Ekana gowon means Gowons finger, now don't ask me what that means, lol. Legend has it that it became popular after the Biafran war. If anyone has any info on this please drop a comment.
This childhood favorite actually has over a dozen names across Nigeria including honey sweet and ojukwu finger.
I seriously doubt if this can still be found with street vendors or at mallams stalls as they used to be back in the 80s.
To demystify it, I'll tell you it's simply warm caramelized sugar poured into one corner of a little nylon/polythene bag to create the cone shape and left to cool off and harden.
Ingredients
21/2 cup sugar (300g)
2 tbsp honey
125ml water
Step 1, combine all the ingredients in a small pan and place on a slow heat..
Step 2.. Start stirring
Step 4. Slow but surely, the sugar mix will start caramelizing..
Step 5. It should look like this.. Take it off the cooker and continue to stir (you need it to cool down a bit, before transferring them to the bags... Remember you have to work fast at this point, otherwise the candy will harden up before it gets into the bag)
Step 6. Start transferring the liquid into the bag, placing a toothpick in the medium.. Then tie the tip up
Step 6. Leave to completely cool down, should take about 20-30mins
All ready.... While unwrapping the sweets for the kids, I saw it as an opportunity to tell the kids how, as a kid a save my money to buy them after school
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