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What are Scotch Bonnet Peppers?

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This post is birthed from comments I have been getting recently about names of some ingredients Nigerians use and how to find them. I may not have the full list of names but what I have I will share with time. Today’s ingredient is Scotch Bonnet Peppers. Scotch Bonnet, which is also known as  Bonney …

Nigerian Okro Soup and Stew – Feyisope for Afrolems

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Okro, also known as ”Okra or lady finger” is an extremely nutritious green edible pod vegetable. Okro is a low calorie vegetable and can be used for various dishes. It also has a high level of fiber and is a great vegetable for people watching their weight. Okro has a high resilience which means it draws …

Afia Efere -Ofe Nsala – White PepperSoup 4th Day of Christmas

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On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a soup that is local to both Efik people and Igbo people called Afia Efere or Ofe Nsala. Some other cultures just know it as white pepper soup. There is nothing white about this soup in my opinion but it is very tasty …

Edikang Ikong Soup Recipe – 11th Day of Christmas

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On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me a lovely plate of Edikang Ikong Soup. This is a dish that is originally from the Efik Tribe in Nigeria. People from Akwa Ibom and Cross River state enjoy serving this at home, weddings or any event they have. Your Edikang Ikong is …

Nigerian Beef Pepper soup and Macaroni.

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I realize that this combo might be slightly intriguing but stay with me I promise this is a good one. As a whole bunch of my friends have caught the sniffles recently I thought I’d do something to clear those airways and cheer them up. However as I choose route of the avant garde (ain’t …

Ogbono Soup

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I was blog trolling one saturday afternoon and came across Kitchen butterfly’s ogbono soup pictures and holy moly I could not stop thinking about Ogbono soup that day. The next day I ran to the african store and started stocking up on things I needed for this amazing dish. I was literally singing all the way …

Green Shades of Afang Soup 4th day of Valentine Cooking

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Have you ever thought about precolonial love? If we had never been exposed to pasta Alfredo or even Jollof rice what would we consider “romantic food”. Well in my opinion, nothing says ‘I love you’ more than Vegetable soup in this case Afang soup with an assortment of meat, snails, tripe and fish. For that …

Why Eating Okro is good for you?

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Okro soup is a soup I feel only a few people get right. If you miss the taste mark with okro, you are stuck with this slimy soup that no one wants to eat. It is very important to cook okro well and make it really tasty. Apart from the taste benefit, Okro also known …

Abak Mbakara Soup or Efik Banga Soup

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Growing up in an Efik Household, I got to experience many dishes outside of the regular egusi, ogbono etc. I have to admit that some of the dishes are variations of the popular dishes while some are entirely new dishes. Abak Mbakara is a variation of the traditional Urhobo Banga soup. I have also noticed …

Seafood Efo Riro without Oil and Boiled Plantain

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I posted this dish on Facebook with the above caption and of course the questions came flooding in . I love sparking conversations. This dish is not as complex as it seems. It’s the same concept as tomato pepper soup or tomato stew without oil. Instead of frying anything, you are just boiling the tomato …

Chef of the Week: Tosin Faith- Obe-Ere Recipe

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One of our dearest fans sent in this recipe called Obe – Ere. In some other cultures, it is called Afiame soup but it definitely looks delicious and easy. A little tip however would be to blend a lot of beans powder in advance and put in the fridge so you can always go back …

Amala and Ewedu

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My craving this meal started back in August but in the middle of all my moving i just couldn’t bring myself to make it. So many things kept coming up but yesterday I put my foot down and decided finally that i needed to reward myself with this amazing meal. The first time i ever …

Ofe Di Na Nwayi

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My best friend got engaged a couple weeks back so I have been secretly(well not so secret anymore) researching wedding stuff and of course food came to mind. I started asking around for recipes that were particular to newly weds and this interesting dish came up.  For my newly-wed blog followers that are ibo or …

Ayamase Stew

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There are many archived recipes I would be publishing this month because school got in my way and I could not get to blogging about them. This is a recipe that a lot of people asked me for especially our dear friend Vese at Dvees who does exceptional things with Nigerian food as well. I kept …

Shrimp Tomato Peppersoup

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Valentines day is fast approaching, have you drawn up your menu? Do you need any last minute recipes that we haven’t featured on the blog? We may be able to help you if you let us know early. Another recipe you could try is our shrimp tomato pepper-soup. You can use any protein, but just …

Afia Efere – Ofe Nsala Soup

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One of our fans on Facebook requested this recipe and I searched my blog thoroughly and realized I did not have it. Shame on me. This is actually one of my favourite soups and my mum used to make it on some special sundays especially when we requested it. This soup is known By the efiks as Afia efere which literarily means white soup. The ibos call it Ofe Nsala. I preferred having this soup with Chicken because it just seemed right to tear the chicken with all the Catarrh dripping down your nose from the pepper. Great memories those were. I happened to have goat meat at home so I made some and had it with pounded Yam. It was such a great reminder of home for me. Hope you enjoy this dish.

Ingredients (Serves 2)

4 medium pieces of goat meat

1 yellow scotch bonnet pepper

1 taBlespoon of crayfish powder

2 pieces of deseeded Uda

1 teaspoon of grounded ehuru

2 small pieces of burnt uyayak

Seasoning cubes

Salt to taste

Pounded yam (3 teaspoon scoops)

Method

Wash and season the goat meat with the seasoning cubes, salt and pepper and bring to boil.

Add more water as needed till the goat meat is almost cooked.

Add the crayfish, uda, ehuru and uyayak and allow to simmer.

Drop the scoops of pounded yam into the pot without mashing them into the mixture. Be sure there is sufficient water in the pot as the pounded yam will thicken the soup you have in there.

Once its thick, serve hot with pounded yam or any carbohydrate of your choice.

grounded ehuru

Grounded Ehuru

uyayak _ aiden fruit

Uyayak

 

uda peppersoup spice

Uda Seeds

 

peppersoup

pounded yam and peppersoup

afia efere afrolems

ofe nsala

nigerian white soup

 

 

Abak Atama Soup

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Hello All, Have you missed me? After my coffee cake post, I just sort of disappeared. I promise I have great reasons. My siblings came to visit me so I was so pre-occupied with being the perfect hostess and tour guide that I kind of neglected my blog for a …

Otong Soup

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Otong and ayan ekpang is my dad’s favourite dish. Till tomorrow I will never understand why. If you want to get anything from him, just make this dish or beans and he would be willing to do almost anything. Ok i may be exaggerating a bit but he really does …

Oil less Efo riro

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Fit fam Kwenu hayy!!! For those that do not know, Kwenu is a salutation mostly used By the people in the eastern part of Nigeria. I say mostly because I just borrowed it for my post lol. At some point last year, I made a post about oil less efo …

Waterleaf Soup

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Last week, I was strolling through the aisles of the Tropical foods grocery store in Boston searching for my Nigerian food ingredients. My eyes scanning every section and shelf wondering what new item would inspire a new blog post. I already had my basket filled with what I needed but who just
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