My fellow steem members, good day.
It's a new day, and I'm back to tell you about my community life activities.
On Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021, I began my day with my usual routine. I start my day at 4:40 am, with prayers, collecting water, brushing my teeth, bathing, and eating breakfast. I straightened my clothing before taking a bath, ate breakfast, and got dressed before it was time for us to leave.
Our main objective for today was to go to industrial activities, that’s going to any industry in the community to observed how they process their goods but we are not lucky to have such an industry in our community. However, they is an old woman who knows how to process Dawadawa so we decided to go her place so that she explain the process for us.
At 8:00 in the morning we all set off to the old woman house which was not far from where we stay. Some few minutes later we got there and the old woman was around so we greeted her and told her our purpose of coming to her place. She was very happy to see us and was ready to share any information we needed from her. She started to explain it to us which I will also like to share with you. She started by describing the Dawadawa to us since she was not having some to show to us.
Dawadawa is a tiny to medium-sized plant that may be shaped into a variety of shapes, including flat patties and spherical. The lumpy, black paste-like spheres have a slightly sticky texture and are formed from fermented locust beans. Locust beans are gathered from inedible, dark brown pods typically 30-40 centimeters in length, which contain an edible, soft, and sweet yellow pulp before being fermented. Up to thirty seeds can be found in the pulp, and these seeds are processed to make the black taste. Dawadawa has a pungent odor similar to smelly cheese and a musky, umami flavor with traces of cocoa once fermented.
African locust bean tree(Dawadawa tree)
After explaining we went to the procedure involved which include the following;
SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES INVOLE IN THE DADADAWA PROCESS INCLUDE:
• Boiling
• Filtration
• Cooling
• Decaying
PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN THE DAWADAWA PRODUCUTION
• The dawadawa pods are plucked from the dawadawa tree and then cracked to remove the yellowish dawadawa fruits.
• The fruits are dissolved in water to shed the yellowish coat leaving the seeds.
• The seeds are then boiled to soften the seed coat.
• Boiled seeds are then pounded to remove the seed coat.
• The mixture is dissolved in water and washed to get the kernels.
• The kernels are boiled till are soft.
• The kernels are the drained, cooled and kept for 24hours to decay.
• The decayed dawadawa is molded and made ready for consumption and marketing.
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
•The by-product from these local industries are also for different purposes. These are as follows;
•The Dawada residue is used as fuel when dried.
•The filtered dawadawa waste is deposited in backyard farms to improve upon soil
fertility and also prevent organisms like snakes off the yard.
• The blackish kernel extracted from the dawadawa pod is boiled and the liquid is used
as paint.
Nutritional Benefits
The seeds of the African locust bean tree are high in calcium, lipids, and protein, as well as vitamin C, phosphate, and potassium.
On Our Way Back Home
After taking all our information from the woman, we thank her very much and she was happy to share it with us. We returned back home at 2:30pm. I took my lunch and had some rest and later play football with the community members. After i had finish playing my football, I took my bath and had my steem post .