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Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of Native African ethnic groups that comprises Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like other West African cuisines , it uses spices and herbs with palm oil or groundnut oil to create deeply flavored sauces and soups .
A Kenyan dish made from maize flour (cornmeal) cooked with boiling water to a thick porridge dough-like consistency. In Luhya cuisine it is the most common staple starch. Ogbono soup: Nigeria: A Nigerian dish made with ground ogbono seeds, [22] with considerable local variation. The ground ogbono seeds are used as a thickener, and give the soup ...
Although Suya is a traditional Hausa Nigerian dish, it has permeated the Nigerian society, being affordable for all and available everywhere. It has been called a unifying factor in Nigeria. [ 4 ] Suya has become a Nigerian national dish, with different regions claiming the superiority of their recipe and methods of preparation, but similar ...
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou / ˈ f u ˌ f u / foo-foo listen ⓘ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. [1] [2] It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana.The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the ...
Jollof (/ dʒ ə ˈ l ɒ f /), or jollof rice, is a rice dish from West Africa.The dish is typically made with long-grain rice, tomatoes, chilis, onions, spices, and sometimes other vegetables and/or meat in a single pot, although its ingredients and preparation methods vary across different regions.
A plate of food; pounded yam and soup. Pounded yam (Yoruba: Iyán, Hausa: sakwara, Igbo: Utara-ji) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food. [1] [2] It is commonly prepared by pounding boiled yam with mortar and pestle [3] [4] Pounded yam is similar to mashed potatoes but heavier in consistency. It is a smooth delicacy eaten with the hands. [5]
An extremely similar dish can be found in Tonga, where it is known as keke ʻisite (literally, yeast cake). [5] The recipe is almost identical to that of puff-puff; however, it is sometimes fried in shortening or dripping instead of vegetable oil.
Àmàlà is a staple swallow food originating from Nigeria popularized by the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and other parts of Yorubaland. [1] It is made of yam, cassava flour, or unripe plantain flour. [2] Tubers of yams are peeled, sliced, cleaned, dried and then ground into flour. It is also called èlùbọ́. [3]