“This Generation and Laziness”: Internet Stunned as Woman Turns Rice Into Pap

“This Generation and Laziness”: Internet Stunned as Woman Turns Rice Into Pap

  • A woman from Nigeria shared a TikTok video of how she turned rice into what South Africans call pap
  • She sectioned the food, placed a portion into a bowl and added a delicious gravy to eat with it
  • Social media users in the post's comment section were surprised by the unique pap-making method
A woman showed how she turned rice into pap.
A woman showed how she turned rice into pap. Images: @noorcooks_ / TikTok, @noorcooks_ / Instagram
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All around the world, people creatively transform familiar ingredients into dishes that resemble those from other cultures, showing the universal ingenuity in cooking.

Recently, a resourceful woman shared her method of turning rice into a classic South African staple.

Woman turns rice into pap

Nigerian cook and content creator Nuriyya Khalil took to her TikTok account (@noorcooks_) to show the internet how she made what Mzansi calls pap.

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The woman used a hand mixer to mix a big pot of rice, which she later sectioned and covered in cling wrap. She then put one of the portions into a bowl and covered the food in gravy.

Nuriyya wrote in her post:

"POV: You said yes to the soft life."

Watch the video below:

Internet users react to woman turning rice into pap

The viral video had hundreds of curious social media users commenting on the woman's interesting pap-making method. However, the woman insisted in the comments she was not making pap but a Nigerian dish called tuwon shinkafa.

@charmsyberry playfully wrote:

"This generation and laziness. What's the name of that hand mixer?"

An upset @janenyangani commented:

"Hai, man, what is that? If you wanted to make pap, why didn't you make it the right way? Is it laziness, or what?"

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@shamsuddeen_ahmad jokingly asked the woman:

"Are you a carpenter or the wife of an engineer?"

@khimderella shared in the comment section:

"I will never judge someone for making pap this way. What you really need to do is show us how to clean the pots afterwards because cleaning a pap pot is so tiring."

@cliff8410 laughed and said:

"I saw the gravy and immediately knew it's not South Africa."

Woman shows results of pap made with kitchen gadget

In another story, Briefly News reported about a woman proud to have found a shortcut for cooking pap using a kitchen tool.

Online users shared their reactions, and many were impressed with how the woman prepared her pap and the results.

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Jade Rhode (Editor) Jade Rhode is a Human Interest Reporter who joined the Briefly News team in April 2024. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes University, majoring in Journalism and Media Studies (distinction) and Linguistics. Before pursuing her tertiary education, Jade worked as a freelance writer at Vannie Kaap News, telling the tales of the community. After her studies, Jade worked as an editorial intern for BONA Magazine, contributing to both print and online. To get in touch with Jade, please email jade.rhode@briefly.co.za

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