Hello ALL! This is my second post in this site and in my first I explained a little about me and my situation. I would love to learn how to cook and try some cultural african foods that I don't get the chance to eat here in America. The food in Africa looks so good, pure, and natural! If anyone can share some simple/easy recipes for starters that would be greatly appreciated! I may or may not have a hard time finding some of the ingredients here so I say simple or easy for starters I'll try anything you would like to share: drinks, soups, small dishes, sauces. This is another way for me to connect with my roots.

You'll have to spend the next summer holi in my house.

eduson33: You'll have to spend the next summer holi in my house.

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Glamrock: Hello ALL! This is my second post in this site and in my first I explained a little about me and my situation. I would love to learn how to cook and try some cultural african foods that I don't get the chance to eat here in America. The food in Africa looks so good, pure, and natural! If anyone can share some simple/easy recipes for starters that would be greatly appreciated! I may or may not have a hard time finding some of the ingredients here so I say simple or easy for starters I'll try anything you would like to share: drinks, soups, small dishes, sauces. This is another way for me to connect with my roots.

If you are truly an African, your mom who I suppose is an African woman born and bred in one of the numerous countries in Africa should be able to teach you. Alternatively, take a look at some of the threads here in the food section. They offer various recipes and you can take it from there.

dasparrow:

If you are truly an African, your mom who I suppose is an African woman born and bred in one of the numerous countries in Africa should be able to teach you. Alternatively, take a look at some of the threads here in the food section. They offer various recipes and you can take it from there.

Thankyou we are african but we live in America so my mother wouldn't know. My ancestors are from Africa so I would be too had not they been taken off the coast on slave ships .

Glamrock:

Thankyou we are african but we live in America so my mother wouldn't know. My ancestors are from Africa so I would be too had not they been taken off the coast on slave ships .

do u have any food in mind?

Which part of Africa are u 4rm? BITTERLEAF SOUP
INGREDIENTS=ù
>>bitterleaf (washed)
>>Banga (palm fruit)
>>Cocoa-yam or yam
>>pepper
>>salt
>>ogiri or dawa-dawa or okpehi (this one aroma na die and without it d soup is incomplete. Na local seasoning)
>>Seasoning (tell them make them give u maggi cos na it dey make sense pass)
>>fish
>>meat
>>cryfish
>>okporoko,snail, bush-meat(optional: make u tell them say u nee Anu-Nchi cos na it dey make sense pass)
I wil be back on how to prepare it if only u want to go through d stress. Note: its a special delicacy for d pple of Eastern Nigeria.

Gboliwe:
do u have any food in mind?

No I don't really know of any , anything you have to offer I'll try it's all new to me

kelvin1191: Which part of Africa are u 4rm? BITTERLEAF SOUP
INGREDIENTS=ù
>>bitterleaf (washed)
>>Banga (palm fruit)
>>Cocoa-yam or yam
>>pepper
>>salt
>>ogiri or dawa-dawa or okpehi (this one aroma na die and without it d soup is incomplete. Na local seasoning)
>>Seasoning (tell them make them give u maggi cos na it dey make sense pass)
>>fish
>>meat
>>cryfish
>>okporoko,snail, bush-meat(optional: make u tell them say u nee Anu-Nchi cos na it dey make sense pass)
I wil be back on how to prepare it if only u want to go through d stress. Note: its a special delicacy for d pple of Eastern Nigeria.

Mmmm that sounds good , my ancestors were from west africa I'm learning more and more as time passes about them and many things of the African culture, I'm currently in the process of traces my roots and family back in the motherland. I'm taking notes this looks like a yummy recipe

Use this

http://www.youtube.com/user/NigerianFoodRecipes

4 tomatoes chopped
1 red (purple) onion chopped
1 habanero pepper chopped

cook these ingredient with any boullion cube; fish, chicken, etc. to taste. Add cooked pre-packaged or fresh bite size chopped mustard or collard greens.

After cooked down add 5 eggs OR 1 lb of shrimp OR any meat you prefer. Serve over rice or noodles.

This I've found to be the most basic & the best I can do because I'm a terrible cook

P.S. Some of the ingredients Africans use aren't readily available to us in the U.S. Sometimes substitution is needed or find a GOOD Africa store. I have 2 within a mile in my little suburb

Tarbabee: 4 tomatoes chopped
1 red (purple) onion chopped
1 habanero pepper chopped

cook these ingredient with any boullion cube; fish, chicken, etc. to taste. Add cooked pre-packaged or fresh bite size chopped mustard or collard greens.

After cooked down add 5 eggs OR 1 lb of shrimp OR any meat you prefer. Serve over rice or noodles.


This I've found to be the most basic & the best I can do because I'm a terrible cook

Yes it's basic but sounds delicious ! I can't wait to try this, this may be the first one I try THANKYOU!!

Tarbabee: P.S. Some of the ingredients Africans use aren't readily available to us in the U.S. Sometimes substitution is needed or find a GOOD Africa store. I have 2 within a mile in my little suburb

Yeah I know that's the only thing trying to find everything I need here. We have everything I need for the recipe you gave me so that's great to start! I will do the best with what I have

Hi,

Hope you're doing good! :-) Would love to help out with some of the African/Nigerian cuisine I know how to prepare. Can't post my mail here for privacy reasons so it'll be nice if you could just reply to the NL message sent to your inbox, thanks.

Have a blessed day hun!

Adamma





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