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Ofada stew also known as Ayamase Stew is a delicious, hearty meal. It’s a popular Nigerian dish made from fresh green colored bell pepper, green pepper, onions, assorted meats, and bleached palm oil. The ingredients are simmered in the bleached palm oil with spices like seasoning, salt, locust beans, and pepper to make the stew. …
In Africa, where the spices are abundant and flavors vary from region to region, African pepper sauce can be found in many African homes. It’s made up of a mixture of habanero peppers or scotch bonnet peppers mixed with other ingredients such as tomatoes, garlic, red-ball pepper, onions, and vegetable. You can also choose to …
Ogbono soup is one of the natives’ soups of Nigerians, mostly in the eastern part of the country. Although, It is also referred to as ‘Draw soup’ because of its thick and slippery texture. Lovers of this native soup ensure that they add a lot of proteins to it such as stockfish, seafood, beef, cow …
One of the soups I learned from my Delta friend is Banga Soup, and it’s presently one of my favourite soups. It’s also known as palm nut soup, it’s mostly common in Delta state Nigeria and some other parts of Africa especially in Ghana. It’s called Abenkwan in Ghana. Before it became one of my …
Growing up, Cabbage wasn’t part of my favourite vegetables despite its many benefits. I wouldn’t touch it with a long pole, let alone make a soup out of it. After my third pregnancy, I got desperate about losing postpartum weight. I wanted to shed baby fat so badly, so I started to research on the …
Egusi Soup is native to the westerners in Nigeria (The Yorubas) but It’s loved and enjoyed by most Nigerians. It’s extremely enjoyable when paired with various fufu recipes: Semolina, cassava fufu, pounded yam and eba, even with white rice. Majority of the Nigerians’ occasion menus aren’t complete without this delicious Egusi Soup. I’m sure it’s …
Efo-riro (vegetable soup) is a soup dear to the hearts of the south-western people of Nigeria. I mean, we Yoruba people. It is our trademark soup. You can take anything away from us but you can’t take efo-riro from us. Yes, It is our classic soup. I’ve heard people say that we Yorubas don’t have …