#1: Nigerian healthy drink recipes

Drinks loaded with sugar are not the right choice of drinks, we should avoid drinks like soda, energy drinks and the rest.
In this post we'll be looking into healthy drinks basically Nigerian drinks by the way.
Here are a few Nigerian drinks recipes.

- Tiger nut drink:
Kunun Aya ,also known as Ofio Milk, is a nutritious and refreshing drink, made with Tiger nuts. 

It has lots of health benefits and the milk can be used as a substitute for the regular cow's milk.

 Kunun Aya (Tiger nuts Milk) is native to the Hausas' in Nigeria and quite easy to prepare.

Ingredients:::

-  200gram of tiger nuts

-  600 to 700ml cool water 

-  Medium size Ginger (optional)

Directions:::

Step 1: Soak the tiger nuts in clean water Overnight. if you are using the dry tiger nuts you'd need to soak it overnight to get re-hydrated and swells a little. 

Step 2: Rinse the soaked tiger nuts and place in a blender.  Wash and place the ginger in the blender a little water and blend.

Step 3: Pour through a sieve with a tight mesh and let the milk strain out. The first milk strained would be thick. Place the chaff back into the blender , add some more water, blend & strain again till the whole milk is extracted. The subsequent milk strained would be lighter than the first.

Step 4: Place the extracted milk drink in a refrigerator to chill up. Serve cold!

Soya bean milk:

Soya bean milk is a very healthy drink, I remember the first time I had a cup of soy milk it was beautiful. Making the milk from scratch is not so tiring. If you are interested in giving it a try check out the ingredients and preparation process below.

Ingredients:
- 1 cup dried soyabeans(soy beans)
 - 5 cups Water
- Sugar/Honey to taste 
- Flavor of choice(optional)

Steps of preparation:

Step 1: Clean the soya beans and soak them in water over night.
After soaking pour out the water and pour in fresh water, then wash the soyabeans, peeling off the coat.

Step 2: . When you now have coatless(de-hulled) soybeans, place in a blender and grind Sieve the mixture trough a cheese cloth and recover the soy milk. 

Step 3:  Transfer the Soya bean paste into a clean pot, add about 3 cups of water and boil for about 30 minutes stir constantly to prevent browning or burning after boiling  leave to cool.

Step 4. While the hot milky paste is cooling, place the muslin cloth over the sieve and place on a bowl. Then pour in the milky paste and gently press down or squeeze the cloth to extract all the milk from the paste. After sieving, you'll be left with a rich soyabean sweeten the soyabean milk to your taste, serve and enjoy.