Chocolate is made from cocoa. I will briefly discuss the making of chocolate bars from cocoa in these 5 steps;

Harvesting

Storage & fermentation 

Sun drying 

Roasting

Grinding

Refrigeration.

Harvesting

The 2 major species of cocoa pods change from green to a yellowish or reddish colour respectively when ripe.

Storage & fermentation

Remove the cocoa seeds from the pods and store in a closed container for about a week. The process will ferment the cocoa seeds and give it a unique flavour. You can skip this step if you like.

Sun drying

Take out the seeds , spread them out on a tray and then sun dry. Sun drying the seeds can take up to 3 days. You can also skip this step, however roasting times may be higher.

Roasting

Roasting the cocoa beans will give the chocolate flavour you need. Roasting can take about 15 to 20 minutes. Roast on moderate heat. When the seeds are done their outer shells crack out easily with little pressure. Also their outer shells crack and give off a popping sound during roasting.

Grinding

This is a critical process in the making of chocolate. The goal is to grind the roasted seeds to a very smooth paste. Try to use very little no water at all during the grinding process. You can use a high powered blender or a hand steel grinder.

During the grinding you also add sugar and or milk and other flavours to taste. 

Refrigeration 

Pour the blended chocolate mixture into chocolate bar moulds ( made of plastic material) and store in a fridge or freezer.

After about an hour you will have your homemade chocolate bar.

In this article I will explain generally how pasta is made. Pasta is usually called spaghetti, macaroni and so on.

The simplest ingredients to make pasta are flour and water. Some cooks use eggs and wheat flour, some also use different types of flour that is mixed together with eggs and a pinch of salt.

A small amount of water is mixed with the flour to form a workable dough. The dough is then left to rest for about 20 mins to make it more workable.

Thereafter the dough is now cut into various pasta shapes including the popular thin long strand spaghetti shapes. The cutting and shaping can be done with a pasta cutting and shaping machine or by hand.

After cutting/ shaping, the pasta is ready to cook. Or it  can be left to dry at room temperature for future use.