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Categories of all the recipes listed on the Afrolems blog. From breakfast to dinner recipes we have a variety of recipes to learn from.
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
Blueberry Muffins
I can never really distinguish between muffins and cupcakes when it comes down to it. I mean the way they are both mixed are different and I guess muffins are a little rough in texture. Well compared to what I achieved, It was closer to a cupcake than a muffin even if the latter is
Abak Atama Soup
Hello All, Have you missed me? After my coffee cake post, I just sort of disappeared. I promise I have great reasons. My siblings came to visit me so I was so pre-occupied with being the perfect hostess and tour guide that I kind of neglected my blog for a bit. I mean you understand
Coffee Cake
Ever since my friend Sara baked a Coffee cake for our friend Bea’s birthday, I have been craving it badly. It just seems like the perfect indulgent breakfast with a cup of tea or even another cup of coffee. I was nervous about making it because I wasn’t sure how much coffee to put in the
Semi Ripe Plantain Pottage
Growing up, my grandma always made unripe plantain pottage and I wasn’t so sure it was my favourite thing to eat. Then came my mum with semi-ripe plantain mixed with unripe plantain in the pottage and it was always fun to find out which plantain was slightly ripe when eating it. Well today, I decided
Omelette and Bread Roll
Bread and egg is a not only a popular Nigerian breakfast recipe, it is also very global. However, the amount of spices Nigerians put in their omelette is comparable to none. Last year, my mum introduced me to bread and beans rolls for breakfast. I started making them to take around with me. It’s very
Chicken Suya
Suya is a popular street snack in Nigeria and apparently other West African countries. I was talking to a few of my friends from Ivory Coast and Cameroon and I was trying to find out what people eat during soccer matches as the World Cup is coming up. The common item was suya. Chicken suya
Plantain Moin Moin (Ukpo Ogede)
Do you spell it plantain moi moi or plantain moin moin? I have always wondered what the correct spelling. If you know what it is, please leave it in the comments. So I have been staring at the over-ripe plantain in my kitchen and I really didn’t want to go the fried route of Mosa so
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