- I'm hanging in with a very funny, London Hughes,
give it up.
- Hey!
(London laughs)
- We're gone talking about how we don't cook.
So this should go well. - [London] Nope
- It's all too easy to get in a rut
cooking up the same meals all the time.
My next guest is giving people everywhere
inspiration to mix it up with an international culinary
and cultural experience you can have from your own home.
From Motherland Cooking Xperience, please, everybody.
Let's welcome Mirabel Umenei.
What's up?
(applause)
- Hi, hi Kelly, hi.
- [Kelly] Hi, I love first of all, your necklace,
and your earrings, so beautiful.
- [Mirabel] (laughs) Thank you, thank you so much.
- So, can you tell us a little bit
about what your experience is? What you offer?
- We on Motherland Cultural Connections,
we take you on an exciting journey to Africa
through cooking experiences, musical experiences
and educational experiences.
And today we are really excited and growing.
We have people from all over Africa, (indistinct),
cooks, chefs, musicians, poets,
everybody coming in and showcasing your skills.
One, also being a part of the community,
contributing to growing their economy
and earning income for themselves.
- [Kelly] Okay. - [London] Wow.
- [London] Well done.
- [Kelly] Yeah. I was like, someone's not lazy.
(London laughing)
- [Kelly] Well Mira, what are we making today?
It smells delicious.
- So we're making banana puff puffs today.
And this recipe was handed down from my mother.
I cooked with her.
She cooked with her mother.
So it's generational.
Banana puff puffs are snacks.
It's street food back in Cameroon,
but it can also be dessert.
- [Kelly] Okay. - [London] Whoa.
- [Kelly] Well, we have the ingredients listed for everyone
on the screen to follow on with, Mirabel where do we begin?
(London laughs)
Cause we don't know.
(Kelly and London laugh)
- We are gonna mix our banana. Mashed banana.
Along with our flour, and our nutmeg,
and then we're going to let it rise for a couple of hours.
- [Kelly] Okay. So the TV magic, wait,
just put your other bowl.
Get the bowl under there. We're cheating.
- [London] Yeah.
- So after our mixture has risen,
what we're going to do is we're going to scoop the mixture
and then we're going to put it in hot oil to fry it.
And it's very important that we heat our oil from medium
to high. So about 350 to 375 Fahrenheit.
- [Kelly] Okay.
And we also need to deep fry our puff puff
to maintain the shape.
So if you shallow fry, it's gonna to be very flat.
But if you deep fry, it's got to be very round
which is the shape we want.
- [Kelly] Okay. - [London] Okay.
- [London] I love that you trust me with hot oil.
- [Kelly] "With hot oil".
- [London] I love that.
- We have good insurance.
(indistinct)
- [London] Oh gosh.
- [Kelly] I just want to make myself look good.
So I-
- [London] How are you supposed to do it?
I'm a flatten it (indistinct) I would use my hands but-
- [Kelly] Okay, wait, then you dip it?
- [London] I'm just gonna-
- [Kelly] ♪ I dip you - ♪
- [Mirabel] Yes, so you scoop it out,
and then you just put it in.
(Kelly laughs)
- [London] Nah, this is problematic. You should never
have given me-
- Hey. that's a good one right there.
- Yes, that's a good one.
- [London] What do I do? I don't want it to burn me.
What do I do Kelly Clarkson?
- [Kelly] Just drop it in and then,
no it's not in the oil yet. You're blind.
- [London] Oh yeah.
(Kelly and London laugh)
- [Kelly] How long do you put them in the fryer for?
How long do you do that?
- [Mirabel] Keep frying until it becomes brown
on both sides. It all depends on how hot your oil is.
We don't want it too hot.
So it can take about five minutes on one side
and five on the other side.
And it helps to do it in a batch. (quiet applause)
- [Kelly] Okay, cool. So we have some
cause also it's TV, once again,
we have some ready right here
that my lovely crew did for us. Yeah.
- My hands are terrible.
- If you wanna just dusted with powdered sugar
and in Cameroon we eat it from hot sauce,
So I have some hot sauce here ready
for all of this after.
So I'm going to be eating my banana puff puffs
with hot sauce.
- [Kelly] Okay. Watch this. This is how I do.
- [London] Okay. I'ma try it.
I don't even have a available fork
because I got too creative. Hold on, here it is.
- [Kelly] That's really good.
- [London] Okay. Oh gosh.
(Kelly and London laugh)
- [Kelly] She's doing fine. You're killing it.
- [London] This is top tier.
- [Kelly] I've seen a lot of cooking segments,
and I'm part of this future.
- [London] This is nothing.
- [Kelly] I want you, Fortune, and David
to be doing some cooking segments and then doing a dance.
It's so good.
Thank you so much Mirabel. It is so delicious.
I love it.
- [Mirabel] Thank you for having me.
- [Kelly] Absolutely. Thank you so much for joining us.