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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Adeyinka12(m): 3:37pm On Apr 23, 2015
@op garii is defferent from eba,buh eba come from garii with the additional of hot water . Fufu,iyan,egusi,efo iro,aponekuru ati eko,omo iyami odun ju
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by RichDad1(m): 3:39pm On Apr 23, 2015
Gemc3:
Nice post.

This is what Bitterleaf soup actually looks like. The one posted above is Egusi soup, with Bitterleaf, in place of pumpkin leaves (ugu)
See food. shocked shocked

Your DP sef na enchantment. You too fine kiss

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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Gemc3(f): 4:03pm On Apr 23, 2015
RichDad1:

See food. shocked shocked

Your DP sef na enchantment. You too fine kiss

My broda thank you o. smiley Na God.
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by tunnary(m): 4:21pm On Apr 23, 2015
Good Food is just 2gud, apetizer
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by stephenqueen: 5:03pm On Apr 23, 2015
Lala247:


Lol beans ..
Beans the key to your heart gringrin
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Nobody: 5:10pm On Apr 23, 2015
stephenqueen:

Beans the key to your heart gringrin

Yes oh lol if cook ewa agoyin im inlove
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by ayrahmon: 5:16pm On Apr 23, 2015
missclasssy:
This is a list of the common Nigerian Dishes.

SOUPS
~Soups are very essential to Nigerian food recipes. All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yamor Cassava Fufu.

Egusi Soup



Ingredients
*.Egusi (Melon) seeds - 3 cigar cups | 600g
*.Red Palm Oil – 2 cooking spoons
*.Beef – Best cut and Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Fish – Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Bitter leaf(optional)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edikang Ikong Soup




The Nigerian Edikang Ikong soup or simply Vegetable Soup is native to the Efiks, people from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. It is a general notion that the Edikang Ikong soup is very nutritious and this is very much so. Prepared with a generous quantity of pumpkin leaves and water leaves, this Nigerian soup recipe is nourishing in every sense of the word.

Ingredients for Edikang Ikong Soup
*.1kg Pumpkin leaves
*.500g Water leaves(Talinum Triangulare)
*.600g Beef, Kanda, shaki and Dry fish
*.Pepper, Salt and ground Crayfish: to taste
*.200ml Palm oil
*. Periwinkle- 1 cup
*.2 medium bulbs onions
*.2-3 Stock cubes


Bitterleaf soup( Ofe Onugbu)


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Bitterleaf soup – Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious.
This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways and can also be refrigerated for a very long time (even though I recommend two weeks at most for most Naija soups)

Ingredients
*2kg Meat of choice (beef, chicken, pork, turkey)
*Bitter leaf (wash to desire)
*Half cup of ground Crayfish
*Maggi or knorr seasoning (3 cubes
*Ogiri (a product of castor seeds)(optional)
*Dry fish (2 medium sizes)
*Stock fish head (1 big size)
*Palm oil (about 25cl)
*Salt and pepper to taste.
*Cocoa-yam (pounded) or
*4 cups of Egusi (if you choose to make bitter leaf soup with egusi)


Pepper soup



The Nigerian Pepper soup is a popular Nigerian soup recipe. It is such a versatile recipe as it can be prepared with different types of meat and fish. Thus there is the Chicken Pepper Soup, the Catfish Pepper Soup(popularly known as Point & Kill), the Goat Meat Pepper Soup, the Cow Foot Pepper Soup and the Assorted Beef Pepper Soup.

Ingredients
*.Chicken | Cow Foot | Assorted Beef - 1 kg
*. Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg- 4 seeds
*. Chilli Pepper(to taste)
*. Dry Uziza- 2 teaspoons (optional)
*.Onions - 2 medium bulbs
*.Salt - to taste
*.Seasoning - 3 Maggi / Knorr cubes & 1 teaspoon of Thyme (for chicken pepper soup)

Ogbono Soup



Ogbono Soup or Draw Soup, is a popular Nigerian soup recipemade with Ogbono Seeds(wild African bush mango seeds). This is one of the first soup given to kids when trying to introduce them to Nigerian soups.
Ogbono soup has a mucilaginous (slimy).

*.Ogbono Seeds: 2 handfuls
*.Okra: 200g
*.Assorted Meat and Fish: Beef, Shaki, DryFish, Stock Fish
*.Palm Oil: 3 Cooking spoons
*.Vegetable: Frozen Spinach (you can also use Pumpkin leaves or even Bitterleaf)
*.Crayfish: 1 handful
*.Pepper and Salt - To taste
*.1 medium size Onion
*.2 Stock cubes (Maggi)


Gbegiri soup



Gbegiri Soup (the yellow one in the image) takes a bit of getting used for those who are not used to eating soup cooked with beans. The combination of the Gbegiri Soup, Ewedu Soup and the stew will surely tease and challenge your tastebuds!

Ingredients for Gbegiri Soup
*.150g Black Eyed or Brown Beans
*.1 small smoked Mackerel/Titus
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 big stock cube
*.1 cooking spoon palm oil
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)

Efo Riro



Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are water leaves and pumpkin leaves.

Igredients
*.Assorted meat and fish. For my Efo Riro, I used:
*.Beef
*. Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Smoked fish
*. Dry fish
*.Stock fish
*.Palm Oil: 20 cl
*. Frozen Spinach: 1 kg
*.Crayfish: a handful
*.Onions: 1 medium bulb
*.3 big stock cubes (spinach needs more seasoning)
*.Salt & Habanero / Scotch Bonnet pepper


Okra soup



Okra Soup is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare. This soup is known as Miyan Kubewa in Hausa
Some argue that a lot of work goes to the cutting of the two vegetables used in preparing this recipe. Yes but once the vegetables are ready; it cooks in no time at all.

*.Okra: 250g
*.Red Palm Oil: 3 cooking spoons
*.Beef: Best cut
*. Shaki - Cow Tripe(Optional)
*.Fish: Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus), Dry Fish, Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Onions - Optional
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Spinach (Washed & Frozen)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edo Esan (Black soup)



Black soup is a popular and tasteful Edo (Benin) soup, it is quite delicious and easy to prepare.

Ingredients
*4 piecesSnails
*4 pieces Beef
*1 medium size Smoked Fish
*12 pieces Smoked Shrimps
*4 tablespoon ground Crayfish
*1 cooking spoon Palm Oil
*1 small bunch Scent leaves( effirin)( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 balls washed Bitter leaves ( ground, 1/2 cooking spoon)
*1 small bunch Uziza leaves( ground 1 cooking spoon)
*1 bunch Ugwu (optional) ( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 seasoning cubes
*1 tablespoon dry Pepper
*Chopped fresh pepper for garnishing

Oha Soup



Ora (Oha) soup is native to the South Eastern Nigeria. It is a very traditional soup similar to the bitterleaf soup but cooked with Ora leaves. Ora (Oha) Soup is special because the tender ora leaves used in preparing this soup recipe are seasonal unlike their bitterleaf counterpart which can be found all year round

Ingredients.
one ingredient can make in a recipe.
Ingredients for Ora (Oha) Soup
*.Vegetable - Ora leaves
*. Cocoyam– 8 small corms
*.3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
*.Assorted Beef: Includes best cut, shaki (cow tripe)
*.Assorted Fish: Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Chilli Pepper, Salt and Crayfish (to taste)
*.2 Stock cubes
*.1 teaspoon Ogiri Igbo


Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)

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Miyan Taushe is a Pumpkin souppopular among the Hausas in Nigeria (Northern parts of Nigeria). It is prepared with ripe pumpkin meat and enjoyed by both young and old.
There are different species of Pumpkin, but the Gourd type is very common in Nigeria, nevertheless, feel free to make use of any specie you can get as long as it is ripe.

Ingredients for Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)
This recipe is for 10 servings
*1 small sized ripe Pumpkin( about 250 grams)
*1 kilo Meat of Choice(beef, cowfeet, goat meat, soft cow bones, chicken, tripe(shaki), oxtail)
*1 medium Dried or Smoked Fish
*1 small bunch Yakwa(yakuwa)(sorrel leaves)(use spinach or ugwu as a substitute)

Ewedu soup



Ewedu soup is a delicious soup indigenous to the people of Yoruba

Ingredients:
*Ewedu leaves (corchorus olitorius) 300g
*1/2 teaspoon of powdered potash
*1.5 cups of water
*Ewedu Broom or a blender
*Salt to taste
*Maggi (1 or 2 cubes)
*Chilly Pepper to taste
*4-5 spoons of ground crayfish


Banga soup



The Nigerian Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In the Niger Delta areas, Banga soup is commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri and Cassava Fufu.

Ingredients
*.1 kg Palm Fruitsor 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate
*.Beef
*.Dry Fish
*.Vegetable: Scent Leavesfor Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup
*.2 medium onions
*.A handful crayfish or 2 tablespoons of ground Crayfish
*.Salt and Chilli Pepper (to taste)
*.Ogiri Okpei (Iru)
*.1-2 big stock cubes
Before you cook the Nigerian Banga


Afang soup

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The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup, is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians. It is also very nutritious as the soup consists mainly of vegetables. Afang Soup is prepared with a generous quantity of Water leaves and the wild herbal Okazi leaves.

Ingredients
*.400g sliced Okazi/Afang leaves| about 4 handfuls
*.250g Water leaves
*.20 - 25 cl Palm oil (about 1 drinking glass)
*.Beef, Kandaand Dry fish
*.2 tablespoons Crayfish
*.Pepper, Salt and Crayfish - to taste
*.2 seasoning cubes


Ofe nsala



Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a delicious soup, popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is also known as ''white soup'' because of its light color , due to the absence of palm oil.
The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh whole Cat Fish, which gives this soup its unique taste. But in the absence of whole catfish, catfish fillets or conger eel can be used.

Ingredients
*1 medium sized Cat Fish (use conger eel if you can't find Catfish in your area, they taste almost the same)
*5 small sized raw Yam cubes OR Yam Powder (Potato Puree can also be used)
*2 tablespoonful chopped Utazi Leaves or parsley(optional)
*1 tablespoonful groud crayfish
*1 teaspoonful Ogiri or Iru (fermented locust beans)
*1 tablespoonful chopped Onions(optional)
*Chili pepper/chopped Scotch bonnet peppers (to taste)
*1-2 Stock/Seasoning cubes(maggi, knorr etc)
*Salt (to taste)



OTHER DISHES

Tomato Stew



This is a stew used to serving and preparing the Nigerian Jollof Rice recipes: Jollof Rice, Coconut Rice, Rice & Beans, etc. This tomato stew also forms the base for the Nigerian Beef & Chicken Stew.

Ingredients for Nigerian Tomato Stew
*.Fresh Plum Tomatoes(referred to as Jos Tomatoes in Nigeria,tomate perain Spanish andpomodoro perain Italian) – 1.5kg
*.Tinned tomato paste: 600g (or watery tinned Tomato Puree: 1.2kg)
*.Vegetable Oil: a generous quantity (see the video below)
*.Onions 1 to 2 medium bulbs
Important notes on the ingredients

Jollof rice



The Nigerian food recipe discussed here is the classic Nigerian Jollof Rice prepared at parties. This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties. It is quite easy to prepare if you follow the simple steps.

Ingredients
Mixed Vegetable Jollof Rice
Rice and Beans
Ingredients
*.2 cigar cups | 500g (1.1 lbs) long grain white rice
*. Tomato Stew500 mls
*.Chicken (whole chicken, drumsticks or chicken breast)
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)
*.2 medium onions
*.3 seasoning cubes
*.2 teaspoons thyme

Fried rice



Fried rice is one of the most widely eaten Nigerian food; it is accepted by almost every Nigerian both at home and in Diaspora. The process of making fried rice is a bit complicating but gets easier with time.

Ingredients for Nigeria fried rice
*4 cups of rice
*Cabbage medium size
*Carrot {about 3 big sizes}
*Green beans {2 cups}
*Peas {half cup}(optional)
*Green pepper {1 big size}
*Liver {0.3kg}
*Meat {1 to 2kg}(chicken, beef or goat meat)
*Vegetable oil {15cl}
*Onions {2 big Bulbs}
*Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 T/spoons}
*Salt and pepper to taste
.

Moi moi



Moi Moi (also Moin Moin) is a great dish accessory in Nigeria. It is commonly seen accompanying Jollof Rice, Fried Rice, Fried Plantain, Custard, Akamu (Pap, Ogi) etc. It can even be eaten alone as a snack with a soft drink to wash it down.

Ingredients.
Each bag weighs 420g.
*.3 cigar cups or 750g Beans (Brown/Black eyed)
*.5 tablespoons ground crayfish
*.4 big stock cubes
*.1 habanero pepper
*.2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
*.3 tatashe peppers or 800g watery tomato puree (sold outside Nigeria)
*.2 big onions
*.20cl vegetable oil
*.2 litres of cool or warm water
*.Salt (to taste)


Ewa Agonyi



Ewa Agonyi simply means plain boiled beans eaten with pepper sauce
It is a very delicious delicacy common among yorubas

Ingredients
*.Beans (Brown/Black eyed): 2 cigar cups | approx. 500g
*.Red Palm Oil: about 5 cooking spoons
*.Plum Tomatoes: 5 big ones
*.Crayfish (a handful)
*.Onions – 1 big bulb
*.Pepper & Salt to taste
*.Seasoning – 2 seasoning cubes

Spaghetti meal



The delicious spaghetti/macaroni dish is a very popular Nigerian cuisine eaten in every part of the country.

Ingredients
*Spaghetti (1 sachet)
*1 small tin tomatoes.
*2 cups of onions
*Fresh tomatoes (see image below)
*Fresh pepper (as much as you can take)
*Ground Crayfish (3 spoons, optional)
*3 cube of knorr or maggi
*Salt to taste
*1 cup of sliced carrot.
*Green beans (1 cup)
*1kg Meat/fish (chicken, turkey, beef.. etc)
*Green pepper (optional).


Akara(bean cake)



Akara, also known as Bean Cakes, Bean Balls, Bean Fritas or Acarajé in Portuguese is a Nigerian breakfast recipe made with beans.
To make Akara, you need to first of all remove the beans coat. You should remove the coat from the beans just before you make the Akara. This means that you can't use coatless beans that has been stored in the fridge or freezer to make Akara.

Ingredients.
*.1 cup of Beans(black-eyed or brown beans)
*.2 habanero chilli peppers
*.1 medium Onion
*.Salt to taste
*.Vegetable Oil for frying
Tools you will need:
*.Blender
*.Mortar and Pestle
*fryer

Yam porridge



The Yam Porridge can also be referred to as yam soup. It is mainly yam cooked with ingredients and the resulting dish contains some soupy liquid.

Ingredients
*.1 kg (2.2 lbs) white yam
*.Red palm Oil (to colour)
*.1 smoked fish (titus/mackerel) OR dry fish
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 medium onion
*.Fresh green vegetable (eg pumpkin, parsley, scent


EBA



This is a staple foodeaten in West Africa, particularly in the Southern parts of Nigeriamade from cassava(manioc) flour, known in West Africa as gari.
To make ẹbà, gariflour (which should be further pounded or ground if not already 'fine') is mixed into hot water and stirred well with a large wooden spoon until it becomes like a firm dough, firmer than, say, mashed potatoes, so it can be rolled into a ball and can keep its shape.
It is used in eating different soups.


Fufu Recipes

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Fufu recipes are eaten with the various Nigerian soup recipes. Fufu is derived by mashing starchy foods or mixing the processed starchy foods in hot water. Fufu is a generic name for food you swallow during the eating process. Fufu recipes are generally tastless on their own so they rely on the richness of the soups to make the meal delicious.

Suya

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Suya, is a spicy shish kebablike skewered meat which is a popular food item in various parts of Nigeria and is enjoyed as a delicacy in West Africa.(where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken.

It is traditionally prepared by the Hausa peopleof northern Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, and some parts of Sudan (where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken. Innards such as kidney, liver and tripeare also used.
The thinly sliced meat is marinated in various spices which include peanut cake, salt, vegetable oil and other flavorings, and then barbecued.


Kilishii



Kilishiis a version of biltongor jerkythat originated in Hausaland. It is a dried form of Suya. Kilishiis a delicacy in Hausa Land, made from cow, sheep or goat meat after the removal of bone. Each of the selected muscles is then tediously sliced in to a sheet-like sizes of one metre or less for easy drying. The dried "sheets" of meat are then collected and kept for the next process.

A paste made from peanuts called "Labu" is diluted with enough water, spices, salt and grounded onions and perhaps sweeteners in addition like honey to add sweetness. The already dried "sheets" of meat are then inmersed one by one into the "Labu" paste to coat it, whereafter it is left to dry for hours before roasting on a wire mesh. Kilishi can be kept for months without much change to its taste.



Source: http://www.allnigerianrecipes.com/soups/

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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by stephenqueen: 5:30pm On Apr 23, 2015
Lala247:


Yes oh lol if cook ewa agoyin im inlove
I can cook ewa agoyin for you cheesycheesycheesy
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Nobody: 6:44pm On Apr 23, 2015
I really hope they taste better than they look embarassed
Jollof rice, spaghetti and soya looks the best.

I judge food by sight, smell and then taste lipsrsealed
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by aariwa(m): 7:23pm On Apr 23, 2015
missclasssy:
This is a list of the common Nigerian Dishes.

SOUPS
~Soups are very essential to Nigerian food recipes. All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yamor Cassava Fufu.

Egusi Soup



Ingredients
*.Egusi (Melon) seeds - 3 cigar cups | 600g
*.Red Palm Oil – 2 cooking spoons
*.Beef – Best cut and Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Fish – Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Bitter leaf(optional)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edikang Ikong Soup




The Nigerian Edikang Ikong soup or simply Vegetable Soup is native to the Efiks, people from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. It is a general notion that the Edikang Ikong soup is very nutritious and this is very much so. Prepared with a generous quantity of pumpkin leaves and water leaves, this Nigerian soup recipe is nourishing in every sense of the word.

Ingredients for Edikang Ikong Soup
*.1kg Pumpkin leaves
*.500g Water leaves(Talinum Triangulare)
*.600g Beef, Kanda, shaki and Dry fish
*.Pepper, Salt and ground Crayfish: to taste
*.200ml Palm oil
*. Periwinkle- 1 cup
*.2 medium bulbs onions
*.2-3 Stock cubes


Bitterleaf soup( Ofe Onugbu)


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Bitterleaf soup – Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious.
This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways and can also be refrigerated for a very long time (even though I recommend two weeks at most for most Naija soups)

Ingredients
*2kg Meat of choice (beef, chicken, pork, turkey)
*Bitter leaf (wash to desire)
*Half cup of ground Crayfish
*Maggi or knorr seasoning (3 cubes
*Ogiri (a product of castor seeds)(optional)
*Dry fish (2 medium sizes)
*Stock fish head (1 big size)
*Palm oil (about 25cl)
*Salt and pepper to taste.
*Cocoa-yam (pounded) or
*4 cups of Egusi (if you choose to make bitter leaf soup with egusi)


Pepper soup



The Nigerian Pepper soup is a popular Nigerian soup recipe. It is such a versatile recipe as it can be prepared with different types of meat and fish. Thus there is the Chicken Pepper Soup, the Catfish Pepper Soup(popularly known as Point & Kill), the Goat Meat Pepper Soup, the Cow Foot Pepper Soup and the Assorted Beef Pepper Soup.

Ingredients
*.Chicken | Cow Foot | Assorted Beef - 1 kg
*. Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg- 4 seeds
*. Chilli Pepper(to taste)
*. Dry Uziza- 2 teaspoons (optional)
*.Onions - 2 medium bulbs
*.Salt - to taste
*.Seasoning - 3 Maggi / Knorr cubes & 1 teaspoon of Thyme (for chicken pepper soup)

Ogbono Soup



Ogbono Soup or Draw Soup, is a popular Nigerian soup recipemade with Ogbono Seeds(wild African bush mango seeds). This is one of the first soup given to kids when trying to introduce them to Nigerian soups.
Ogbono soup has a mucilaginous (slimy).

*.Ogbono Seeds: 2 handfuls
*.Okra: 200g
*.Assorted Meat and Fish: Beef, Shaki, DryFish, Stock Fish
*.Palm Oil: 3 Cooking spoons
*.Vegetable: Frozen Spinach (you can also use Pumpkin leaves or even Bitterleaf)
*.Crayfish: 1 handful
*.Pepper and Salt - To taste
*.1 medium size Onion
*.2 Stock cubes (Maggi)


Gbegiri soup



Gbegiri Soup (the yellow one in the image) takes a bit of getting used for those who are not used to eating soup cooked with beans. The combination of the Gbegiri Soup, Ewedu Soup and the stew will surely tease and challenge your tastebuds!

Ingredients for Gbegiri Soup
*.150g Black Eyed or Brown Beans
*.1 small smoked Mackerel/Titus
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 big stock cube
*.1 cooking spoon palm oil
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)

Efo Riro



Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are water leaves and pumpkin leaves.

Igredients
*.Assorted meat and fish. For my Efo Riro, I used:
*.Beef
*. Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Smoked fish
*. Dry fish
*.Stock fish
*.Palm Oil: 20 cl
*. Frozen Spinach: 1 kg
*.Crayfish: a handful
*.Onions: 1 medium bulb
*.3 big stock cubes (spinach needs more seasoning)
*.Salt & Habanero / Scotch Bonnet pepper


Okra soup



Okra Soup is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare. This soup is known as Miyan Kubewa in Hausa
Some argue that a lot of work goes to the cutting of the two vegetables used in preparing this recipe. Yes but once the vegetables are ready; it cooks in no time at all.

*.Okra: 250g
*.Red Palm Oil: 3 cooking spoons
*.Beef: Best cut
*. Shaki - Cow Tripe(Optional)
*.Fish: Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus), Dry Fish, Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Onions - Optional
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Spinach (Washed & Frozen)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edo Esan (Black soup)



Black soup is a popular and tasteful Edo (Benin) soup, it is quite delicious and easy to prepare.

Ingredients
*4 piecesSnails
*4 pieces Beef
*1 medium size Smoked Fish
*12 pieces Smoked Shrimps
*4 tablespoon ground Crayfish
*1 cooking spoon Palm Oil
*1 small bunch Scent leaves( effirin)( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 balls washed Bitter leaves ( ground, 1/2 cooking spoon)
*1 small bunch Uziza leaves( ground 1 cooking spoon)
*1 bunch Ugwu (optional) ( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 seasoning cubes
*1 tablespoon dry Pepper
*Chopped fresh pepper for garnishing

Oha Soup



Ora (Oha) soup is native to the South Eastern Nigeria. It is a very traditional soup similar to the bitterleaf soup but cooked with Ora leaves. Ora (Oha) Soup is special because the tender ora leaves used in preparing this soup recipe are seasonal unlike their bitterleaf counterpart which can be found all year round

Ingredients.
one ingredient can make in a recipe.
Ingredients for Ora (Oha) Soup
*.Vegetable - Ora leaves
*. Cocoyam– 8 small corms
*.3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
*.Assorted Beef: Includes best cut, shaki (cow tripe)
*.Assorted Fish: Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Chilli Pepper, Salt and Crayfish (to taste)
*.2 Stock cubes
*.1 teaspoon Ogiri Igbo


Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)

[img]http://eafrique.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0729-600x400.jpg[/img]

Miyan Taushe is a Pumpkin souppopular among the Hausas in Nigeria (Northern parts of Nigeria). It is prepared with ripe pumpkin meat and enjoyed by both young and old.
There are different species of Pumpkin, but the Gourd type is very common in Nigeria, nevertheless, feel free to make use of any specie you can get as long as it is ripe.

Ingredients for Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)
This recipe is for 10 servings
*1 small sized ripe Pumpkin( about 250 grams)
*1 kilo Meat of Choice(beef, cowfeet, goat meat, soft cow bones, chicken, tripe(shaki), oxtail)
*1 medium Dried or Smoked Fish
*1 small bunch Yakwa(yakuwa)(sorrel leaves)(use spinach or ugwu as a substitute)

Ewedu soup



Ewedu soup is a delicious soup indigenous to the people of Yoruba

Ingredients:
*Ewedu leaves (corchorus olitorius) 300g
*1/2 teaspoon of powdered potash
*1.5 cups of water
*Ewedu Broom or a blender
*Salt to taste
*Maggi (1 or 2 cubes)
*Chilly Pepper to taste
*4-5 spoons of ground crayfish


Banga soup



The Nigerian Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In the Niger Delta areas, Banga soup is commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri and Cassava Fufu.

Ingredients
*.1 kg Palm Fruitsor 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate
*.Beef
*.Dry Fish
*.Vegetable: Scent Leavesfor Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup
*.2 medium onions
*.A handful crayfish or 2 tablespoons of ground Crayfish
*.Salt and Chilli Pepper (to taste)
*.Ogiri Okpei (Iru)
*.1-2 big stock cubes
Before you cook the Nigerian Banga


Afang soup

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The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup, is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians. It is also very nutritious as the soup consists mainly of vegetables. Afang Soup is prepared with a generous quantity of Water leaves and the wild herbal Okazi leaves.

Ingredients
*.400g sliced Okazi/Afang leaves| about 4 handfuls
*.250g Water leaves
*.20 - 25 cl Palm oil (about 1 drinking glass)
*.Beef, Kandaand Dry fish
*.2 tablespoons Crayfish
*.Pepper, Salt and Crayfish - to taste
*.2 seasoning cubes


Ofe nsala



Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a delicious soup, popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is also known as ''white soup'' because of its light color , due to the absence of palm oil.
The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh whole Cat Fish, which gives this soup its unique taste. But in the absence of whole catfish, catfish fillets or conger eel can be used.

Ingredients
*1 medium sized Cat Fish (use conger eel if you can't find Catfish in your area, they taste almost the same)
*5 small sized raw Yam cubes OR Yam Powder (Potato Puree can also be used)
*2 tablespoonful chopped Utazi Leaves or parsley(optional)
*1 tablespoonful groud crayfish
*1 teaspoonful Ogiri or Iru (fermented locust beans)
*1 tablespoonful chopped Onions(optional)
*Chili pepper/chopped Scotch bonnet peppers (to taste)
*1-2 Stock/Seasoning cubes(maggi, knorr etc)
*Salt (to taste)



OTHER DISHES

Tomato Stew



This is a stew used to serving and preparing the Nigerian Jollof Rice recipes: Jollof Rice, Coconut Rice, Rice & Beans, etc. This tomato stew also forms the base for the Nigerian Beef & Chicken Stew.

Ingredients for Nigerian Tomato Stew
*.Fresh Plum Tomatoes(referred to as Jos Tomatoes in Nigeria,tomate perain Spanish andpomodoro perain Italian) – 1.5kg
*.Tinned tomato paste: 600g (or watery tinned Tomato Puree: 1.2kg)
*.Vegetable Oil: a generous quantity (see the video below)
*.Onions 1 to 2 medium bulbs
Important notes on the ingredients

Jollof rice



The Nigerian food recipe discussed here is the classic Nigerian Jollof Rice prepared at parties. This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties. It is quite easy to prepare if you follow the simple steps.

Ingredients
Mixed Vegetable Jollof Rice
Rice and Beans
Ingredients
*.2 cigar cups | 500g (1.1 lbs) long grain white rice
*. Tomato Stew500 mls
*.Chicken (whole chicken, drumsticks or chicken breast)
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)
*.2 medium onions
*.3 seasoning cubes
*.2 teaspoons thyme

Fried rice



Fried rice is one of the most widely eaten Nigerian food; it is accepted by almost every Nigerian both at home and in Diaspora. The process of making fried rice is a bit complicating but gets easier with time.

Ingredients for Nigeria fried rice
*4 cups of rice
*Cabbage medium size
*Carrot {about 3 big sizes}
*Green beans {2 cups}
*Peas {half cup}(optional)
*Green pepper {1 big size}
*Liver {0.3kg}
*Meat {1 to 2kg}(chicken, beef or goat meat)
*Vegetable oil {15cl}
*Onions {2 big Bulbs}
*Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 T/spoons}
*Salt and pepper to taste
.

Moi moi



Moi Moi (also Moin Moin) is a great dish accessory in Nigeria. It is commonly seen accompanying Jollof Rice, Fried Rice, Fried Plantain, Custard, Akamu (Pap, Ogi) etc. It can even be eaten alone as a snack with a soft drink to wash it down.

Ingredients.
Each bag weighs 420g.
*.3 cigar cups or 750g Beans (Brown/Black eyed)
*.5 tablespoons ground crayfish
*.4 big stock cubes
*.1 habanero pepper
*.2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
*.3 tatashe peppers or 800g watery tomato puree (sold outside Nigeria)
*.2 big onions
*.20cl vegetable oil
*.2 litres of cool or warm water
*.Salt (to taste)


Ewa Agonyi



Ewa Agonyi simply means plain boiled beans eaten with pepper sauce
It is a very delicious delicacy common among yorubas

Ingredients
*.Beans (Brown/Black eyed): 2 cigar cups | approx. 500g
*.Red Palm Oil: about 5 cooking spoons
*.Plum Tomatoes: 5 big ones
*.Crayfish (a handful)
*.Onions – 1 big bulb
*.Pepper & Salt to taste
*.Seasoning – 2 seasoning cubes

Spaghetti meal



The delicious spaghetti/macaroni dish is a very popular Nigerian cuisine eaten in every part of the country.

Ingredients
*Spaghetti (1 sachet)
*1 small tin tomatoes.
*2 cups of onions
*Fresh tomatoes (see image below)
*Fresh pepper (as much as you can take)
*Ground Crayfish (3 spoons, optional)
*3 cube of knorr or maggi
*Salt to taste
*1 cup of sliced carrot.
*Green beans (1 cup)
*1kg Meat/fish (chicken, turkey, beef.. etc)
*Green pepper (optional).


Akara(bean cake)



Akara, also known as Bean Cakes, Bean Balls, Bean Fritas or Acarajé in Portuguese is a Nigerian breakfast recipe made with beans.
To make Akara, you need to first of all remove the beans coat. You should remove the coat from the beans just before you make the Akara. This means that you can't use coatless beans that has been stored in the fridge or freezer to make Akara.

Ingredients.
*.1 cup of Beans(black-eyed or brown beans)
*.2 habanero chilli peppers
*.1 medium Onion
*.Salt to taste
*.Vegetable Oil for frying
Tools you will need:
*.Blender
*.Mortar and Pestle
*fryer

Yam porridge



The Yam Porridge can also be referred to as yam soup. It is mainly yam cooked with ingredients and the resulting dish contains some soupy liquid.

Ingredients
*.1 kg (2.2 lbs) white yam
*.Red palm Oil (to colour)
*.1 smoked fish (titus/mackerel) OR dry fish
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 medium onion
*.Fresh green vegetable (eg pumpkin, parsley, scent


EBA



This is a staple foodeaten in West Africa, particularly in the Southern parts of Nigeriamade from cassava(manioc) flour, known in West Africa as gari.
To make ẹbà, gariflour (which should be further pounded or ground if not already 'fine') is mixed into hot water and stirred well with a large wooden spoon until it becomes like a firm dough, firmer than, say, mashed potatoes, so it can be rolled into a ball and can keep its shape.
It is used in eating different soups.


Fufu Recipes

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Fufu recipes are eaten with the various Nigerian soup recipes. Fufu is derived by mashing starchy foods or mixing the processed starchy foods in hot water. Fufu is a generic name for food you swallow during the eating process. Fufu recipes are generally tastless on their own so they rely on the richness of the soups to make the meal delicious.

Suya

[img]http://eafrique.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Suya-1.jpg[/img]


Suya, is a spicy shish kebablike skewered meat which is a popular food item in various parts of Nigeria and is enjoyed as a delicacy in West Africa.(where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken.

It is traditionally prepared by the Hausa peopleof northern Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, and some parts of Sudan (where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken. Innards such as kidney, liver and tripeare also used.
The thinly sliced meat is marinated in various spices which include peanut cake, salt, vegetable oil and other flavorings, and then barbecued.


Kilishii



Kilishiis a version of biltongor jerkythat originated in Hausaland. It is a dried form of Suya. Kilishiis a delicacy in Hausa Land, made from cow, sheep or goat meat after the removal of bone. Each of the selected muscles is then tediously sliced in to a sheet-like sizes of one metre or less for easy drying. The dried "sheets" of meat are then collected and kept for the next process.

A paste made from peanuts called "Labu" is diluted with enough water, spices, salt and grounded onions and perhaps sweeteners in addition like honey to add sweetness. The already dried "sheets" of meat are then inmersed one by one into the "Labu" paste to coat it, whereafter it is left to dry for hours before roasting on a wire mesh. Kilishi can be kept for months without much change to its taste.



Source: http://www.allnigerianrecipes.com/soups/

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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Nobody: 7:26pm On Apr 23, 2015
no offence but i would probably starve in nigeria or would be alive on rice, veg and fruits.
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by mjames: 7:44pm On Apr 23, 2015
Indeed, Nigeria is blessed with so much delicacies
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by stephnie44(f): 8:09pm On Apr 23, 2015
kolomax:
OP there's God oooo...you don dey allow person salivate now
I don salivate die here
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by bosunjohns(m): 8:35pm On Apr 23, 2015
Awesome
missclasssy:
This is a list of the common Nigerian Dishes.

SOUPS
~Soups are very essential to Nigerian food recipes. All Nigerian soups can be served with Eba (Garri), Agidi, Amala, Semolina, Tuwo Shinkafa, Pounded Yamor Cassava Fufu.

Egusi Soup



Ingredients
*.Egusi (Melon) seeds - 3 cigar cups | 600g
*.Red Palm Oil – 2 cooking spoons
*.Beef – Best cut and Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Fish – Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Bitter leaf(optional)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edikang Ikong Soup




The Nigerian Edikang Ikong soup or simply Vegetable Soup is native to the Efiks, people from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. It is a general notion that the Edikang Ikong soup is very nutritious and this is very much so. Prepared with a generous quantity of pumpkin leaves and water leaves, this Nigerian soup recipe is nourishing in every sense of the word.

Ingredients for Edikang Ikong Soup
*.1kg Pumpkin leaves
*.500g Water leaves(Talinum Triangulare)
*.600g Beef, Kanda, shaki and Dry fish
*.Pepper, Salt and ground Crayfish: to taste
*.200ml Palm oil
*. Periwinkle- 1 cup
*.2 medium bulbs onions
*.2-3 Stock cubes


Bitterleaf soup( Ofe Onugbu)


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Bitterleaf soup – Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious.
This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways and can also be refrigerated for a very long time (even though I recommend two weeks at most for most Naija soups)

Ingredients
*2kg Meat of choice (beef, chicken, pork, turkey)
*Bitter leaf (wash to desire)
*Half cup of ground Crayfish
*Maggi or knorr seasoning (3 cubes
*Ogiri (a product of castor seeds)(optional)
*Dry fish (2 medium sizes)
*Stock fish head (1 big size)
*Palm oil (about 25cl)
*Salt and pepper to taste.
*Cocoa-yam (pounded) or
*4 cups of Egusi (if you choose to make bitter leaf soup with egusi)


Pepper soup



The Nigerian Pepper soup is a popular Nigerian soup recipe. It is such a versatile recipe as it can be prepared with different types of meat and fish. Thus there is the Chicken Pepper Soup, the Catfish Pepper Soup(popularly known as Point & Kill), the Goat Meat Pepper Soup, the Cow Foot Pepper Soup and the Assorted Beef Pepper Soup.

Ingredients
*.Chicken | Cow Foot | Assorted Beef - 1 kg
*. Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg- 4 seeds
*. Chilli Pepper(to taste)
*. Dry Uziza- 2 teaspoons (optional)
*.Onions - 2 medium bulbs
*.Salt - to taste
*.Seasoning - 3 Maggi / Knorr cubes & 1 teaspoon of Thyme (for chicken pepper soup)

Ogbono Soup



Ogbono Soup or Draw Soup, is a popular Nigerian soup recipemade with Ogbono Seeds(wild African bush mango seeds). This is one of the first soup given to kids when trying to introduce them to Nigerian soups.
Ogbono soup has a mucilaginous (slimy).

*.Ogbono Seeds: 2 handfuls
*.Okra: 200g
*.Assorted Meat and Fish: Beef, Shaki, DryFish, Stock Fish
*.Palm Oil: 3 Cooking spoons
*.Vegetable: Frozen Spinach (you can also use Pumpkin leaves or even Bitterleaf)
*.Crayfish: 1 handful
*.Pepper and Salt - To taste
*.1 medium size Onion
*.2 Stock cubes (Maggi)


Gbegiri soup



Gbegiri Soup (the yellow one in the image) takes a bit of getting used for those who are not used to eating soup cooked with beans. The combination of the Gbegiri Soup, Ewedu Soup and the stew will surely tease and challenge your tastebuds!

Ingredients for Gbegiri Soup
*.150g Black Eyed or Brown Beans
*.1 small smoked Mackerel/Titus
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 big stock cube
*.1 cooking spoon palm oil
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)

Efo Riro



Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are water leaves and pumpkin leaves.

Igredients
*.Assorted meat and fish. For my Efo Riro, I used:
*.Beef
*. Shaki (cow tripe)
*.Smoked fish
*. Dry fish
*.Stock fish
*.Palm Oil: 20 cl
*. Frozen Spinach: 1 kg
*.Crayfish: a handful
*.Onions: 1 medium bulb
*.3 big stock cubes (spinach needs more seasoning)
*.Salt & Habanero / Scotch Bonnet pepper


Okra soup



Okra Soup is one of the quickest and easiest Nigerian soups to prepare. This soup is known as Miyan Kubewa in Hausa
Some argue that a lot of work goes to the cutting of the two vegetables used in preparing this recipe. Yes but once the vegetables are ready; it cooks in no time at all.

*.Okra: 250g
*.Red Palm Oil: 3 cooking spoons
*.Beef: Best cut
*. Shaki - Cow Tripe(Optional)
*.Fish: Iced Fish (Mackerel/Titus), Dry Fish, Stock Fish
*.Crayfish
*.Pepper and Salt to taste
*.Onions - Optional
*.Vegetable – Pumpkin leaves or Spinach (Washed & Frozen)
*.Seasoning cubes


Edo Esan (Black soup)



Black soup is a popular and tasteful Edo (Benin) soup, it is quite delicious and easy to prepare.

Ingredients
*4 piecesSnails
*4 pieces Beef
*1 medium size Smoked Fish
*12 pieces Smoked Shrimps
*4 tablespoon ground Crayfish
*1 cooking spoon Palm Oil
*1 small bunch Scent leaves( effirin)( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 balls washed Bitter leaves ( ground, 1/2 cooking spoon)
*1 small bunch Uziza leaves( ground 1 cooking spoon)
*1 bunch Ugwu (optional) ( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
*2 seasoning cubes
*1 tablespoon dry Pepper
*Chopped fresh pepper for garnishing

Oha Soup



Ora (Oha) soup is native to the South Eastern Nigeria. It is a very traditional soup similar to the bitterleaf soup but cooked with Ora leaves. Ora (Oha) Soup is special because the tender ora leaves used in preparing this soup recipe are seasonal unlike their bitterleaf counterpart which can be found all year round

Ingredients.
one ingredient can make in a recipe.
Ingredients for Ora (Oha) Soup
*.Vegetable - Ora leaves
*. Cocoyam– 8 small corms
*.3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
*.Assorted Beef: Includes best cut, shaki (cow tripe)
*.Assorted Fish: Dry Fish and Stock Fish
*.Chilli Pepper, Salt and Crayfish (to taste)
*.2 Stock cubes
*.1 teaspoon Ogiri Igbo


Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)

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Miyan Taushe is a Pumpkin souppopular among the Hausas in Nigeria (Northern parts of Nigeria). It is prepared with ripe pumpkin meat and enjoyed by both young and old.
There are different species of Pumpkin, but the Gourd type is very common in Nigeria, nevertheless, feel free to make use of any specie you can get as long as it is ripe.

Ingredients for Miyan Taushe (Nigerian Pumpkin Soup)
This recipe is for 10 servings
*1 small sized ripe Pumpkin( about 250 grams)
*1 kilo Meat of Choice(beef, cowfeet, goat meat, soft cow bones, chicken, tripe(shaki), oxtail)
*1 medium Dried or Smoked Fish
*1 small bunch Yakwa(yakuwa)(sorrel leaves)(use spinach or ugwu as a substitute)

Ewedu soup



Ewedu soup is a delicious soup indigenous to the people of Yoruba

Ingredients:
*Ewedu leaves (corchorus olitorius) 300g
*1/2 teaspoon of powdered potash
*1.5 cups of water
*Ewedu Broom or a blender
*Salt to taste
*Maggi (1 or 2 cubes)
*Chilly Pepper to taste
*4-5 spoons of ground crayfish


Banga soup



The Nigerian Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In the Niger Delta areas, Banga soup is commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri and Cassava Fufu.

Ingredients
*.1 kg Palm Fruitsor 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate
*.Beef
*.Dry Fish
*.Vegetable: Scent Leavesfor Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup
*.2 medium onions
*.A handful crayfish or 2 tablespoons of ground Crayfish
*.Salt and Chilli Pepper (to taste)
*.Ogiri Okpei (Iru)
*.1-2 big stock cubes
Before you cook the Nigerian Banga


Afang soup

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The Nigerian Afang Soup, like the Edikang Ikong soup, is native to the Efiks, people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria but enjoyed by all Nigerians. It is also very nutritious as the soup consists mainly of vegetables. Afang Soup is prepared with a generous quantity of Water leaves and the wild herbal Okazi leaves.

Ingredients
*.400g sliced Okazi/Afang leaves| about 4 handfuls
*.250g Water leaves
*.20 - 25 cl Palm oil (about 1 drinking glass)
*.Beef, Kandaand Dry fish
*.2 tablespoons Crayfish
*.Pepper, Salt and Crayfish - to taste
*.2 seasoning cubes


Ofe nsala



Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a delicious soup, popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is also known as ''white soup'' because of its light color , due to the absence of palm oil.
The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh whole Cat Fish, which gives this soup its unique taste. But in the absence of whole catfish, catfish fillets or conger eel can be used.

Ingredients
*1 medium sized Cat Fish (use conger eel if you can't find Catfish in your area, they taste almost the same)
*5 small sized raw Yam cubes OR Yam Powder (Potato Puree can also be used)
*2 tablespoonful chopped Utazi Leaves or parsley(optional)
*1 tablespoonful groud crayfish
*1 teaspoonful Ogiri or Iru (fermented locust beans)
*1 tablespoonful chopped Onions(optional)
*Chili pepper/chopped Scotch bonnet peppers (to taste)
*1-2 Stock/Seasoning cubes(maggi, knorr etc)
*Salt (to taste)



OTHER DISHES

Tomato Stew



This is a stew used to serving and preparing the Nigerian Jollof Rice recipes: Jollof Rice, Coconut Rice, Rice & Beans, etc. This tomato stew also forms the base for the Nigerian Beef & Chicken Stew.

Ingredients for Nigerian Tomato Stew
*.Fresh Plum Tomatoes(referred to as Jos Tomatoes in Nigeria,tomate perain Spanish andpomodoro perain Italian) – 1.5kg
*.Tinned tomato paste: 600g (or watery tinned Tomato Puree: 1.2kg)
*.Vegetable Oil: a generous quantity (see the video below)
*.Onions 1 to 2 medium bulbs
Important notes on the ingredients

Jollof rice



The Nigerian food recipe discussed here is the classic Nigerian Jollof Rice prepared at parties. This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties. It is quite easy to prepare if you follow the simple steps.

Ingredients
Mixed Vegetable Jollof Rice
Rice and Beans
Ingredients
*.2 cigar cups | 500g (1.1 lbs) long grain white rice
*. Tomato Stew500 mls
*.Chicken (whole chicken, drumsticks or chicken breast)
*.Pepper and salt (to taste)
*.2 medium onions
*.3 seasoning cubes
*.2 teaspoons thyme

Fried rice



Fried rice is one of the most widely eaten Nigerian food; it is accepted by almost every Nigerian both at home and in Diaspora. The process of making fried rice is a bit complicating but gets easier with time.

Ingredients for Nigeria fried rice
*4 cups of rice
*Cabbage medium size
*Carrot {about 3 big sizes}
*Green beans {2 cups}
*Peas {half cup}(optional)
*Green pepper {1 big size}
*Liver {0.3kg}
*Meat {1 to 2kg}(chicken, beef or goat meat)
*Vegetable oil {15cl}
*Onions {2 big Bulbs}
*Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 T/spoons}
*Salt and pepper to taste
.

Moi moi



Moi Moi (also Moin Moin) is a great dish accessory in Nigeria. It is commonly seen accompanying Jollof Rice, Fried Rice, Fried Plantain, Custard, Akamu (Pap, Ogi) etc. It can even be eaten alone as a snack with a soft drink to wash it down.

Ingredients.
Each bag weighs 420g.
*.3 cigar cups or 750g Beans (Brown/Black eyed)
*.5 tablespoons ground crayfish
*.4 big stock cubes
*.1 habanero pepper
*.2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
*.3 tatashe peppers or 800g watery tomato puree (sold outside Nigeria)
*.2 big onions
*.20cl vegetable oil
*.2 litres of cool or warm water
*.Salt (to taste)


Ewa Agonyi



Ewa Agonyi simply means plain boiled beans eaten with pepper sauce
It is a very delicious delicacy common among yorubas

Ingredients
*.Beans (Brown/Black eyed): 2 cigar cups | approx. 500g
*.Red Palm Oil: about 5 cooking spoons
*.Plum Tomatoes: 5 big ones
*.Crayfish (a handful)
*.Onions – 1 big bulb
*.Pepper & Salt to taste
*.Seasoning – 2 seasoning cubes

Spaghetti meal



The delicious spaghetti/macaroni dish is a very popular Nigerian cuisine eaten in every part of the country.

Ingredients
*Spaghetti (1 sachet)
*1 small tin tomatoes.
*2 cups of onions
*Fresh tomatoes (see image below)
*Fresh pepper (as much as you can take)
*Ground Crayfish (3 spoons, optional)
*3 cube of knorr or maggi
*Salt to taste
*1 cup of sliced carrot.
*Green beans (1 cup)
*1kg Meat/fish (chicken, turkey, beef.. etc)
*Green pepper (optional).


Akara(bean cake)



Akara, also known as Bean Cakes, Bean Balls, Bean Fritas or Acarajé in Portuguese is a Nigerian breakfast recipe made with beans.
To make Akara, you need to first of all remove the beans coat. You should remove the coat from the beans just before you make the Akara. This means that you can't use coatless beans that has been stored in the fridge or freezer to make Akara.

Ingredients.
*.1 cup of Beans(black-eyed or brown beans)
*.2 habanero chilli peppers
*.1 medium Onion
*.Salt to taste
*.Vegetable Oil for frying
Tools you will need:
*.Blender
*.Mortar and Pestle
*fryer

Yam porridge



The Yam Porridge can also be referred to as yam soup. It is mainly yam cooked with ingredients and the resulting dish contains some soupy liquid.

Ingredients
*.1 kg (2.2 lbs) white yam
*.Red palm Oil (to colour)
*.1 smoked fish (titus/mackerel) OR dry fish
*.1 tablespoon ground crayfish
*.1 medium onion
*.Fresh green vegetable (eg pumpkin, parsley, scent


EBA



This is a staple foodeaten in West Africa, particularly in the Southern parts of Nigeriamade from cassava(manioc) flour, known in West Africa as gari.
To make ẹbà, gariflour (which should be further pounded or ground if not already 'fine') is mixed into hot water and stirred well with a large wooden spoon until it becomes like a firm dough, firmer than, say, mashed potatoes, so it can be rolled into a ball and can keep its shape.
It is used in eating different soups.


Fufu Recipes

[img]http://africatherealpicture.files./2014/10/nigerian-food-fufu.jpg?w=560[/img]

Fufu recipes are eaten with the various Nigerian soup recipes. Fufu is derived by mashing starchy foods or mixing the processed starchy foods in hot water. Fufu is a generic name for food you swallow during the eating process. Fufu recipes are generally tastless on their own so they rely on the richness of the soups to make the meal delicious.

Suya

[img]http://eafrique.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Suya-1.jpg[/img]


Suya, is a spicy shish kebablike skewered meat which is a popular food item in various parts of Nigeria and is enjoyed as a delicacy in West Africa.(where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken.

It is traditionally prepared by the Hausa peopleof northern Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, and some parts of Sudan (where it is called agashe). Suya is generally made with skewered beef, ram, or chicken. Innards such as kidney, liver and tripeare also used.
The thinly sliced meat is marinated in various spices which include peanut cake, salt, vegetable oil and other flavorings, and then barbecued.


Kilishii



Kilishiis a version of biltongor jerkythat originated in Hausaland. It is a dried form of Suya. Kilishiis a delicacy in Hausa Land, made from cow, sheep or goat meat after the removal of bone. Each of the selected muscles is then tediously sliced in to a sheet-like sizes of one metre or less for easy drying. The dried "sheets" of meat are then collected and kept for the next process.

A paste made from peanuts called "Labu" is diluted with enough water, spices, salt and grounded onions and perhaps sweeteners in addition like honey to add sweetness. The already dried "sheets" of meat are then inmersed one by one into the "Labu" paste to coat it, whereafter it is left to dry for hours before roasting on a wire mesh. Kilishi can be kept for months without much change to its taste.



Source: http://www.allnigerianrecipes.com/soups/

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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by starbuck(f): 9:30pm On Apr 23, 2015
Please all these people quoting the whole post just to write a word should stop it .
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by vision2050: 9:33pm On Apr 23, 2015
incomplete without
concoction rice
indomie pepper soup
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by whitecat1: 10:15pm On Apr 23, 2015
That Efo Riro and the Gbegiri were not done right.

The veges in the Efo look raw and Gbegiri with clots, and who puts that much gbegiri on a plate?


Someone is trying desperately to make our food look bad.



@Op, I don't know why you swapped the pictures, these are poor representations. Only Yoruba serve Egusi like it is shown in the first picture. And the 2nd picture is the Efo Riro though missing prawns and other assorted stuff.
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by tablu: 11:43pm On Apr 23, 2015
U need to try my vegetarian EBA you will bite ur fingers grin grin

Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by tablu: 11:48pm On Apr 23, 2015
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Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by Nobody: 2:20am On Jul 01, 2018
I first got hooked at the sight of Egusi soup

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Very exciting post OP. Here's a related post. Mostly on how to come up with a nigerian food timetable for the family.
Re: Common Nigerian Foods And Their Recipes by dodochi42: 1:32am On Dec 10, 2018
adding my one cents here for the efo riro, egusi soup and fried rice recipes that you might be interested in:

Efo Riro Recipe here by cheflolaskitchen


Egusi Soup Recipe here by cheflolaskitchen


Fried Rice Recipe here by cheflolaskitchen

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