Nigeria, a large country in West Africa, is the continent’s most populous nation and one of its most diverse. Nigerian food is typically West African, but individual ethnic groups within the country give Nigerian cuisine a wonderful variety of dishes and flavors.
Popular Nigerian dishes include 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.
Typical Nigerian Dishes
A list of typical Nigerian dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Nigerian-style meal, party or festival.
Soups and Stews
- Efo (Vegetable soup)
- Obe Ata (Bell pepper soup)
- Obe Eja Tutu (Fish and pepper stew)
- Ogbono Soup (Stew thickened with ogbono nut)
Poultry
- Jollof Rice (Chicken with rice)
Meats
- Egusi (Stewed meat with ground melon seeds)
- O Jo Jo (Fried meat and potato balls)
- Suya (Grilled meat skewers)
Fish and Seafood
- Ewa Dodo (Seafood with plantains and black-eyed peas)
Vegetables and Beans
- Dodo (Fried plantains)
- Ewedu (Simmered mallow greens)
- Frejon (Pureed beans)
- Fufu (Mashed yams)
- Ila (Stewed okra)
- Iru (Fermented locust beans)
- Moin-moin (Steamed bean pudding)
Breads and Grains
- Eba (Cassava flour puree)
- Gari (Roasted cassava flour)
Sauces and Condiments
- Iru (Fermented locust beans)
Beverages
- Zobo (Hibiscus beverage)
Desserts
- Puff Puffs (Fried dough)
Nigerian Recipes
Try these recipes from Nigeria.
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