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Nigerian bitter leaf soup is a very common vegetable soup made with a thickener (cocoyam); this delicious yummy soup is usually prepared with goat meat, stockfish, dried fish and a traditional spice called Ogidi.

Cocoyam is a special ingredient in bitter leaf soup, it serves as a very good thickener for this soup and not just that, but adds volume and earthy aroma to the soup; however, other thickeners such as Achi, Ofor, Ukpor and Egusi can be used to thicken this bitter leaf soup.
You can enjoy this delicious bitter leaf soup as lunch or dinner

See how I make my bitter leaf soup with cocoyam in this video.


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Palm oil jollof rice is very easy to make; there are different ways to prepare this native rice meal.
You can choose to prepare yours with dried fish, smoked fish, ganda (soft cow hide (kpomo) or with fresh prawns.

Another way to prepare palm oil jollof rice is to cook it together with beans; this is also a great combination too or simply cook it with Irish potatoes, See how to make palm oil jollof rice in this simple video


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Okazi soup and egusi is a blended vegetable-based soup prepared from a leaf called Afang with a thickener called Egusi; Afang soup is the name given to this delicious dish by the Efiks and Ibibios, "Okazi soup" is what the Igbos call it in Nigeria.

See how to prepare okazi and egusi soup in this video
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Assorted meat pepper soup is the combination of different cow parts like the lung, tail, liver, heart, towel and intestine, these parts are usually cooked together into a savoury soup.

The Hausas call it kaiyachiki which the literal meaning is “things in the stomach”. Assorted meat generally can be used to prepare many dishes including soups, porridge and pepper soup. This pepper soup is usually very simple, but rich and a lot of spices and peppers are usually added to it for a better aroma and taste.



See how to make delicious assorted meat pepper soup in this video


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How do you enjoy your couscous meal, plain or with meat and veggies?

There are different ways to make couscous, with stew (Jollof couscous), fresh tomatoes or plain (without tomato and meat). A simple plain couscous can be served with already prepared stew or sauce.
See how I cook this easy healthy vegetable couscous with beef for breakfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-sv8feXKo.

Afang is one of the popular soups in Nigeria, it is mostly prepared with waterleaves, afang soup tastes so delicious and it can be served as lunch or dinner. Nigerian's food are unique, rich and are not so complicated, you can easily switch one recipe with another or combine one with another and it it will still be very delicious.

Another special way of preparing afang soup is to combine it with ground egusi; this is another tasty way to make afang soup and it can be paired with fufu or eba. See how to make afang soup with egusi, it is rich, tasty and smells good.

techeligible:
thanks for the best chicken dish yummmmmy

thanks so much dear

Boiling of chicken is healthy and it is one of the fastest and simplest methods of preparing chicken,, chicken whether using a whole, the thigh, legs, or cutlets, needs to be properly marinated before boiling, how you marinate your chicken depends on exactly how you want it to taste. You can use limited ingredients to season your chicken, and yet make it tasty to eat.

How do you cook your chicken, on the grill, oven or on the stove top? This short video explains how to properly marinate chicken before boiling it with healthy seasonings. Please watch and learn.


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Lucasbalo:
Will holla
at you around xmas when I will be in Lasgidi.

Alright!

Lucasbalo:
Do you do that for a living ?. Will like to give you a contract to cook for me and some friends for Xmas when I will be in Nigeria.

Yea, this is exactly what I'm doing.

Red kidney beans and rice recipe is a very nutritious meal for breakfast and lunch, Red beans and rice recipe is a great combination and a good source of complete protein for any one.

This healthy recipe can be prepared with ground beef, chicken, simply with vegetables or without vegetables. Other beans such as black-eyed beans, black beans or pinto beans can be used in place of red kidney beans.

This video will show you how to cook red beans and rice from scratch, please watch it to the end.


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Lucasbalo:
Yummy.

ahw! thanks

medexico:
Concoction.

yea, that's the name "concoction rice"

Hey, guys when last did you prepare this popular Nigerian palm oil jollof rice? This native jollof rice is one of my best rice meals. This palm oil based rice as it is commonly called Mtn rice, concoction rice or native rice has an earthy nutty flavour due to the native ingredients used in preparing it.

You can pair this tasty palm oil jollof rice with avocado, or ripe bananas; it tastes good with these. You can add fish stock or beef stock to your native rice dish, the meat stock adds a distinctive flavour to this rice meal.

Nigerian palm oil jollof rice is never complete without scent leaves (Basil, Nchawu), however, you can substitute that with ugwu if you don’t have scent leaf. See how I make this spicy, delicious palm oil rice with dried fish and scent leaves.

This easy potato recipe is what I called curried potato recipe or curry potato porridge; it is very a healthy and tasty porridge that you can enjoy at any time of the day.
See this simple video on how to make chicken and curry potato; it is very healthy and filled with crunchy vegetables.


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Cow meat pepper soup is a spicy and savoury pepper soup prepared here in Nigeria; you can find this pepper soup in most restaurants and food joints. Cow meat pepper is also known as beef pepper soup, it is mostly enjoyed as appetizer and it can be paired with boiled rice, yam and agidi.

Different spices and herbs are usually added to make this healthy and spicy pepper soup, some of the key ingredients in this pepper soup are Uda (Negro pepper), alligator pepper, ginger, garlic, ehuru( calabash nutmeg) among other spices. These spices add to this pepper soup a unique taste and attractive colour, hence scent leaf (basil) is also added to this pepper soup for aromatic flavour. Both dried and fresh scent leaves can be used to make this cow meat pepper soup. However, you can replace the scent leaf with uziza leaf.

See how to make this spicy cow meat pepper soup.

Boiling of chicken is one of the healthiest ways to prepare it; chicken is versatile, it can be eaten on its own, added to salads, or used to make chicken tacos and soups.

The best time to boil your chicken is when it is fully thawed and drained; it is also very important to marinate your chicken properly before boiling it, marinade adds flavor and taste and helps the chicken to stay moist after it is cooked.

Always use your preferred seasoning to coat your chicken, and then refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes before boiling it. This boiled chicken can be served as chicken pepper soup; you can use it to eat white rice if you want. See how to properly season and boil chicken..

Boiled yam and vegetable sauce can be eaten as lunch or dinner recipe, this yam recipe is very is very easy to make and you can use potatoes or cocoyam for this. In this video, I used the usual white yam, whatever type of yam you have at hand it can be served with this vegetable sauce as well.
This simple vegetable sauce was made without fish or egg; this another simple and easy way to make vegetable sauce for white rice, boiled yam or pasta.
See how to make this simple sauce here


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VickyRotex:
Oh parsley! Anyways, coriander and parsley both have similar looks.

Yeah that's true.

Topestbilly:
E b like say water too much for d beans.

Nope, it was just perfect for both the beans and the plantain.

VickyRotex:
Coriander

I didn't use coriander, but parsley and other vegetables.

cassidy1996:
Cook Vine! hmmm...... you are good to go... you always give me what I want to see, but you make me hungry all the time....

Thanks dear, but forgive me for always making you hungry, you hear? lol!

Beans can be made in different ways; you can serve it as a side dish with rice, yam, cocoyam or pasta or simply serve it as a main dish especially when it is cooked into porridge.

Beans meal goes well with other food like pap, custard, pudding and oats. Another healthy way to make beans meal is to combine it with plantain (either ripe or green plantain); this easy beans and plantain porridge was prepared in chicken broth and then garnished with mixed vegetables.

See how i prepared this delicious beans and plantain porridge.

uboma:
I love mine with fish scattered in it.


hmm!


Very yummy!

Yeah that awesome too, most times, I prepare mine with the fish and it tastes better with the scattered fish. Thanks dear.

Gwaihir:
Looks tasty

Thanks dear.

There are so many ways of cooking macaroni; you can bake it with cheese or simply prepare it on a stove using beef or chicken as your protein. one of the ways to enjoy macaroni dish is to make it with meat and some crunchy vegetables; the taste is at another level.

This dish is loved by both vegetarian (but without beef) and non-vegetarian (with beef) and it can be served as breakfast or as lunch. See how to prepare this easy beef and vegetable macaroni in this video-


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Chicken curried potato is a rich meal for any time of the day; it is a very spicy dish filled with lots of healthy vegies. It is one of the healthiest ways of cooking potatoes among other ways.
This version of potato porridge does not require palm oil, but yet it looks very attractive and yummy!
You can choose to use turkey or fish in place of chicken and you can mash all the potatoes in the pot into a more thicker and creamier porridge if you want. See how to make this chicken and curried porridge here..

There are so many recipes for couscous; a simple healthy couscous dish like this can be made with steamed vegetables or with fresh vegetables; you can choose to use beef or shrimps in your couscous meal or cook it in a very simple way without adding meat to it.

One of the simplest ways of making couscous is to cook it in salted water without any other ingredient, then pair it with stew or sauce..
and delicious way of preparing couscous is to cook it in beef broth before stirring in some vegetables which makes it very spicy (ie couscous salad); simply serve vegetable couscous with a chilled fruit juice or punch for lunch or dinner.

See how to cook this easy couscous salad with beef and liver..

Rice pudding is a rich meal prepared with rice, water milk and few other healthy ingredients, this rice pudding is very easy to make, the best way to cook a creamy rice pudding is to use a very rich milk or cream to thicken it and give it nice texture.

Different rice can be used to cook this recipe, but specifically it is best you use Arborio rice (risotto rice) because is sticky, starchy and it doesn’t take so much time to get cooked. You can either boil your rice pudding on a stovetop or simply bake it with few healthy ingredients, as you want.

Top your rice pudding with Raisins or cashew nuts, see how to make this rich creamy pudding in this video.


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for breakfast or dinner. It is not all about its simplicity, but what matters most is how you can turn this common and easy dish into a whole rich, and flavourful meal using some limited ingredients and spices. Even though many people already know how to prepare macaroni in their own simple way, i will still want you to consider this particular beef macaroni, it is rich, spicy and filled with all goodness; it doesn’t have to be complex, but rather healthy.
In addition, instead of cooking this macaroni on a stovetop, you can simply bake it with or without cheese if that is how you want it..

However, see how to cook this quick beef macaroni with crunchy vegetables.

Fried fish is just one of the simplest foods to prepare within few minutes; this simple healthy protein is seen prepared mostly by the roadside sellers in the evening and it is commonly enjoyed as street food seen along with fried yam, potatoes and plantain chips, but you can enjoy it better at home with jollof rice.

The good thing about this fish is that it is very tasty, which means you can eat as it is or simply dip it in pepper sauce and enjoy with crunchy vegetables.

The best way to prepare a crispy fish is to marinate it with rich spices and then coat it with flour batter before you fry in hot oil. This short video helps to explain how you can fry your fish at home in a simple way using flour. Watch it and see for yourself.


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