During the 2020 COVID lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, chef Renee Chuks has started a new experiment. pasta recipe. Pasta is usually made from wheat. Instead of wheat, however, Chuks used locally grown crops, such as cassava and plantain, as the base of their pasta.
Now she sells dry foods in health food stores and online. She named her own business her Aldente Africa. She says she was one of the first companies to make gluten-free pasta in Nigeria.
Chucks is part of an international movement to avoid gluten, a protein found in some grains, including wheat. I am looking for a substitute.
Cassava is one such wheat substitute. A root vegetable rich in minerals and vitamin C. Nigeria is one of the world’s largest producers of cassava.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat and other grains.human Digestive organ The system cannot completely break down gluten. This is not a problem for most people, but some people get sick because of undigested gluten. One example is an autoimmune reaction to gluten called celiac disease. Celiac disease can damage the small intestine.
But Chuks have goals beyond avoiding gluten. She says Africa should use more locally grown crops to improve food security on the continent. African countries, like cassava, need to consider foods they eat every day, she adds.
Chuks said: If you can find success with cassava, then everything else will follow. ”
The chef also found that plantains and small fonio are good for making pasta.she adds local herbs Vegetables of taste and color. Some of her pastas are green or pink.
Chuk company also produces wine Made from hibiscus plant and culinary herbs.
My name is Anna Matteo.
Angela Ukomadu told the story to Reuters News Agency. Anna Matteo adapted her story for VOA Learning English.
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the words of this story
chef –n. skilled professional chef
pasta –n. Dough made by mixing flour, eggs and water and shaping it into various shapes and then drying or using it raw
recipe –n. A set of instructions for combining various things to make something (as a dish)
digestion –n. The body’s process or force that takes food and transforms it into a simpler form that can be used: Digestive organ – adjective Related to or functioning in digestion
herbs –n. A plant or part of a plant used in medicine or seasoning
wine –n. alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice
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