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Cuisine of The Orishas

This document describes the traditional foods offered to the different orishas of the Yoruba religion. It details the ingredients and typical dishes prepared for each orisha, including Èshù-Eléguà, Ògún, Ochosì, Shàngó, Òsáin, Oya/Yànsán, Obba, Yewá, Nànù, Ibeji, Òsun, Yemaya, and Obàtálá. Some of the common dishes are yams, sweet potatoes, and beans.

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Cuisine of The Orishas

This document describes the traditional foods offered to the different orishas of the Yoruba religion. It details the ingredients and typical dishes prepared for each orisha, including Èshù-Eléguà, Ògún, Ochosì, Shàngó, Òsáin, Oya/Yànsán, Obba, Yewá, Nànù, Ibeji, Òsun, Yemaya, and Obàtálá. Some of the common dishes are yams, sweet potatoes, and beans.

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CUISINE OF THE ORISHAS.

Fun for you


CARACAS VENEZUELA
2.008
KITCHEN OF THE ORISHAS.
Foods of the Orishas (Homemade Dishes of the Orishas).
To the Òrìshàs - The Best Saying to Their Representations
What They Possess, Their Weapons And Attributes - They Are Placed In Front, In The
Soil and on a mat, inside a clay plate, porcelain, glass,
Metal Tray, Etc. (The Material Depends On The Type Of Òrìshà) Their
Dry Foods, Also Known in Afro-Brazilian Slang
"Offerings Up Front", They Should Always Be Prepared By
Someone Initiated and with the Proper Knowledge about Culinary Taste
And the Prohibitions Inherent to Each Òrìsà, Must Be Home-Based, This
Yes, Prepared In That Sacred Ground (Never Buy Them Again
Prepared.
The Meals Are Prepared In The 'Santo Kitchen', A Special Place
Made for a specific purpose, with bare feet and a covered head
With a Freeze (Women's Headscarf). Cooking Is A Task
Inherent to Women Within Yoruba Customs, But
Likewise, for the Òrìsàs, both men and women can cook.
They are generically considered 'Iyawos' - wives - given that the
He has started to be 'Married' to the Òrìsà, taking on the obligations.
What a wife would have: to cook for him, to take care of him, to attend to him, to be faithful to him, etc.

In the Kitchen There Will Always Be Available:


Utensils:
Wooden Spoons; Graters; Knives; Pans; Clay Pots; Bowls And
Clay Plates; Roasting Pans; Skimmers; Strainers; Mortars; Chopper O
Spice grinder

Vegetables, Fruits, Cereals, and Most Used Derivatives:


Potatoes
Chilis; Parsley; Cassavas; Yams; Black Beans; Butter Beans (or
Other Types of White Color); Soybeans; Tape Beans; Beans Of
Sulfur
Red Maize without Husk
Tomatoes; Spinach (Or Cabbage; Swiss Chard; Cole); Okra; Lard
From Carite
Jengibre
Corn; Popping Corn (For Making Puffed Corn); Sugar (White and Brown);
Clove
Apples; Oranges; Lemons (Fruits in General); Cilantro; Oregano;
Laurel; Fennel; Mint; Rosemary; Peanut, Nutmeg; Garlic; Etc.
Meats and Fish
Shrimp
Caracoles; Ostras; Almejas; Mejillones; Pulpo; Carne De Ternero; Ternera;
Cabra, Chivo, Cordero, Carnero, Oveja, Lechón, Polla, Pollo, Paloma, Pavo;
Duck; Goose; Rabbit; Apereá or Cuí or Coipú (South American substitutes of
The Eku

Additionally: Efun, Ori, Salt, Honey And Water

Next, we will detail the main dishes of each Orisha.


The Most Well-Known.
Eshu-Elegua
1- Name or Grated and Fried Cassava in Palm Oil, a Piece of
Corojo Lard On Top.
2- Stewed (With Dark Leafy Greens and Red Corn) Sautéed in Red Oil with Peanuts.
They put 7 Ipanu on the child.
3- Asósó (Red Mazamorra or Common Corn Boiled and Stir-Fried in Epo)
Pupa; 7 Strips Of Agbón, Watering Over With Oyin). On The Asósó
You can also place 7 roasted papers with palm oil.
4- Meat of the animals sacrificed for that Òrìsà, roasted with oil
From Palma and dusted with cassava flour; smoked fish.
Ogun
1- Ewa Accompanied With Àmàlà ( Porridge Made With Water And Flour )
Cassava). In the Preparation of the Beans (Ewa) You Can Add
Shrimp, Onion, Bell Pepper, and Tomato (A Pinch of Salt and Pepper).
2- Nothing
3- Ewa and Red Beans Boiled and Fried in Palm Oil.
Seasoned with onion, bell pepper, pepper, and shrimp or meat.
Some Animal Sacrificed for the Òrìsà.
4 - Grilled Meat from the Animals Sacrificed for the Òrìsà.
Eighth
1- Adalu (From Black Beans And Red Corn); 7 Strips Of Coconut On Top.
2- Curry with honey and a fried beef steak in palm oil from the animal
Sacrificed For The Òrìsà
Smoked Fish.
4- Green Corn, Whose Grains Are Grated. It Is Cooked In Water While Stirring
To prevent lumps, it is seasoned with fennel, sugar, and
Cinnamon Stick. Once the cream is ready, portions are removed with a
Wooden Spoon, They Are Placed In The 'Chalas' That Were Removed From It
Corn and Small Tamales Are Made.
5- Olélé (Tamales Wrapped In Banana Leaves Made From Beans)
Ground.
Shango
Àmàlà-Ilá
2- Gusi with Efo accompanied by Amala
3- Meat of the Animals Sacrificed for the Deity.
4- Boli (Grilled Banana)
5- Ékùrù (Tamales Wrapped In Banana Leaves Made From
Ground Bean with Shell
Harmony
1- Boiled Black Beans and Sautéed in Palm Oil, Mixed
The Girl with the Flower.

2- Potato Dough; Puree of Cooked Potatoes without Skin, Shaped into


Turtle Shell; 7 Boiled Eggs and Coated with Palm Oil.
3- Different Varieties of Mixed Beans, Boiled and Stir-Fried In
Palm Oil.
Oya / Yansan
1- Àkàrà ( Fried Balls Made with Mashed Beans Without Shell and Fried in Oil
Pupa
2- Abara
3- Olélé
4- Cooked Green Corn Ears Drizzled With Honey.
5- Bóbó (Boiled Yam Grated and Mixed with Epo Pupa, Shrimp)
Ground, Crushed Onion, Parsley
6- Cassava and Sweet Potato Sliced and Fried in Common Oil.
Obba
1- The word
2- Akara
3- Fried Chicken Eggs in Palm Oil and Seasoned With
Parsley, Cilantro, and Onion.
4- Yellow Mazamorra and Sulfur Beans.
Yewá
1 - Boiled Sweet Potatoes Cut Into Thick Slices, Seasoned With A
Oil Mojo, Onion, Shrimp, Parsley, and Bell Pepper (All Ground)
2 - Fried Bananas, Sprinkled With Sugar And Cinnamon Powder.
3 - The Sign
4 - Àbàrà
Nànù
1- Sarapatel (It is prepared with the organs of the sacrificed animal: liver,
Both, Heart, Etc.)
2- Omolukun (Of White Poroto And Adorned With Slices Of Egg)
Ibeji
1- Yellow Mazamorra and Lentils Stew.
2- Lentil Fritters.
3- Chin Chin
4- Amala made with cassava flour and corn flour, is accompanied by
With a stew made with lamb meat, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes,
Etc. And Roasted Bananas.
5 - Roasted Apples and Bananas, Sprinkled with Sugar.
6 - Candies And Sweets.
Osun
1- Ipeté (Boiled and Fried Cassava with Palm Oil, Seasoned
With Shrimp and Grated Onion
2- Blessing
3- Chin Chin (Sweet Snacks Made of Fried Wheat Flour in Common Oil)
4- Omolukun (From the Sulfur Beans and Decorated with Boiled Eggs)
Hunted with Palm Oil
5- Red Corn Porridge (Mazamorra Colorada Cooked, Topped With Honey And Coconut)
Grated).
6- Osinsin (Sofrito of Cut Vegetables in Strips, Chicken Meat)
Shredded, Dried Shrimp, Seasoned with Grated Onion
Pepper, Parsley, Cilantro, Oregano, Crushed Garlic, Etc.
Yemaya
1- White Cornmeal (Mazamorra Blanca) Fried in Common Oil and
Seasoned with grated onion and parsley.
2- Olélé
3- Akara (From Bean Paste or From Soy)
4 - Smoked Fish
5- Tapioca Couscous.
Obatala
All of your meals are served on a white ceramic plate or metal tray.
Silver Plated with Cotton.
1- White Corn Pudding (Mazamorra Blanca) Boiled, To Which Milk Is Added
Vaca, Cinnamon Bark, Clove, and Sugar.
2- Rice With Milk, Seasoned With Sugar, Cinnamon Sticks And Clove
Smell.
3- Hausá Rice (It is Fried Previously with Ori, Then Water is Added)
Let it sit until it dries and is tender.
4- Éko (Cream Based On Corn Starch Whose Portions Are Wrapped In)
Banana Leaf
5- Inyan ( Ñame Socado ) With Honey.
Notes:
For Obàtálá and most of the Orishas, salt is never placed on them.
Foods.
All the Òrìshàs can also be offered Otì Sekete (beer)
Of Corn) With the Exception of Obàtálá and Ibeji, to whom offerings are made
Goat or Cow Milk.
All the Òrìshàs receive barbecued meats from the animals that are given to them.
They were sacrificed.

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