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Hi, my name is Ganiru, I'm a wife of 33 years, a mother of 5, an accountant, and a writer, who not only loves to cook at home but also enjoys writing about it. I love to cook and write about food, especially Nigerian and afro-centric food.
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1M ago
Callaloo is a delicious green vegetable commonly referred to as Jamaican Callaloo or Jamaican spinach. Its real name is slender amaranth (Caribbean amaranth). Callaloo and Saltfish is a traditional Caribbean dish. When Callaloo is cooked on its own it tastes good, but when it is paired with saltfish, it goes […]
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3M ago
The Nigerian Dirty Rice recipe is an easy recipe for another rich and delicious Nigerian rice dish. It is a simple dish that packs a load of flavour. It is well-flavoured rice with colourful healthy vegetables. Besides the Nigerian jollof, fried rice, Native jollof etc., other delicious rice dishes are […]
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4M ago
Jamaican Oxtail Stew is a beloved classic that captures the rich and soulful essence of Jamaican cuisine, even Caribbean cuisine. It is bursting with rich flavours of aromatic warm spices, herbs and most of all, the rich and tender oxtail. Oxtail Stewed Jamaican style, a traditional Jamaican dish, is a […]
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1y ago
Making moi moi in large quantities is usually a nightmare for a lot of people. There’s the fact that once it is wrapped and steaming, you cannot add any other ingredient to improve the taste. For some people, it is a hit or miss because there’s a lot of guesswork. […]
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1y ago
Awara Pepper soup, Tofu Soup is a delicious spicy light soup made with herbs and spices. Nigerians love pepper soup and can make pepper soup out of any protein once pepper soup herbs and spices are available. My family is totally in love with pepper soup and we serve it […]
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1y ago
Awara is a healthy, popular Northern Nigerian dish made from soya beans, it is also common in western Nigeria. It is called Tofu in English and Awara, Wara or Beske in Nigeria, although beske is fried tofu. Fresh Awara is soft and almost white in colour. It is high in […]
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1y ago
Nigeria is a country blessed with an abundance of food. From the arid desert in the far north to the savannah in the middle belt and tropical rain forest of the deep south, each region produces a variety of produce and livestock some of which are peculiar to the particular […]
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1y ago
This Sorrel puree recipe (Zobo puree) is easy and straightforward. It is a puree made from the calyx of the sorrel plant. It is very similar to Cranberry sauce both in taste and colour. When we think of sorrel, we mostly think of Sorrel drink or Sorrel tea (Zobo). Also […]
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1y ago
Nigerian Catfish stew is a simple Nigerian tomato stew made with catfish. It is delicious with the catfish giving it its distinctive rich flavour. Fresh catfish straight from the river is best for making this stew but frozen can also be used. Catfish is a freshwater fish and is so-called […]
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1y ago
Nigerian fried rice is a party staple, usually paired with smoky party Jollof rice at big events. It is pretty straightforward to cook but you find out that it never really tastes right at a lot of parties, it lacks a depth of flavour. A lot of people struggle with […]
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