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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.
Garri Tulle
This Garri Tulle is barely a real recipe but sometimes I wander into the chef portion of Youtube and find interesting things to play with. This garri tulle is one of them. Often times, I am stomped on how to present Nigerian food. However, molecular gastronomy allows for interesting ideas to play with food and
How to make Alapa (Beans & Egusi)
Our ancestors were clearly feeling adventurous when they decided to make this Alapa dish. If I could be a fly on the wall back in the day when people were creating these recipes, it would provide so much insight. Alapa is a steamed pudding similar to Moin Moin that combines Beans and Egusi (Melon seeds).
How to Make Gbegiri Soup
Gbegiri is not on the blog??? It’s so easy to get carried away with blogging about things that interest you and not the essentials. I think I may need to start a series called “Back to the basics with Nigerian food” Maybe on Youtube? Speaking of Youtube, have you subscribed to my channel? Please make
Beans and Plantain Moi Moi
Crowdsourcing ideas is one of my favourite things about blogging because it brings recipes like beans and plantain moi moi out of the blue. I wish I could take credit for it but in this case, it was @fitnigeria on Instagram that provided this gem. I only offered to cook it as an experiment. A
Honey Beans Pasta from Scratch
Honey Beans pasta is definitely top of my list to keep exploring this year. When I tell you I need to release myself from regular pasta, please believe me. I also have a few friends that can stand to gain from this recipe. If you have gluten issues, this might just be the pasta recipe
Ayamase Pasta Recipe
You had to know this Ayamase pasta was going to feature if I had gone the stockfish route. There’s just so much depth in flavour with that bleached palm oil. I don’t care what anyone says. That flavour characterises Nigerian soul food. It really does hit different. I have played with a few Ayamase derivative
Stockfish Flavoured Pasta
If you follow Afrolems on Instagram, you will remember I promised a slightly more traditional version of valentines day and I am keeping to that promise by starting with this Stockfish Flavoured Pasta recipe. What inspired this you ask? Well, my mum typically blends the discarded bits of stockfish into powder and we use it
PASTA SALAD RECIPE
On my list of decadent salads, pasta salad is high on top of that list. Potato salad comes really close depending on the content of the salad but for the purpose of this post, this pasta salad is it. Think of your pasta salad as a blank canvas and you can add any toppings you
Efirin Pesto Pasta Recipe
Efirin, Scent Leaf, Local Basil, whatever you want to call it, I enjoyed this Efirin Pesto Pasta dish and licked my plate because yasssss! This recipe has been on my list to post for a few years. I think people around me have enjoyed it enough, its time to share with the world. This dish