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Pepper bases cooked down hard, and rice worth arguing over. 17 Nigerian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 17 recipes cover 5 of the site’s categories, among them 11 dinners, 2 appetisers and small plates, 2 lunches, 1 breakfast and 1 dessert. Of these, 2 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Fried Yam (20 min) and Fufu (25 min). For 6, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy and 9 medium.
As written, 7 are vegetarian, 6 vegan, 6 gluten-free and 12 dairy-free. Another 4 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Nigerian recipes — all 17 recipes
Appetizers
Beef Suya
Thin beef skewers coated in yaji, a spice mix built on ground peanuts, chilli and ginger, grilled over coals and…
Dinner
Egusi Soup
Ground melon seeds cooked in palm oil with leafy greens, meat and stockfish until they set into rich, savoury curds…
Dinner
Nigerian Pepper Soup
A thin, fiercely hot broth built on a blend of West African spices, with goat, fish or chicken and almost nothing…
Lunch
Moin Moin
Peeled black-eyed beans blended with peppers and onion, seasoned and steamed in leaves or tins until it sets into a…
Desserts
Puff Puff
Yeasted batter dropped straight into hot oil, where it puffs into rough golden spheres. Sweet, chewy, gone in minutes.
Breakfast
Akara
Light, fluffy fritters of skinned black-eyed peas whipped with onion and chilli and deep-fried until golden. A…
Dinner
Efo Riro
A rich Nigerian stew of spinach in a base of red pepper, scotch bonnet and palm oil, with beef, smoked fish and…
Appetizers
Chin Chin
Small, crunchy, lightly sweet cubes of fried dough, spiced with nutmeg. A Nigerian party snack, eaten by the handful.
Lunch
Nigerian Meat Pie
Golden hand pies of flaky pastry filled with curried minced beef, potato and carrot. A Nigerian bakery and party…
Side dish
Nigerian Fried Rice
Parboiled long grain rice fried with mixed vegetables, curry powder, thyme and stock, a party-style Nigerian rice…
Dinner
Plantain and Beans
Brown beans cooked until soft with onion and palm oil, with ripe plantain simmered in the pot, a Nigerian one-pot…
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Fried Yam
Thick slices of yam parboiled in salted water and fried until golden and crisp outside, soft within.
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Pounded Yam
Boiled white yam pounded until smooth, stretchy and glossy, the classic Nigerian partner to egusi and other soups.
Side dish
Moi Moi
A steamed pudding of blended black-eyed beans, red pepper, onion and oil, soft and savoury, cooked in small moulds…
Dinner
Ofada Rice
Nutty local brown rice served with ayamase, a fiery green pepper and palm oil stew with beef and boiled eggs, a…
Side dish
Fufu
A smooth, stretchy West African dough made by stirring yam flour into boiling water for 20 minutes, shaped into…