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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jollof Rice (With Basmati Rice)
Jollof Rice (with basmati rice) If you are not new to this blog, I am sure you already know I am a huge fan of basmati rice. They cook faster, look better and [...]