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Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of Native African ethnic groups that comprises Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like other West African cuisines , it uses spices and herbs with palm oil or groundnut oil to create deeply flavored sauces and soups .
A Nigerian dish of millet pancakes containing millet, butter and sugar. Ga'at: Ethiopia and Eritrea: A stiff porridge, made traditionally with barley flour, [4] though in many communities wheat flour is often used. Garri: Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, Ghana (in Ghana it is known as gari) A popular West African food made from ...
Nigerian food writers (2 P) R. Restaurants in Nigeria (4 C) S. Nigerian soups (18 P) Y. Yoruba cuisine (1 C, 40 P) Pages in category "Nigerian cuisine"
Nigerian foods are spicy, mostly in the western and southern part of the country, even more so than in Indian cuisine. Other examples of their traditional dishes are eba, pounded yam, iyan, fufu and soups like okra, ogbono and egusi. Fufu is so emblematic of Nigeria that it figures in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, for example. [77]
Edo traditional food consists of dishes or food items common among the people of Edo State. The State is home to various ethnic groups including the Binis (or Edos), Ishan , Afemai, Etsako, Uzebba Iuleha people [Owan] and others. The Traditional food found among these people usually involves soup and swallow. 'swallow' is a term for Nigerian ...
Rice is a common staple food, and fruits and vegetables are prominent in the cuisine. Pineapples, mangoes, peaches, grapes, avocados and lychee are grown on the island. [21] Meats include chicken, beef and fish, and curry dishes are common. [21] A common food is laoka, a mixture of cooked foods served with rice. Laoka are most often served in ...
Suya, also known as "Tsire" is a traditional smoked spiced meat skewer which originates from Nigeria, and is a popular food item across West Africa.Suya is a large part of Hausa culture and food and is traditionally prepared and made by Hausa men, thus called 'Mai tsire'. [1]
Igbo cuisine is the various foods of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. The core of Igbo food is its soups. The popular soups are Ofe Oha, Onugbu, ofe akwụ, Egwusi and Nsala (White pepper soup). Yam is a staple food for the Igbos and is eaten boiled or pounded with soups. [1]