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Waina (Masa). Waina is a popular food in the Northern part of Nigeria, especially with the Hausa's. The one with sugar, it can be eaten without sauce. You can take it with any juice of your choice or hot tea.

Waina is a simple meal that is also known as Masa. It is a dish that can be prepared with soaked white Maize or local Rice. It is mostly prepared in the Northern part of Nigeria and is eaten with Miyan Waina/Taushe. You can cook Waina (Masa) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Waina (Masa)

1. Prepare of Local Rice.
2. It's of Foreign rice.
3. It's of Baking Powder.
4. Prepare of Tblsp Baker's Yeast.
5. You need of Flour.
6. It's of soaked Potash water.
7. It's of large Onion Diced.
8. It's of Salt.
9. You need of Sugar.
10. It's of Oil for frying.

It can be prepared plain or sweetened with sugar. Note to self: Jollof rice is the equivalent to Biryani in Pakistani culture…It's the one dish where everyone claims their mama does it better and *insert region here* is where it origin… Masa harina is a very soft flour made from finely ground hominy or dried corn kernels that have been cooked and soaked in limewater (a diluted solution of calcium hydroxide — not to be confused with water flavored with lime juice). It is this alkaline solution that gives corn tortillas and tamales their pleasantly sour flavor. This is a rice dish often referred to as Masa, which is shaped like a mini cake and is made using short grain rice.

Waina (Masa) instructions

1. 1000g Local unpolished Rice. Wash Rice and Soak for 20-30minutes. Grind until fine and smooth..
2. Get a handful of polished foreign rice, and Boil..
3. Add boiled rice, Yeast and Baking powder, cover tightly and put in oven to rise for 45minutes or under the sun for 2-3hours..
4. After completely risen, Add Potash water, sugar, salt and diced onions and mix..
5. Get a special masa frying pan like this and put on stove (this is new though not the one am using)..
6. Put 1Tblsp of oil in each hole and wait for 1min until hot and then Pour a half cup of the mixture in each hole and allow to cook for 2minutes until light brown.
7. Flip to cook other side too.
8. Serve singly or with any combination of choice mentioned above..

This short grain variety of rice in highly consumed in the Northern part of Nigeria and is referred to as Tuwo rice. Waina has a background in Northern Nigeria and is enjoyed by the Northerners across all the states. Waina is basically a slightly fermented rice meal that is accompanied with a Nigerian soup like Miyan Taushe or Groundnut soup. When visiting any of the northern states you will find Masa being sold in street corners. The type of masa that is eaten with soups are not sweetened.