Priscilla
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Meet Priscilla! Priscilla is a Daystar graduate and member of the 2018 Afrizo musical group! She majored in music at DU and graduated in 2018.
While Priscilla spent her time at DU focusing on music, this was not exactly the plan that the Lord had in store for her career.
Afrizo began in the 90's and was founded by Hellen Mtawali, a DU alumna. Since then the group has consisted of both male and female members of Daystar's student body. The group acts as a mission in itself to bring the word of God through song. Afrizo toured the U.S. in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018. The teams were able to visit a number of U.S. cities and share the music of Africa and the story of Daystar University.
2018 Afrizo team pictured at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian in Southern Pines, NC (Priscilla is on the far right).
Priscilla, being part of DU's music program and Afrizo, intended to devote her entire career completely to music. After graduation she made her livelihood by teaching private music lessons until the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
2018 Afrizo team: back row (left to right): Carol, Priscilla, Daisy, and Barbara. Front row (left to right): Manasseh and Daniel.
After the pandemic hit, Priscilla was no longer able to provide music lessons due to social distancing requirements. It was a hard time for her at first, as music had been her whole life up to this point.
One day Priscilla brought a cake she had prepared to a friend and admitted her struggle both financially and vocationally due to not teaching music anymore. The friend then looked down at Priscilla's hands and asked what she had.
"When I got there she looked down at my hands and said what do you have there? I replied “cake”, and she said no. She was referring to my hands and my ability to cook."
During her time touring with Afrizo, Priscilla would frequently cook for the team and the food was always well-received. It was through this that she developed both a talent and love for cooking.
Soon after speaking with her friend, Priscilla started her Instagram account. After a few camera lessons from a fellow DU graduate, she began posting pictures of the food she created and her account took off.
"The people at Daystar encouraged me to cook and use my gift to support myself."
Priscilla has reached over 101,000 followers and has positioned herself as a foodie/influencer on Instagram. She enjoys cooking many of the dishes her mom would make while growing up in Uganda - with a modern twist!
Priscilla found success in the midst of a very challenging time. She accredits all her accomplishments to God and the support she received from DU. Now that the pandemic is over she has even begun teaching music again, in addition to her newfound calling of creating delicious food!
She now cooks professionally, acting as a private chef in Nairobi.
Priscilla’s Instagram page.
One of Priscilla's favorite dishes to make is called Ugandan “Rolex”. This is a common streetside snack in Uganda. It was originally called “rolled eggs” because it is an omelette rolled inside a chapati (a popular East African flatbread).
Priscilla asked that you all try your hand at making this recipe and submit your photos of the finished product to sarit@daystarus.org!
Winner will receive a hand-woven basket from Nairobi's Masai Market!
You will need for the chapati:
-2 cups all purpose flour
-2 tbsps neutral oil
-1 tsp salt
-1 cup warm water
To your flour, add salt and mix well. Then add the oil and slowly add the water until you get a soft, supple dough. Add flour if needed. Knead this for 5 minutes and set aside to rest for an hour. Then form into sizeable balls and roll them out into a circular shape.
To cook the chapati:
Set a frying pan to medium heat and do a “dry” cook (without any oil) of each of the rolled out chapatis. Once small bubbles start to form, flip over.
Then spread a light layer of oil on the bubbled side and flip over, allowing it to brown. Then flip over and do the same, then set aside. Do this for all the chapatis.
P.S you can use tortillas as a chapati substitute to save time!
You will need for the omelette:
-2 eggs
-shredded white cabbage
-finely diced red onion
-finely diced tomato
-salt and pepper
To make the omelette:
Beat the eggs, add a bit of cabbage, onion, tomato, seasoning, and cook in a pan. Once ready, lay the omelette on a chapati and roll to form the "rolex".
Priscilla recommends adding some avocado and extra sliced onion/tomato for added freshness!
Remember to submit your photo of the finished dish to sarit@daystarus.org for a chance to win a Masai Market woven basket!
Check out Priscilla's Instagram and Afrizo's Facebook page below:
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