Nigerian Cuisine & Recipes

Typical Nigerian Dishes

Soups & Stews

• Efo (Vegetable soup)
• Jollof Rice (Chicken with rice)
• Obe Ata (Bell pepper soup)
• Obe Eja Tutu (Fish & pepper stew)
• Ogbono Soup (Stew thickened with ogbono nut)

Meats

• Egusi (Stewed meat with ground melon seeds)
• O Jo Jo (Fried meat & potato balls)
• Suya (Grilled meat skewers)

Fish & Seafood

• Ewa Dodo (Seafood with plantains & black-eyed peas)

Vegetables & Beans

• Dodo (Fried plantains; see Plátanos Fritos recipe)
• Ewedu (Simmered mallow greens)
• Frejon (Pureed beans)
• Fufu (Mashed yams)
• Ila (Stewed okra)
• Iru (Fermented locust beans)
• Moin-moin (Steamed bean pudding)

Breads & Grains

• Eba (Cassava flour puree)
• Gari (Roasted cassava flour)

Sauces & Condiments

• Iru (Fermented locust beans)

Desserts

• Puff Puffs (Fried dough)