Tag: food
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Suya Butter Chicken Burger
Prep Time: 1h 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Serves: 2 people Suya spice (or Yaji) is an authentic African (common amongst West African) spice used for meat marination. Suya spice is a peanut dry base rub used to marinate meats before grilling. Due to its popularity, suya spice is a necessity in most African…
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Carrot-Pear Cake
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1h 20 mins Serves: 8-10 people Ingredients 2 cups plain flour 3 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon powder 1 ½ cups of soft brown sugar 200g grated carrots 60g sun dried raisins 3 free-range eggs (at room temp) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup grape seed oil 2-3…
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Jerk Chicken
Prep Time: 1hr 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Serves: 4-5 people Ingredients 1kg – 11/2 kg bone-in, skin on chicken thighs Jerk Marinade 11/2 onions 60g green onions 2 scotch bonnet peppers (de-seeded) 10g fresh thyme 3 cloves garlic 1 chunk ginger 1/4 tsp ground cloves 3 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp dried thyme…
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Banana Puff-Puff
One of the few variations of the popular West African street snack. This is one of the few national treasures in West Africa 😂, puff-puff is well known for its versatility at any West African function. This snack has a variety of name across the countries (non West African included) which its taken its popularity,…
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Jollof Rice Sushi
An Afro-Asian gastronomical fusion consisting of two famous dishes from two countries (Nigerian and Japan). One of my absolute favourite Japanese dish of all time is sushi, I would walk into a sushi bar ready to spend all my money. Being a West African that can resist any rice dish, I thought it’ll be best…
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Eggplant Scrambled Eggs
This is one recipe I’ve watched my mother make countless times while growing up. Back in Nigeria, she would wake up as early as 5am to make this, so that we’d be able to have lunch in school. I’ve fallen in love with dish over and over again. No matter how much I tried recreating…
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Spicy Tomato Chicken
Chicken is versatile protein, if you ever happen to get a good chicken recipe, please stick with it. Today I made some spicy tomato chicken, with 3.5lbs of marinated chicken thighs, 50-60 mins of simmering( yes… 50-60 mins, don’t be scared, you won’t be overcooking the chicken thighs). Without further ado, let’s get cooking! Yield:…
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Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Bread.
Over time, banana bread has been a classic that almost everyone turns to for breakfast, snack on-the-go, or something light for dinner. Undoubtedly banana bread has been the best. It’s well know for versatility as you can add other condiments while making it. Today I’ll be adding semi sweet chocolate chip to this recipe, to…
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YAM-POTATO PORRIDGE
Hello foodies, this past week I took the time to make a simple, yet ravishing and well-flavored. Yam porridge is one of the foods I grew up eating as a Nigerian and I love every single memories attached to it. I remember how my mother would cook yam porridge that came with a lot of…
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Agege Bread (in a spring form pan)
If you’re a Nigerian or familiar with Nigeria, you would know that Agege bread isn’t just any type of bread, as a matter of fact, it is a whole citizen of Nigeria. Growing up all I wanted to feed on was Agege bread, because of its draggy texture, smooth feel and delicious taste. There are…
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VERMICELLI (Noodles stir fry)
Often time, I notice my friends and family ordering only “noodles stir fry” in an Asian restaurant. It leaves me wondering “Shey noodles stir fry nikan lo wa lori menu ni” meaning “Is noodles stir fry the only thing on the menu“. Originally, this stir fry recipe is an Asian origin, but I have modified…
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