How to Peel beans for AKARA Or Moin Moin

Here are two options for peeling beans used in traditional recipes like moimoi, gbegiri and akara. Traditional beans peeling is done by hand or with a mortal. I will be showing both machine method (food processor or blender) and traditional [...]

Interesting Facts: Carrots originated in Afghanistan. They were purple, red, white and yellow, never orange. Ancient Greeks believed carrots made both men and women amorous ;) . The Dutch invented orange carrots in the 16th century in honor of the [...]

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Eja Dudu

Eja DUDU Eja dudu; Open fire dried catfish. Eja is the Yoruba word for Fish while dudu is the yoruba word for Black. Translated literally, eja dudu means Black fish, this is in reference to the color of the [...]

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Ogbono (Myth and methods); Proper way to prepare Ogbono soup

How to make Ogbono draw

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Peanut Chicken StirFry

Peanut Chicken StirFry By Liberatedlibra For this dish, I wanted to use up some of the veggies that I had lying around in the freezer. I had some leftover peas and carrots from the last time I made meat pie, [...]

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Maggi (Bouillon cube)

The maggi Variety (Individual cubes) What is Maggi (Magi) in African cooking More often than not, African recipes call for the use of Maggi. maggi is a term that has been used to replace all forms of Bouillon cube, Maggi [...]

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