A lot of people may not know this, but Crayfish is actually a very worthy substitute for magi - has a lot of health benefits too.
Also, try Ogiri (hate the smell tho) depending on the food i.e Oha, Onugbo and even Ogbono - its very good for the eyes
Efurun is also quite good but does cause wheezing when sniffed in its raw state (even tho it does not contain MSG). Plus, I'm sure the wheezing property will be greatly reduced after its been used in cooking.
others are; white pepper, black pepper, ginger, thyme, garlic and some coriander won't hurt i guess.

Bon apetit

Op,u culd try using a local hausa seasoning called "yaji"(I hope I spelt that right).its a powdered blend of garlic,ginger,salt and some other natural herbs and spices.my life (and taste buds) hav never bin d same since I discoverd it! *grin*

Hmmmmm......Raining Season...best

whats wrong with cooking with salt only?

Just load it up with Crayfish. Everything tastes better with Crayfish.

[size=14pt]SPECIAL WARNING[/size]: Garlic is also excellent but please do not use garlic alongside pepper! If you must use pepper at all with garlic, then just one pinch!!
The day I tried using garlic on my already pepper garnished food, omo see Gobe.

jackbauersballs: Izal/Dettol

to Kill all the bacteria in your food

MAD man

igbo leaf

Use plenty of crayfish n onions

^^^^^ i agree with u too

Iru in yoruba
i know its locust bean

if u should put seasoning my mum will know
so am used to it,i dont like seasoning too. but iru is good

Fancier: Secret seasoning without Maggi are
1. Garlic (Powder or wet paste)
2. Ginger (Powder or wet paste)
3. Locust bean i.e Iru in Yoruba (grounded or seeds)

Combination of two or three of this seasons, gives your food a taste you wouldn't resist. As for the garlic you can use little quantity. This is tested and approve by folks around me, you can try it also and come back to comment your result.

This combinations also have lots of health benefit which can help your family also...

Good-luck

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TRY FORMALIN... OR METHYLONE add with caution

For a tasty meal!use dangote sugar

Dry fish, locust beans and salt.

Though i hate it..but i heard locust beans(iru) is good, stock fish or crayfish adds a kinda reasoning or flavour to foods.

garlic paste or powder ginger paste or powder iru(locust bean) crayfish salt

[quote
author=Fancier]Secret seasoning without Maggi are
1. Garlic (Powder or wet paste)
2. Ginger (Powder or wet paste)
3. Locust bean i.e Iru in Yoruba (grounded or seeds)

Combination of two or three of this seasons, gives your food a taste you
wouldn't resist. As for the garlic you can use little quantity. This is
tested and approve by folks around me, you can try it also and come
back to comment your result.

This combinations also have lots of health benefit which can help your
family also...

Good-luck[/quote]
U' said my mind,those combinations are grt, in addition wit locust bean and crayfish...

1. garlic powder
2. celery salt
3. Rock salt as it is natural with no additves

there is also a product called Herbamare, check n see it you can get it. Its organic.

there is the curry plant we used those days. can one still find them?

Knorr Cube...Most Especially Knorr Soupy

Gux, try Ogiri, dawa-dawa, okpehyi, núné but make sure u ar not expecting visitors when u ar cooking it cos ur palour wont smell nice o! BTW, u dont need any seasoning except salt &pepper if u ar using good ingredients like Meat, fish, prawns etc

Isebe maggi ni.

Olomo bitter is better!

Use ogiri instead aka dadawa in hausa! And locust bean in english. That's if u can stomach the smell. Its quit tasty anyway and I use it only for soups. Then my stews/porridge/ jollofs I use garlic, ginger, coriander, thyme, parsley, sage, basil, and sometimes cumin and then salt! With these combos I don't need MSGs in my cooking.

ogiri, okpenye, thyme, utazi, uzizi leaf/seed, nchanwu leaf, ginger, garlic, etc. a taste of these spice will convience u.

*ABEG MAKE UNA GO SIT DOWN WITH UNA ALEGIC ABI NA ALHAJI. OUR GRAND PAREN EAT MAGGI AND THE REST AND STILL KICKING.

Ìrú (locust beans). Its mostly used by the yorubas. Makes efò soup Delicious.

Try wat the Yorubas called iru and you will neva remain the same

I once stopped using maggi and my hubby never knew I stopped using it, i went out of stock of the seasoning I turned to and start using maggi again.

People of old never used maggi.

Iru (locust beans), ogiri (don't know the english name), you can get it from igbo people if you reside in lagos.

I was then using, locust beans(iru), garlic and ginger. I use ginger and garlic to cook my meat/fish/chicken, blend iru and onions, with a little pinch of salt, without maggi you will enjoy it.

You will like the soup and the mix of fish/meant with those ingredient.

However, pls when you buy iru, wash it before using it, don't wash too much in order not to wash off the real sweetening. I don't buy ogiri again cos I can't wash it, I no wan chop idoti.

Cook with iru wooro,eja-gbigbe,crayfish