Quinoa Moimoi
Quinoa Moimoi with Custard The lovely Ify odunlami posted a picture of Quinoa moi moi on so you think you can cook about a week ago, I was super excited to try it out. I started eating quinoa a couple [...]
Nigerian Asun (Smoked Goat) Recipe
Asun in Fried Plantain bowl Plantain Shell Recipe Posted Asun literally translates to “smoked”, used in the context of “small Chops” it describes the Smokey deliciousness that is spicy barbeque goat. The dish is native to the [...]
Afia Efere (White Soup)
Afia Efere (white soup) My love affair with white soup started when I met my friend Flo in college, she made me a bowl of Efere with amazing chicken and I was sold forever. Fast forward to now, I am [...]
Slow cooked Oxtail (Cowtail) Sauce
Cowtail sauce with Ofada This sauce was greatly inspired by the perfect marriage between ofada rice and Ayamase, I don’t think anything will ever replace Ayamase but this comes close. Why look for a substitute you ask? Ayamase is extremely [...]
Health Benefits of Ewedu
Health and Beauty Benefits of Ewedu Leaves My grandma prepared Ewedu for us on our recent trip to Nigeria and it was delicious. For a certain member of the 9jafoodie team *cough* it was his first time seeing ewedu, I [...]
Ofe Onugbu (Bitter Leaf Soup) Recipe
Ofe Onugbu (Bitter leaf soup) Ofe is the igbo word for Soup, it preludes most native soups that are specific to the ibo people of Eastern Nigeria. Onugbu is used to identify the bitterleaf plant (Vernonia amygdalina). Hence Ofe onugbu [...]
