Nigeria: Cuisine and Recipes
Nigeria is a large country located in West Africa. It is also the continent's most populous and one of its most diverse. Nigerian food is typical of Western Africa, but individual dishes vary by ethnic group.
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Popular dishes are jollof rice, dodo (fried plantains), fufu, or iyan (mashed yams), and moin moin (a bean pudding). Yams, cassava, rice and sorghum are common starches, while tomatoes, peppers, onions, peanuts and beans are important vegetables. Rich red palm oil flavors many dishes. Zobo, a drink from hibiscus blooms, quenches many a thirst.
Nigerian Recipes
Fufu
Fufu is a mash of yams or other starches served as an accompaniment to meat or vegetable stews. To eat fufu, pull a small ball of mush off with your fingers, form an indentation with your thumb and use it to scoop up stews and other dishes. Or place large balls in individual serving bowls and spoon stew around them. Read more »
Jollof Rice
Jollof rice probably originated from rice dishes eaten by the Wolof people of Senegal and Gambia, but its popularity has spread to most of West Africa, especially Nigeria and Ghana. Based on rice, tomatoes and usually meat or fish, it is believed by some to be the origin of Cajun jambalaya. The Gambian version is called benachin. Also spelled jolof or djolof rice. Read more »
Ogbono Soup
Ogbono is the dried seed of the African mango tree, and it is ground and used as a powerful thickener with an earthy flavor. Ogbono soup is popular everywhere in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Each region has its own variations, but meat, greens and ogbono seeds are common elements. Read more »
