• Category Archives: Hausa Recipes

    Glazed Danwake

    Hear me out my Northern Nigerian friends, we can do more to danwake like glazing it. This glazed danwake recipe came as a cry for complexity in flavours of an interesting meal. For those who do not know, danwake is a dumpling made of Beans and Kuka(Powdered Baobab leaves). This dish is typically eaten in

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    Miyan Taushe

    Is Miyan Taushe my first Northern soup recipe on this website? In all my years of blogging? Forgive me my Northern Friends. I have enjoyed various soups from the North and I can’t believe this is my first one. It has been my favourite so far and I have played with multiple versions of it

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    Kantun Ridi

    Kantun Ridi is the hausa name for sesame seed candy also known as beniseed candy.  Up until a few years ago, I never even knew sesame seeds were a huge part of our cuisine in Nigeria. Being a food blogger, you get to discover all kinds of interesting things from conversations with friends. I had

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    Margi Special

    The dishes that come out of Nigeria never cease to amaze me. Especially the dishes from Northern Nigeria. A long time ago, my friend told me about this dish from Adamawa called Meltuble. She said it was one of her favourite dishes but was unique to her mom’s village. Fast forward to a few years,

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    Danwake Recipe

    The first time I heard about Danwake was from one of my hausa friends and she admitted that it was one of her favourite dishes especially served with a very spicy sauce and I use the term sauce loosely. The sauce comprising of oil, pepper, salt. She also said sometimes it is served with lemon

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    Dambu Nama

    In this post, I have no interesting story as to why I decided to make Dambu Nama. I just had a craving for it and went into my kitchen and whipped this up. Did not take as much time as I thought it would which was good but I lacked a somewhat important tool in

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    Afrolems Met Chef Fregz : Hausa Inspired

    For many people that live in Nigeria, you must have heard of Chef Fregz or seen him on TV( Knorr Taste Quest Show..ring a bell?). This dude has amazingggggg culinary skills and is super friendly. I always heard about this guy that went to Olashore (High school in Nigeria) that did amazing things with food

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