• Category Archives: Standard Nigerian Meals

    Stick Meat Canapes -Feyisope Akinyosoye

    Wondering what type of finger food to serve at your next gathering? The stick meat canape is always a winner. The regular nigerian stick meat at parties consists of the beef and vegetables. The twist to this recipe is the plantain accompaniment. This recipe is very easy to make and hope you enjoy it. Ingredients

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    Egg Plant Sauce (Garden Egg Sauce) -Feyisope

    Ingredients 3 Large Egg Plants (Aubergine) A Bulb of onion 4 tomatoes 2 large peppers 3 Jamaican hot peppers Half a teaspoon of Curry Seasoning cubes Salt to taste 1.5 cooking spoons Palm Oil ( or less if you are on a diet) Recipe Boil the egg plants in a pot of water for about 10-20 minutes. (depending

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    Ewa Agoyin (Stewed Beans Porridge) – Feyisope

    Breakfast in Nigeria is full of all kinds of interesting dishes. You know the saying eat breakfast like a king? This dish is definitely in that category. It is originally a Togolese dish but as usual Nigerians take everything and make it their own lol. I call it creative borrowing, sharing is caring right? The

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    Chicken Stew- FeyiSope

    Ingredients 8 Pieces of Chicken 6 Fresh Tomatoes 2 large Onions 3 large red peppers 2 Jamaican pepper (optional) Olive oil/ Vegetable Oil Red oil (optional) Tomato puree Knoor/Maggi Salt Curry Thyme Recipe  In a saucepan , put the chicken and season with curry and thyme. Add 3 cubes of Maggi and 2 pinches of salt Slice

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    Suya Recipe (Grilled beef)

    Suya is the ultimate Nigerian street snack that has permeated into other surrounding west african countries. The blend of spices and the juiciness of the grilled meat is divine. Suya is particularly unique to the northerners in Nigeria as they have the perfect blend of spices that they add to the grilled beef. Traditionally, when

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    Nigerian Rice and Stew (Classic Vintage Nigerian Meal)

    This is something i love to call the Vintage Nigerian meal…Everybody that lived or lives in Nigeria at some point just had or still has just rice, stew and dodo. This is very simple to prepare and does not take a lot of time. The recipe is seen below Ingredients *2cups – Rice *10 cubes

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    Jollof Rice with a Twist

    Dear Afrolems lovers, Hope Your weekend is awesome so far…So this weekend i had a hearty meal..i would like to call it Jollof Rice with a twist. Some people say its called Jellof Rice and for my Non-Nigerian friends its Tomato Rice. Anyway here is the recipe with some pictures to hopefully inspire you to

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