Nigerian Cuisine & Culture

Nigerian moi moi, steamed bean pudding

Moi Moi and Akara Without Peeling a Single Bean

Peeling beans by hand is the reason most people abroad stop making moi moi. Beans flour removes the entire step. Here is how to use it, and how to get...

Moi Moi and Akara Without Peeling a Single Bean

Peeling beans by hand is the reason most people abroad stop making moi moi. Beans flour removes the entire step. Here is how to use it, and how to get...

Abacha, Nigerian African salad made from dried cassava

How to Cook Abacha (African Salad) Properly

Abacha is not a salad and there is no lettuce in it. The whole dish turns on one step: emulsifying palm oil with potash until it goes thick and yellow....

How to Cook Abacha (African Salad) Properly

Abacha is not a salad and there is no lettuce in it. The whole dish turns on one step: emulsifying palm oil with potash until it goes thick and yellow....

Ground Cameroon pepper, scotch bonnet chilli powder

Nigerian Pepper Guide: Tatashe, Ata Rodo and Ca...

Nigerian cooking uses three peppers doing three different jobs. Using only the hot one is why your stew is orange instead of red, and why it burns without tasting of...

Nigerian Pepper Guide: Tatashe, Ata Rodo and Ca...

Nigerian cooking uses three peppers doing three different jobs. Using only the hot one is why your stew is orange instead of red, and why it burns without tasting of...

Ground egusi, a Nigerian grocery staple

Where to Buy Nigerian Food Online in the USA: W...

Buying African groceries online in America comes down to freshness, shipping weight, and whether the shop actually knows what it is selling. Here is what to check before you order.

Where to Buy Nigerian Food Online in the USA: W...

Buying African groceries online in America comes down to freshness, shipping weight, and whether the shop actually knows what it is selling. Here is what to check before you order.

Dried smoked prawns, oporo

How to Cook with Dried Prawns: Oporo in Nigeria...

Dried prawns are the step up from crayfish, and the difference is that you can actually see them on the plate. How to prepare them, what they go in, and...

How to Cook with Dried Prawns: Oporo in Nigeria...

Dried prawns are the step up from crayfish, and the difference is that you can actually see them on the plate. How to prepare them, what they go in, and...

Uda pods, grains of Selim, for Nigerian pepper soup

Pepper Soup Spices Explained: Uda, Uziza, Scent...

Pepper soup is not just soup with pepper in it. Four specific aromatics do the work, and adding them at the wrong moment is why yours tastes like hot broth....

Pepper Soup Spices Explained: Uda, Uziza, Scent...

Pepper soup is not just soup with pepper in it. Four specific aromatics do the work, and adding them at the wrong moment is why yours tastes like hot broth....