak in hot water first and then we steam it for about an hour inside a steamer this recipe looks good
Omg! this look super delicious. I was planning to prepare Gambian Olele for dinner this Saturday I then came across your videos. This video will really help me. Thank you dear u are amazing!
There is slight difference between the way we prepared ours in Nigeria and urs. We heat up the red palm oil before pouring into the beans paste. I will advise that we heat up the palm oil to make the oil light before using it. We should remember that red oil is one of the main causes of high cholesterol that leads to blocked arteries and strokes
@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen it seems to me u are not happy with my comment with the exclamation mark at the end of ur "noted". I believe it's important to make u and others aware for health reasons.
@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen Even your name is Yoruba. Dada is a name given to a baby born with knotted hair (dreadlocks) and also the word Dada means Good /very well. There are Yoruba in Gambia dated back to 16th century, they weren't known as Aku/Oku (derive from Yoruba greetings which begins with Aku/Oku/eku/okun according to sub group dialect). The Aku also exist in Liberia Sierra Leone and in Togo, Ghana, Benin they are known as Anago. Just a brief history. Africa should be without those artificial borders made by colonialists to divide us. One love one Africa.
Thanks for stopping by and thank you for watching. Well its a steamer pot i purchase at my local Asian store in my city. You can find similar once at any stores that sells cookware.
No wait! You can steam it without having a steamer pot. Now read carefully! After you prepare the olleleh on the foil add a little bit of water in a pot depending on how much olleleh you making. If you have any round metal plate that will fit into the pot, place it in the pot and have the olleleh on top of that then cover with plastic and cover the lid steam for 40 to 45 minutes. I really want you to be successful in making some. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for being here and thank you for watching
No need to put it in the oven because you want to steam it just like i did in the video. You can bake the olleleh but the steam is better because it will come out soft while the oven might make it dry. Inbox me on Instagram i will show you a picture of the metal thing am talking about
Lovely recipe didn't know you can add eggplant to oleleh, good to know. Where can I get the steamer pot you used? Can you put it in the description box please, I would really like to get one, it will be very useful for veggies aside from making oleleh. I am a new subscriber
You can find steamer pot anywhere online. I purchase mine at a local Asian store in my city. Check Amazon or any of you local stores you will find it. Let me know how it turned out for you and thank you for watching. Appreciate it 🙏
Wow!! Similar to ours in Nigeria. But is foil paper safe? Because that's why I don't cook it since I don't have access to leaves that we use in Nigeria .
I loved your recepie of oleleh .i have a question or a suggestion for you, how about using the cabbage call slow cabbage to wrap instead of foil or banana leaf , I live in Canada i don't like foil and I don't have banana leaf. I would appreciate if you let me know. Thank you so much Amal
Yes absolutely! You can use banana leaf. At the time i didn't have any that was why. I will be coming up with one using banana leaf. Thanks for watching
A great tutorial. I love your aubergine addition, so tried it out. I used well marinated fresh fish fillet, diced. It came out very well and tasty. Thanks for sharing.
Ooh wow wow Dada’s, I just want to say thank you so much 😊 I learned a lot from you, I tried you cassava leaf 🍃 soup, puff puff, fish, jello rice 🍚 and more! Your recipe is the best and easy to follow , and now am trying the moi moi may God bless you! ❤🙏🙏🙏
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Wow. We make this in Sierra Leone by way of the Krio people who are resettlers from the Carribean of Nigerian ancestry.
My favourite. Thanks for sharing I try it
Terrific,mouth watering.
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I really do love the variety of dishes on your show.
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@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen oh am soooooo glad
Keep it up
Lovely oleleh, that looks yummy. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much
Sooo good ❤❤❤
I love your method and it's so rich . Worth trying . Nigeria method is different but wow I like your yummy out come. Well done.
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Look very appetizing. I have had Moi Moi Nigerian style. Now I'm going to try it Oleleh Gambian style yours! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for the recipe.
Amazing!!!!!!!
In Guatemala we make tamles
This is awsome
You are welcome! I ate tamales because it's delicious. This almost tasted the same. Thanks for watching
This one is special , and healthier ! Excellent Cook 🍳 👌 well done 👏
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I love it❤❤❤
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That’s one yummy Olele, would give it a try before end of Ramadan. Also great tips on how to clean off the skin of the beans, that’s life saving method. You’re the first Gambian I’ve come upon on UA-cam.. well done Janha x
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Alhamdulilah my first Gambian sister
This was the best Olele I've ever made. I've tried several recipes. This one by far is the best I have tasted!!!
Putting plastic over it is something I don’t do. Thanks for teaching us new things. It’s a very yummy snack I enjoy. Thanks for sharing💕
I have tried this method of cooking olele and it turns out great🙏 thank you for sharing the recipe
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Thank youuu! I’m gonna try and make this over the weekend insha’Allah
This was very good cooking Dada! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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It looks really nice. I can’t wait to try it out tomorrow 😋😋😋
Yes please do. Let me know how it turns out. Thanks for watching
That looks really good. My mom from the Caribbean made something like this called “Dunkin’s”. She used corn, cinnamon, Ginger and raisin. Wrapped in banana leaf and steam. We are family.
I like moi moi and this one looks delicious😋 well done👍
I love it ❤️
Dada I am from the Bahamas, living in the USA and I am going to make this for my family. Never had it, but I hope that they will like it. Ms. JJ
They will absolutely love it. Thank you for watching and let me know how it turned out for you. Appreciate it 🙏 💯
Tried this recipe and my family loved it. Thank you!
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Dada’s FoodCrav Kitchen Nice meet you. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. Your food looks so Delicious. I love eggplant so I know I would love this❤️
Thank you! I hope you will try this recipe
I love u so much mummy Dada i have learnt a lot from your channel and Masah Allah may Allah give u long life Amen....
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This is amazing. Not seen this method before. It looks so inviting and it a must try for me. It looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. From Chioma`s Kitchen
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This is the best set of instructions that I have seen for a nice, moist oleh leh. Well done.
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I love oleleh with bread and mayonnaise now I will prepare it myself
Great! I love olleleh with bread too. Let me know how it turned out for you. Thanks for watching
Oh my I have to try this
Wow so nice and I really miss it
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@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen yse for real I will do it
Today is the first time of seeing a gambian UA-cam channel 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
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Hello you are really a great chef thanks for sharing these great recipes may God continue to bless you ,,you are great 👍🏽
Thank you mama Ray Ray. I really appreciate you.
am new to your channel and so far i love all the videos i came across. and am trying them at home.
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@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen for sure, i will in shaa Allah.
Good cooking Dada😋👌👌♥️
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Omg Olele is my favorite gambian snack and always been since i first taste it!
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Nice one the washing is Amazing.👌👍
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👏👏👏👏 you have no idea, I was looking for recipe how to make moi moi and I thought that it was complicated. I have been in America for 18 years but missed moi moi so badly. The last time I ate it was in high school in ndows Thank you so much for your channel.
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Definitely gonna try it! Looks delicious.
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This looks good. Surprisingly igbos call it same elele and moimoi .looks really good
Yes we call it olleleh. Thanks for watching. Appreciate it 🙏 💯 🙌
I love ❤️ this just by itself Dada. Your cooking is mouth watering.
Thank you maimuna. Hope you will try this recipe
Am Nigerian we have our way but I'll definitely try your stile
Thank you
Thank you Dada, well I love oleleh so much . But I never made it myself because I thought it's very difficult to make but after watching your video . Thank you and so much appreciated. 👏👏👏❤️💯
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Wow! Looks so good! I'm new to African cuisine. I'm always exploring new foods. Your instructions are very clear and I can't wait to try. Thank you for your channel. Sharing recipes is sharing culture! P.S. The tip on de-skinning the beans was great, and a new one for me.
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I love it very nice thanks
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Its really nice with bread. A lady call Lucy was always selling it around observer opposite laziza in Gambia. It was yummy.
It is very good with hot bread i use to bye at the fula coner store in Banjul. Thank you for watching my dear
Beautiful Olele
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This looks very good! If you omit the fish it is vegetarian. Yum!
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Welldone, very similar to Nigerian Miomio. I am going to try it
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Lovely ! Keep the recipes coming ! Love it ! 🤩
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Wow I just learned a new way to cook black eyes beans.
In cameroon, after blending the beans we add red oil, salt and pépé when is ready , you can eat it with boil banana, cassava, plantain, yam, coco.
Thanks for the receipe
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Yeah, you can also use red oil. That’s the original way our olden days Yoruba grandparents used to make it.
thank God i just came across this channel. i follow a lot of food channels but none are Gambian....funny just bought stuff and planning to make olele
I am so glad that you came across min channel. I really appreciate it. Now we have each other. Thank you so much for watching. I bet your olleleh will come out great. Let me know
Thanks for sharing, looks very appetising. I must give this recipe ago. My Grandmother used to make Olele.
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Thanks.
Educative!
One of my favorite African dishes. Sits real close to fufu with okra soup to me ☺️
Awesome recipe! Didn't know one could add eggplant. I am going to try that tomorrow but I don't like canned fish. Like salmon to me is tasteless but I will broil some fish in my oven..wonder if shrimp would work too? I like experimenting!
Yes ofcourse shrimp will work perfectly fine. I sometimes add smoked Turkey. You can steam fish and add it too. Bonga fish or smoked catfish . Yes try it please and let me know.
Looks delicious!
Thanks for watching
Going to Gambia this is on my list to try over there
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As a Gambian
You made a perfect olele 😊
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Love 💓 it
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Very nice 👌
Wow OMG❤💯
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It is an african food with very nutritious,african food is the best🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Best moimoi I ever made! I used everything except the eggplant. It still turned out perfect.i also used safflower oil instead of palm oil.
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That looks yummy sis, wish I was near you.
God bless you more
I am sooo happy!! Your videos are short and easy to follow. Regards, Tukulorr
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Fantastic sis
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Gambia and Nigeria are in uniform love it.
There are specific set of people in the Gambia called Oku. They’re originally Yorubas from Nigeria, who settled in Gambia decades ago. They’re are the ones who have that food she made. That’s why she called it Olele, the write spelling I did. That’s a typical Yoruba word for moi moi. We Yoruba called it Olele.
Nice one
Excellent work
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I really like dis
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Thankz for sharing♥
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Is so nice and easy
Thank you
I am a Nigerian. This is the best Moi Moi recipe I have seen. There is only one problem, the foil. Foil emits aluminum particles that are unhealthy. In Nigeria, we have Moi Moi leaves, which is better.
Yoruba settlers took that to the Gambia. They call it Olele. A typical Yoruba word. Those people are still in The Gambia called Oku. ( The Oku people) They’re also in Sierra Leone.
They’re originally Yoruba people. Same name, same culture, same food, same language, but their present day children are not speaking the Yoruba language fluently anymore. Just few words they know, but maintained the culture and traditions. Their grandparents were originally Yorubas.
I must try it
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Marshalla
This is exactly how my mom makes it, the only difference is she adds shrimp 💗
Yes dear i believe you can use anything you like as a filling in your olleleh/Moi Moi. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching
Dada’s FoodCrave Kitchen I agree, also thank you for uploading these videos. Being in college, I miss Gambian food so much and now I can make my own without calling my mom every second! 😄
Yessss! By the time your graduate from college and go back, your mom will not only be proud of you graduating she will also be proud that you can prepare all these different dishes too. Keep watching . So much is coming your way. I wish you all the best in college. Good luck! May God guide and protect you every step you make.
I'm going to add egg plant next time. Thanks it looks delicious 😊❤️👌
Can you plz show me how you make ur foil
This reminds me of making tamales that I just made for Christmas we wrap our Masa corn Masa with pork meat with chili and wrap in the corn Husk husk leaf that we soak in hot water first and then we steam it for about an hour inside a steamer this recipe looks good
Yes it almost looks and taste like tamales 🫔 you should give this one a try. You will not regret it. Thank you for watching. Appreciate it 🙏
Omg! this look super delicious. I was planning to prepare Gambian Olele for dinner this Saturday I then came across your videos. This video will really help me. Thank you dear u are amazing!
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Looks goid Thank you
Thanks for watching
There is slight difference between the way we prepared ours in Nigeria and urs. We heat up the red palm oil before pouring into the beans paste.
I will advise that we heat up the palm oil to make the oil light before using it. We should remember that red oil is one of the main causes of high cholesterol that leads to blocked arteries and strokes
Noted! Thanks for watching
@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen it seems to me u are not happy with my comment with the exclamation mark at the end of ur "noted". I believe it's important to make u and others aware for health reasons.
It's holy yummy! Moi Moi and Olele is the Yoruba name for this delicious food. Are there many Yoruba tribe in the Gambia?
Not that I know off, but there might be few, because Gambia has so many tribes that some may be connected. Thanks for watching
Not really but there are a lot of Nigerians living here in Gambia
@@DadasFoodCraveKitchen Even your name is Yoruba. Dada is a name given to a baby born with knotted hair (dreadlocks) and also the word Dada means Good /very well.
There are Yoruba in Gambia dated back to 16th century, they weren't known as Aku/Oku (derive from Yoruba greetings which begins with Aku/Oku/eku/okun according to sub group dialect). The Aku also exist in Liberia Sierra Leone and in Togo, Ghana, Benin they are known as Anago.
Just a brief history. Africa should be without those artificial borders made by colonialists to divide us. One love one Africa.
Sister i miss oleleh so much
Well now you can watch and make you some. Lol! You should try making some let me know. Thanks for watching
Wow I would love to try one it looks tasty. I've never had this but it look like patties. Nice video Dada :)
Mmmm moi moi oyeeee
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Masha allah,mother land afriqua,muslims in ghana the same name the the same method afriqa must unit ,and think fast hope all the best iinsh ALLAH
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OMG 😱 SO YUMMY 😋
I never knew the hull could come off of the black eye pea!!! Nice!! What kind of steamer pot is that? I love it!!
Thanks for stopping by and thank you for watching. Well its a steamer pot i purchase at my local Asian store in my city. You can find similar once at any stores that sells cookware.
Awesome recipe i made the akara today and tomorrow i might try this olele but i don't have a steamer 😞 and am not sure if it's a good idea to bake it
No wait! You can steam it without having a steamer pot. Now read carefully! After you prepare the olleleh on the foil add a little bit of water in a pot depending on how much olleleh you making. If you have any round metal plate that will fit into the pot, place it in the pot and have the olleleh on top of that then cover with plastic and cover the lid steam for 40 to 45 minutes. I really want you to be successful in making some. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for being here and thank you for watching
After doing this do I need to put it in the oven?
No need to put it in the oven because you want to steam it just like i did in the video. You can bake the olleleh but the steam is better because it will come out soft while the oven might make it dry. Inbox me on Instagram i will show you a picture of the metal thing am talking about
Lovely recipe didn't know you can add eggplant to oleleh, good to know. Where can I get the steamer pot you used? Can you put it in the description box please, I would really like to get one, it will be very useful for veggies aside from making oleleh. I am a new subscriber
You can find steamer pot anywhere online. I purchase mine at a local Asian store in my city. Check Amazon or any of you local stores you will find it. Let me know how it turned out for you and thank you for watching. Appreciate it 🙏
Looks good
Yummy
Wow!! Similar to ours in Nigeria. But is foil paper safe? Because that's why I don't cook it since I don't have access to leaves that we use in Nigeria .
Yes the banana leaf is better. Thanks for watching
I loved your recepie of oleleh .i have a question or a suggestion for you, how about using the cabbage call slow cabbage to wrap instead of foil or banana leaf , I live in Canada i don't like foil and I don't have banana leaf. I would appreciate if you let me know.
Thank you so much
Amal
Yes absolutely! You can use banana leaf. At the time i didn't have any that was why. I will be coming up with one using banana leaf. Thanks for watching
A great tutorial. I love your aubergine addition, so tried it out. I used well marinated fresh fish fillet, diced. It came out very well and tasty. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi, can we use yellow bell pepper
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Can you make akara?
Look are my channel i have two different recipes on akara. Thanks for watching. Appreciate it
Abiti🇬🇭Ewe❤❤
yummy recipe
I hope you to hear from you soon about the steamer pot.