Tuwo Shinkafa
Tuwo shinkafa is a dish unique to Niger and northern Nigeria. It consists of rice flour or soft, short-grained rice, and water. The ingredients are combined and cooked, mashed, and...
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Cuisine: Nigerian Recipes
Jollof & Suya
When I first moved to Nigeria many years ago, I didn’t know I was about to fall in love with Nigerian cuisine. Jollof rice is a dish found at almost...
Drinking Garri (Granulated Cassava)
Garri is a fine to coarse granular flour of varying texture made from cassava tubers (the root of the cassava plant), which are cleaned after harvesting and grated. The water...
Nigerian Beans & Plantain Porridge
Nigerian Beans and plantain porridge is a meal made of ripe plantains and beans. This is a tasty dish and has become popular over the years, as most parents have...
Afang Soup
Afang soup, made by the Efik and Ibibio people that live mostly in the coastal states of Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom, is a stew made with Afang leaves and...
Efo Riro
Efo riro (Stirred leafy vegetable) is a typical Yoruba dish which is a quick and simple way to prepare and enjoy fresh, green, and leafy vegetables known as Soko (pronounced...
Okpa
Okpa is a delicious delicacy popular in the Eastern part of Nigeria, especially in Enugu state. Okpa has equally won the hearts of people in different parts of Nigeria and...
Garri
Eba or garri is a Nigerian staple food consisting of cassava flour combined with hot water. The combination is traditionally mixed with a large wooden spoon until it firms up,...
Ewa Agoyin
Ewa Agoyin is a delicious beans recipe, popular for its mushy texture and tasty sauce. These Nigerian beans will make you a bean lover. Ewa Agoyin is usually eaten with...
 Pounded Yam
Pounded yam is a popular African dish similar to mashed potatoes but heavier. Pounded Yam is very smooth and tasty. It is often eaten with Egusi soup. Yam, which is...
Coconut Candy
Coconut candy is one of the oldest traditionally made sweets in West Africa. This recipe helps you to discover how to create a really delicious dessert the best of ingredients—the...
Suya
Suya is the single most popular street food, seasoned with ground peanuts and spices. that most Nigerians look forward to eating, as they travel back home. Suya actually refers to...
Nigerian Pepper Soup
Nigerian Pepper Soup is an easy, hearty comfort food very popular in West Africa. It is also known as African Pepper soup and, as the name implies, it is a...
Egusi Soup
This Igbo style melon seeds soup is traditionally made with a variety of ingredients such as dried fish, assorted meats and condiments. There is a distinct taste in this dish...
Amala and Ewedu SoupÂ
Amala and Ewedu soup will always stay one of the most popular Nigerian soups, not only among the Yoruba people. A combination of Ewedu leaves and Amala gives a unique...
African Salad/Abacha and Ugba
Abacha and Ugba, also known as African salad, is a cassava-based dish from the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. Abacha is simply dried and shredded cassava while Ugba, on the...
Akara /Bean Cake
Akara or Bean Cake is one of those Nigerian foods that everyone loves to eat. In Nigeria, akara is served as a snack when combined with bread. Otherwise, it is...
Catfish Banga Soup
Banga Soup, also known as Palm Nut Soup or Ofe Akwu, is a delectable Nigerian dish with a pleasant, nutty flavor. In Nigeria, it is known as Banga soup in...
Nkwobi/Spicy Cow Foot Delicacy
Nkwobi, cooked cow’s foot mixed in spicy palm oil paste, is a Nigerian delicacy that originated from the people of Owerri, Imo state. It is said to be best served...
Fried Plantain
Fried plantain, called dodo in Nigeria and kele wele in Ghana, is made with ripe plantain sliced and deep fried in vegetable oil. Fried plantain is one of the easiest...
Jollof Rice
Jollof Rice is the most popular rice dish in Nigeria and all along the West African coast. It is spiced, red long-grain rice in a rich sauce of reduced tomatoes,...
Ogbono Soup
Ogbono soup or Ofe Ogbono as it’s called by the Igbos in Nigeria is a delicious Soup that is similar to Okro/Okra soup because of its viscosity. In fact Nigerians...