Shinkafar Ofada
Shinkafar Ofada suna ne na shinkafa ‘yar asalin wata karamar al’umma da ake kira Ofada a karamar hukumar Obafemi Owode a jihar Ogun. Ana amfani da shi a cikin jita-jita iri-iri. Ofada shinkafa galibi gauraye ne, kuma wasu nau’in shinkafar da ake hadawa ba na Afirka ba ne; duk da haka, yawanci suna ɗauke da shinkafar Afirka. Ana noman shi ne kawai a jihar Ogun, jihar dake kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. Sunan garin ne bayan garin Ofada dake jihar Ogun. Ana noman shinkafar Ofada ne a kan kasa mai ruwa da ruwa inda ruwan tebur ya kasance kasa da tushen shuka.

Bayanin 
Shinkafar Ofada galibi gauraye ne, kuma yawanci tana ɗauke da Oryza glaberrima (shinkafar Afirka) da kuma shinkafar Oryza sativa da aka fi sani da Asiya, kuma ana iya rarraba ta a matsayin ko dai ruwan Ofada ruwan kasa ko ja ko farar Ofada bisa launin iri marar niƙa. Girman hatsi, siffar, da inuwa sun bambanta.

Ofada shinkafa ba a goge ba. Kamar yadda shinkafar Afirka ta fi wahala a niƙa da gogewa, an bar wasu ko duka na shinkafa a kan hatsi, yana ƙarfafa dandano kuma yana sa ta zama mai gina jiki. Brown ofada rice sau da yawa yana da ƙamshi sosai, yayin da farar ofada shinkafa yawanci ba ta da ƙamshi. An kuma san su da kumburin girman idan aka dafa su. Wani lokaci ana sarrafa shi ta amfani da fermentation, wanda ke ƙara ingancin ƙanshi ga samfurin.

Yawan shinkafar Ofada yana da tsada idan aka kwatanta da sauran shinkafar da ake da ita, kuma wasu mutane suna kallonta a matsayin alamar matsayi. A zamanin yau, wani lokaci ana yin hidima a liyafa masu daraja.

Tarihi 
Tun a shekarun 1940 ne ake noman shinkafar Ofada a jihar Ogun. Ana zargin wani soja ne ya shigo da shi Najeriya a lokacin da sojan ya dawo daga Asiya ya shuka shinkafar a Ofada.

Asalin Kalma 
Ana kiran shinkafar Ofada sunan garin Ofada, inda aka fara noman shi. Ofada yana cikin jihar Ogun.

Shiri 
Ana yin shinkafar Ofada a bisa ga al’ada a cikin ganyen uma (Thaumatococcus daniellii), tare da miya na ‘Atarodo’ (mai yaji) da barkono ‘Tatase’ (zaƙi) da albasa, da wake, da man dabino, da nama. Abincin biki ne maimakon nau'in abinci na yau da kullun ga yawancin 'yan Najeriya amma abinci ne na yau da kullun na tituna ga garuruwan Ikenne da Ilisan a jihar Ogun. Har ila yau, ana yawan amfani da shi tare da stew kayan lambu wanda zai iya ƙunsar waken fara a matsayin sinadari. Yawancin lokaci ana ba da ita tare da stew na Ayamase "designer" ko Obe-ata-iru, duka an shirya su don cin shinkafa na Ofada.

Miyar Ofada 
Ofada stew abinci ne na gida a kudancin Najeriya, miya ce mai dadi da ake ci da shinkafar ofada, shinkafa doguwar hatsi da dai sauransu.

Abubuwan da ake amfani da su don yin stew ofada sune barkono habanero (atarodo), barkono tatashe mara kyau ko barkono kararrawa mara kyau, kayan zaki fara (Iru) / Ogiri, Jan dabino, Albasa, Crayfish, Nama iri-iri da kifi, naman sa, Shaki (tafarkin saniya) , Busassun kifi, da Kifin Hannu.

Don yin ofada stew, kuna buƙatar shirya kayan da aka jera a sama, bayan haka, kuna bleach man na ɗan mintuna kaɗan bayan haka sai ku ƙara cakuda barkono da kuka riga kuka haɗe, yankakken albasa a cikin kwanon frying. Ki motsa na tsawon mintuna 5-10 sannan ki zuba gishiri da sauran kayan kamshi dan dandana. Zaki iya zabar namanki,kwai da kaza daban kafin ki zuba a soyayyen stew.

N.B: Kar a manta a rika sanya iska a cikin kicin musamman wajen bleaching mai.

Dage-dagen Ofada 
Ayamase wadda aka fi sani da Ofada sauce stew ne da ake yi da dabino irin na Ofada sai dai ana yin shi da koren barkono wanda ke baiwa miyar dandano na musamman.

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