How to make Ogi (Pap, eko, akamu) from Scratch
Akara and Ogi Nigerian Ogi Recipe I had a strong craving for real pap some days back, the real stuff not the powdered stuff. I called my mum up and she explained how to make Ogi (Pap) from [...]
Mango Chicken Skewers
I recently visited Nigeria and it was Mango season. If you have ever had the pleasure of plucking, washing and eating ripe mangoes from the tree, you have experienced a gastronomic bliss. We had two fruiting trees in the orchard [...]
Kaun / Akaun (Cooking Potash)
Kaun / Akaun Nigerian Cooking Potash Why use Kaun/ Potash in Nigerian food Akaun is added to soups, legumes, meat and sauces usually for three reasons: to increase Viscosity in soups like Okra and Ewedu (jute) , to [...]
Quick Tip – How to quickly ripen bananas
Traditionally, we only think about baking banana bread or making smoothies when our bananas are too ripe to eat by hand, but why wait? If you're hankering for a good smoothie or want to do some baking with a bunch of bananas [...]
Ila Asepo (Alasepo) Recipe
Ila Alasepo (Yoruba style mixed Okra Soup) Ila is the Yoruba word for Okra, and Asepo means “To cook together”; ila Alasepo is mixed okra soup. In regular Yoruba style, okro is typically served with stew. The fact that the [...]
Nigerian Chapman Drink Recipe
Nigerian Chapman Drink If you have been to a Nigerian party in recent times, there is a strong probability that you have tasted the magic called chapman. The reddish drink is almost as popular as Coca Cola. I [...]
