Nigerian Food and Recipes

I love creating and sharing healthy Nigerian recipes because health is wealth. And making any food healthy will not necessarily take away from its deliciousness! So here you will find simple and easy to make healthier Nigerian foods, Nigerian foods can help with weight loss. I hope to share healthy Nigerian breakfast ideas, healthy and mouthwatering Nigerian-style salads, Healthy Nigerian lunch, and dinners.

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How to Make the Tastiest Nigerian Coconut Jollof Rice with fresh coconut milk. Learn how to cook Nigerian coconut Jollof rice like a pro with my step by step easy to follow instructions. Nigerian Jollof rice remains the best across west Africa and the world. I am excited to show you how to make it happen without a sweat!
What can I serve with Nigerian Coconut Jollof Rice? This savory, sweet, fragrant, flavorful, and fabulous dish rocks just by itself; that is not to say you can’t serve it with meat, chicken, fish or beans. Most Nigerians though serve coconut rice with chicken. Rice is naturally gluten-free and good for the body. To make healthy coconut rice start with raw rice, alongside coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, and a little oil. #Rice #coconutrice #coconut #Nigerianfood #dinner Healthy Coconut Rice, Nigerian Jollof Rice, Jollof Rice Recipe, Raw Rice, Rice With Chicken, Nigerian Recipes, Jollof Rice, Fresh Coconut, Nigerian Food

How to Make the Tastiest Nigerian Coconut Jollof Rice With Fresh Coconut Milk | Easy Stovetop Jollof

How to Make the Tastiest Nigerian Coconut Jollof Rice with fresh coconut milk. Learn how to cook Nigerian coconut Jollof rice like a pro with my step by step easy to follow instructions. Nigerian Jollof rice remains the best across west Africa and the world. I am excited to show you how to make it happen without a sweat! What can I serve with Nigerian Coconut Jollof Rice? This savory, sweet, fragrant, flavorful, and fabulous dish rocks just by itself; that is not to say you can’t serve it with meat, chicken, fish or beans. Most Nigerians though serve coconut rice with chicken. Rice is naturally gluten-free and good for the body. To make healthy coconut rice start with raw rice, alongside coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, and a little oil. #Rice #coconutrice #coconut #Nigerianfood #dinner

Nigerian egusi soup is one of the best soups in African cuisine. With a slightly yellow and reddish color and sprinkles of green leaves, this African soup is rich, flavor-packed, and hearty. This favorite soup is loved both at home and in the restaurant. Egusi soup is easy to make as it requires only a handful of ingredients, including ground egusi seeds, meat, dry fish, ground crayfish, and other ingredients. Most African countries and tribes generally enjoy it, especially Nigeria. In Nigeria, egusi is a show stopper and a well-referred soup! This spectacular soup is versatile and typically eaten with "swallow" such as fufu, garri/eba, pounded yam, amala, oat fufu. You can also pair egusi soup with plain white rice.
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Nigerian Egusi Soup Recipe (BEST African Soup)! How To Cook Egusi (Melon Seed Soup) Dinner

Nigerian egusi soup is one of the best soups in African cuisine. With a slightly yellow and reddish color and sprinkles of green leaves, this African soup is rich, flavor-packed, and hearty. This favorite soup is loved both at home and in the restaurant. Egusi soup is easy to make as it requires only a handful of ingredients, including ground egusi seeds, meat, dry fish, ground crayfish, and other ingredients. Most African countries and tribes generally enjoy it, especially Nigeria. In Nigeria, egusi is a show stopper and a well-referred soup! This spectacular soup is versatile and typically eaten with "swallow" such as fufu, garri/eba, pounded yam, amala, oat fufu. You can also pair egusi soup with plain white rice. What is Egusi Soup Made Of? What do people eat egusi soup with? #Egusi

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How To Make Easy Nigerian Okra And Ogbono Soup With Spinach |Healthy Meaty African Soup and Fufu

This super delicious okra ogbono soup recipe, packed with assorted meat, dry fish, okra, and spinach, is rich, hearty, and satisfyingly delicious. Okra with ogbono is a very famous Nigerian soup within Nigeria and on the West African continent. It is indeed one of Nigeria's most sumptuous delicacies. There are several ways to serve okra soup. While this soup is hearty and filling by itself, you can enjoy a bowl by itself. Nigerians and most people typically pair okra with fufu (swallow). You can serve okra with oat fufu, plantain, garri/eba, or the famous pounded yam! #okra #Africanfood #Nigerianfood

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How To Make Authentic Nigerian Buns | African Buns Recipe | Easy African Snack

A simple recipe for Nigerian buns, aka African buns, requires all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, butter, and milk. You will combine these ingredients, mold them into small balls, and fry them in hot oil until they are golden and no longer raw! The best thing about the authentic Nigerian buns recipe is that it requires few ingredients, is easy to make, and tastes absolutely delicious! These simple fried dough balls have a somewhat crunchy exterior and a soft, pillowy interior. They are like cake donuts (here in the States) but with less sugar! They have a distinct flavor and unique taste that makes them unforgettable! Craving a simple African snack? These authentic classic Nigerian buns recipe (African buns) are fried dough balls with crunchy outside and soft interior.

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Nigerian Beans Porridge Is Everything. Nigerian beans porridge, also known as Ewa riro, is basically stewed beans cooked to perfection with a blend of onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and oil. Traditionally we use palm oil to make this delicacy, but I will be using olive for this very recipe! First and foremost, I grow up in Nigeria, so eating beans is what we do 😂 . Like, I ate a lot of Nigerian beans porridge growing up, I mean a lot of beans! It is hard to remember any single week that passes without eating beans porridge in my house. My family, like most Nigerian families, cherished its existence.

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Nigerian Fried Yam and Eggs Breakfast for Dinner? How to Make the Best Nigerian Fried Yam & Eggs!

Nigerian Fried Yam and Eggs is dinner tonight! Come cook and eat with us! We are having breakfast for dinner! This Nigerian Breakfast Is Everything! In reality, one word that I can confidently use to describe most Nigerian breakfast is filling. You can call it one and done; in other words, it can carry you throughout the day. And not only can it satisfy you for that long, but also it provides essential nutrition to your body. Personally, I think a very Nigerian breakfast of fried yam, plantain, and eggs is the best way to kick-start your day every day. Though Nigerian fried yam and eggs are breakfast these was a perfect dinner for us tonight, so good!

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Authentic Nigerian Goat Meat Pepper Soup With Yam Tuber | African Pepper Soup Recipe | Ghana Soup

Nigerian Pepper soup, or African pepper soup, is a light, hot soup prepared with varieties of meat/fish, herbs, spices, and spicy peppers. Today's Nigerian pepper soup recipe is the crowd-pleasing Nigerian goat meat pepper soup with yam. It is meaty, tasty, satisfying, and packed with Nigerian aromatic flavors. Pepper soup is crazy hot, but finger-licking is good! You will never forget an authentic Nigerian pepper soup experience. This soup is ideal for cold weather; some of the spices and herbs used in preparing this soup contain antioxidants that are natural remedies for colds and flu! A plate of goat meat pepper soup with yam is everything! It is meaty, delightfully tasty, satisfying, and packed with the best Nigerian aromatic flavors.

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Nigerian Beef Tongue Recipe | Offal Meat | Easy Beef Stew | How to Cook Cow Tongue | Spicy Sauce

Nigerian Beef Tongue Recipe is an Offal Meat recipe you will love! We call this peppered meat in Nigeria! This Easy Beef Stew is very spicy from various kinds of spicy peppers used! Am happy to show you How to Cook a Cow Tongue. This Spicy Sauce is perfect with white rice, quinoa, yams, or plantains! Peppered meat is gluten-free, dairy-free, and keto-friendly; this recipe is packed with high-quality protein. The best thing about making Nigerian peppered meat recipe is that you can use any meat, and today I am using beef tongue, aka cow tongue.

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How to Make Akara: Nigerian Bean Fritters! The BEST Nigerian Akara Recipe! African Street Food!

Akara, or beans fritters, is a popular Nigerian savory (vegan) fitter made with beans, mainly black-eyed peas. akara, also known as beans cakes, beans balls, koosé, or acarajé, is a famous street food across Africa and beyond. Across most Nigerian cities, you find akara spots in the mornings and evenings. Akara sellers would typically set up their market and start to make/fry fresh akara balls. Pair akara with bread – akara and bread is always a perfect combo! Or pair with pap.

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How to Make the BEST Nigerian Meat Pie. Delicious, Juicy and Meaty African Meat Pie Recipe!

Nigerian meat pies taste delicious, meaty, and flavorful. The outside is flaky, a little crispy around the edges, and the inside is a moist hearty filling! This flaky pastry filled with seasoned minced meat. It's a combination of pastry and meaty fillings. Nigerian meat pie aka, African meat pie is a savory, flaky pie filled with the tasty minced or ground beef cooked with potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, herbs, and spices Meat pies are perfect for snacks, brunch, for Nigerian occasions.

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How To Make The best Nigerian Akara From Scratch! Easy Tasty Black Eyed Peas Fritters Recipe

Akara or black-eyed peas fritters is a popular Nigerian vegetarian/vegan delicacy made with beans mainly black-eyed peas. Akara, also known as beans cakes, beans ball, koosé, or acarajé, is a popular street food enjoyed across Africa and beyond. Full written and video recipe: https://nkechiajaeroh.com/recipes/nigerian-breakfast/how-to-make-the-best-nigerian-akara/ @NkechiAjaeroh How To Make The best Nigerian Akara From Scratch! Easy Tasty Black Eyed Peas Fritters Recipe Tools You Will Need: • Bowl • Blender • Sauce pan

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Easily Peel Beans for Moi-Moi Using a Blender or Food Processor! How to De-skin Beans.

Are you still De-skinning Beans the Old-fashion Way? Here is how I typically people beans for moi-moi or Akara. This recipe will show you how to Peel Beans using the Blender. Can I make moi-moi and Akara without peeling off the skins? If you are wondering whether you can make moi-moi without first peeling the beans, the answer is no! When you learn how to peel beans using the Blender, it makes cooking moi-moi and Akara way easier! Moi-moi remains one of the tastiest African delicacies!

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Finger-Licking Good Boiled Stewed Sweet Ripe Plantains! How to Cook Ripe Sweet Plantains!

What Are Plantains? Plantains (plátanos in Spanish) are not bananas, even though some people think that these are "large bananas." While you eat bananas fresh, plantains must be cooked before you eat them! Today, I am very excited to make this super easy boiled, stewed, ripe sweet plantains. This was fire!! Plantains are essential in Central and South American, Caribbean, African, and Southeast Asian cuisines. There are several ways to enjoy plantains, and I hope you can try this or check out some of the other plantains recipes I have listed below! How to Cook Plantains: There are several ways to cook plantains; you can cook unripe plantains, and you can equally fry/bake/boil/roast ripe sweet plantains. Here are some of my favorite plantain Recipes: 1️⃣ Baked Ripe Sweet Plantain

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BEST Nigerian Akara Recipe! Bean Cake or Black-eyed Peas Fritters is a popular Nigerian Food!

Nigerian Akara recipe (Black Eyed Peas Fritters) is a tasty and popular vegan street snack sold on most streets across Nigeria and other African countries. Akara, also known as , beans fritters, beans cake, or Acaraje, are made with mostly black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas are washed, deskinned, and then blended into a paste alongside onions and bell peppers. You can eat Akara balls as is, but these black-eyed fritters are best served with bread, corn pap, etc. #Nigerianfood #Africanfood #akara

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Easiest WAY to Make Tomato Sauce! Best Sugar-free, Gluten-Free & All-Natural Tomato Sauce Recipe

Easiest WAY to Make Tomato Sauce for Everything! This is the easiest way to make healthy tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes, bell freash peppers, and onions. You can buy an abundance of fresh tomatoes during the tomato season and make this recipe, then allow it to completely cool and store it in your freezer. You can then use your tomato sauce to make most recipes that require tomato sauce. Some recipes include stew, for example, Nigerian stew, aka African stew. Also, Jollof rice, but Ghana and Nigerian Jollof Rice uses a good amount of tomato sauce. Tomato is great for Yam Porridge, sweet potato porridge, and Nigerian beans porridge. Finally, this tomato sauce comes in handy for making tomato soup. Okay, if you have never seen any of the Nigerian/African recipes mentioned above, her