Tundun Tejuoso's Tea Tutorials

Step 1: Getting the ingredients

I. Dried tiger nuts

Tiger nuts are also called chufa, yellow nutsedge or earth almonds. They are edible tubers, wrinkly with a chewy texture and have a sweet nutty flavor similar to coconut.

II. Dried dates

Rich in various nutrients, fiber and antioxidants, dates are popular throughout the world and are consumed as dried fruits. They are combined with tiger nuts for the tiger nut drink.

Step 2: Wash thoroughly

To begin preparing the tiger nut milk, the dried tiger nuts and dates are washed thoroughly.

Step 3: Soak in water

The dried tiger nuts and dates are soaked in water and allowed to get softer. This makes it easier to extract the milk.

Step 4: Core dates

Dates have strong seeds known as date stones. In preparing the dates prior to blending them, the stones are removed from the centre of the fruit with a knife.

...add the sweet fleshly cored dates

The cored dates are traditionally added to the tiger nuts as natural sweetener in preparing "Kunun Aya".

Step 5: Add to the blender...

The tiger nuts and dates have softened and are ready to be blended. Other fruits and nuts can also be added to the mix.

...Add water to the blender...

Water is added to enable the tiger nuts and dates to be blended faster, easier and smoother.

...and blend away!

The blender is powered on and the dates and tiger nuts blend until almost smooth.

Step 6: Sift through

After blending, the mixture is passed through a sieve which separates the extracted milk from the chaff.

Milk and chaff

The milk runs through the sieve into a container, such as a glass pitcher, while the chaff stays on top.

Tiger nut milk

Here's the good stuff...

Tiger nut chaff

...and here's what's left of the bad stuff.

Actually, this can be kept separately and used to make tiger nut flour.

Step 7: Let's serve

The milk (tiger nut drink) can now be poured into a cup and served.

The Milky Way

Tundun, our tiger nut chef, enjoys a cold cup of tiger nut milk.

Enjoyed with

Tiger nut milk can be enjoyed with a side snack like cake or something similar.

Mmmm... herbal wonder

Lemongrass tea is a herbal blend with many health benefits. It fights free radicals and contains inflammation-fighting compounds such as chlorogenic acid.

In Nigeria, lemongrass tea is known to help fight common cold and malaria.

Step 1: Simple ingredients make a perfect tea

The ingredients for making lemongrass tea are not difficult to figure out and find: all you need is lemongrass and lemon.

Tall and green

Lemongrass is a tall, perennial grass in a class of about 45 species of grasses native to the tropical and sub-tropical climates of Asia, Australia and Africa.

Step 2: Slicing the lemons

To prepare lemongrass tea, fresh lemons are cut in slices and brewed alongside the lemongrass plant. The lemons are added to the tea pot with the lemongrass plant in preparation for brewing.

Step 3: Preparing the brew

The lemongrass and fresh lemon slices are boiled and brewed in a teapot. Fresh water is added to enable the lemongrass plant and fresh lemons to draw out their unique aromas.

Step 4: Start brewing

The teapot is put on the stove and heated for a while to brew the tea.

Step 5: Let's serve

The lemongrass tea is ready and served here in a glass teacup.

Sweetener for a sweet tooth

Lemongrass tea can be enjoyed with honey or any sweetener of choice.

A delightful taste

Lemongrass tea is delicious and has a rich, fresh citrus taste.