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Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 5:46pm On Oct 16, 2010
I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by bigfoot79(m): 6:38pm On Oct 16, 2010
undecided cry
really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by AqRiUsAge(f): 6:41pm On Oct 16, 2010
ishapa (yummmmmmmm) soup.
asala (does anyone know the English name for this?)
Aadun (with palm oil, or without)
Esunsun (yummmmmmmmmmmm)

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 7:13pm On Oct 16, 2010
really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'

wrong, wrong, wrong and again wrong! it is not MASA. we have MOSA in yorubaland but it is fried and does not look like moinmoin.

and to say yoruba do no have delicacies is to say the earth is flat! wetin you know sef.

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 7:16pm On Oct 16, 2010
ishapa (yummmmmmmm) soup.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. sweet savoury flavour!
with egusi soup, bombastic!.
thanks. gotta enter Shaki soon.
wow. love that. ad pounded yam to that and see what a combo.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Davedavy: 6:28pm On Oct 18, 2010
knotty:

I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.

I think the name is Abari,i am not sure though smiley

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 12:15am On Oct 19, 2010
i have heard that as the name lately. and it seems where you come from determine the name you call it.

i have just been reminded that the name is IRO.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by tpiah: 3:01pm On Oct 19, 2010
i know isapa- there's even a song about it

isapa, lai si ila

ati efo, koi pe o koi pe o.




i also know the maize moinmoin. There's another dish made from fresh corn which i only had once as a kid and havent been able to duplicate since then. You scrape the corn then cook it more or less like jollof rice. A sort of corn casserole.

i have no idea what it's called but it was so delicious.

i think i know ojojo but i'm not sure.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by tpiah: 3:05pm On Oct 19, 2010
@ topic

1. Stewed palm fruit

2. The one made of fried corn which you grind and add a little pepper or sugar, and palm oil. Then shape it into little squares.

3. cotton seed stew [not sure if this is a specifically yoruba delicacy but i think it might be].


Cant recall the name.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by mafolayomi(f): 4:16pm On Oct 19, 2010
knotty:

i have heard that as the name lately. and it seems where you come from determine the name you call it.

i have just been reminded that the name is IRO.

i guess u ar talking about sapala.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 3:04pm On Oct 20, 2010
ILASA

this soup is made with Okra leaves and not the Okra seed itself.
it a delicacy made for mothers that have just given birth. and it usually comes prepared with Egusi.

let us document as much of these things as possible. search engines will pick them up for those coming behind.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by tpiah: 3:33pm On Oct 20, 2010
boli- roast green plantain.


roborobo- just saw this on another site. I know the name but cant recall the taste. I think it's like kulikuli but with pepper added.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Skidoc(m): 3:37pm On Oct 20, 2010
knotty:

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.


I wonder if this one is Jogi?
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by kolaoloye(m): 3:42pm On Oct 20, 2010
Skidoc:

I wonder if this one is Jogi?
It is called SAPALA (r:r:r)
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by dejonimist(m): 5:25pm On Oct 22, 2010
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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 1:43pm On Oct 24, 2010
there is yet another.

it is made of maize, de-husked, cooked into pudding. it assumes a whitish colour and can be eaten with Beans and deep fried stew.
lovely stuff. i saw it today at Yaba.
i will try and recall the name.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by knotty(m): 1:50pm On Oct 24, 2010
^^^
we call it EGBO in my place, i just remembered.

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by ifkunlethe: 3:19pm On Oct 25, 2010
U 4got to mention ABARI.,,,,,also made with maize. Same process like moimoi.

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by NiaLong(f): 1:30pm On Nov 04, 2010
Ekuru comes to mind and akara egusi dat was d only reason i enjoyed sittin still in my grandmas room while growin up

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by ifyalways(f): 11:52am On Nov 06, 2010
Ofada rice kiss . . .might not qualify as "uncommon though"

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Skidoc(m): 2:45pm On Nov 06, 2010
NiaLong:

Ekuru comes to mind

God bless you! That's the one I was trying to remember. It's more than DELICIOUS! kiss kiss
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Nobody: 2:37pm On Dec 10, 2017
Who remembers "Ofuloju" I think it's the white version of "ekuru".

Ebiripo, that's like moimoi but made with water yam.
And ifokore or ikokore.

BTW, if anybody knows where I can get isapa leaves in Lagos, they should let me know.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Nobody: 6:16am On Dec 19, 2017
pictures

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by SmellingAnus(m): 12:53pm On Dec 19, 2017
SweetPuffPuff:
pictures
where is this lovely damsel undecided
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Nobody: 1:47pm On Dec 19, 2017
SmellingAnus:
where is this lovely damsel undecided
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by nimat158(f): 5:25pm On Dec 19, 2017
bigfoot79:
undecided cry
really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'
masa belongs to Hausa d Yoruba one is sapala

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by abdulbaba200(m): 5:57pm On Dec 19, 2017
knotty:
I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by SmellingAnus(m): 6:01pm On Dec 19, 2017
SweetPuffPuff:
been a while I came across your comments... Lets say someone missed you undecided
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by Nobody: 9:30pm On Dec 19, 2017
SmellingAnus:
been a while I came across your comments... Lets say someone missed you undecided
oh smiley
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by SmellingAnus(m): 9:08am On Dec 20, 2017
SweetPuffPuff:
oh smiley
cool
Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by bigfoot79(m): 12:11pm On Apr 16, 2018
nimat158:
masa belongs to Hausa d Yoruba one is sapala
#tongueout thanks anyway

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Re: Uncommon Yoruba Delicacies by sallyopy(f): 4:30pm On Apr 16, 2018
Davedavy:


I think the name is Abari,i am not sure though smiley
you are 100% right. Its bn a while I tasted it, but I will definitely try it out on my own soon

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