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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Boil the apricots in water until soft. Enough water should be in the pot to allow you to pureé the apricots in a blender when soft. | 2. At the same time, boil the onions in the vinegar until tender. | 3. In the meantime, crush and mix together the spices mentioned, plus the sugar. Exact spices or quantities are not that important. | 4. The apricots cook quickly. Mash or pureé them, add to the boiling onion mixture, then add the spice-sugar mixture. | 5. Cool mixture to room temperature. Do not worry about the extreme sourness of the mixture -- you are not going to eat it! | 6. This is enough to marinate 8 - 12 loin chops, depending on size and thickness. I prefer fairly thick chops. | 7. Use a glass, ceramic or porcelain dish, and ladle some of the mixture into the bottom and spread it all over. If your mixture is very thick, add a little water, but it must be fairly thick and not watery! | 8. Pack in a layer of chops tightly together. Layer over more marinade, and add the rest of the chops. Top with the last of the marinade. | 9. How you do it, will depend on the size of your container and number of chops. Make sure all chops are in contact with the marinade. | 10. Cover with plastic film and keep in the fridge. It's a good idea to turn and re-pack them once, to make sure every bit is marinated. | 11. You can safely marinate them for at least 3 days and up to 7, 8 days in the fridge. They only get better! | 12. To use: Scrape off the marinade with a spatula, and discard. You don't have to scrape them frantically, just get rid of most of the marinade. | 13. It's by far the best to grill them over coals or charcoal. Don't overcook! Only use salt after grilling. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
apricot	1	cup		74.4	17.236	2.17	0.6045
onion	3		sliced	180.0	42.03	4.95	0.45
vinegar	2	cups		100.38	4.4454	0.0	0.0
lemon leaf	12	slices	well-bruised	-	-	-	-
curry powder	1	tablespoon	mild	20.475	3.5173	0.9003	0.8826
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
masala	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.