So many of my favourite Nigerian treats are deep-fried: chin chin, puff puff, and dodo. I’ve wanted to try broiling dodo instead of frying it for a long time so I finally decided to do it last night. I started with two plantains (shocking!). I washed them (my mom always washes plantains before peeling them). [...]
I’m amazed that putting: a can of plum tomatoes one and a half onions a couple of garlic cloves two ata rodo one and a half sweet red peppers into a blender, pureeing it smooth, pouring it into a pot, adding some olive oil, and simmering for some time can create a fairly tasty stew! [...]
Thank you for your comments on my first attempt to make jollof rice on my own. Growing up, wemy mom always prepared jollof rice with meat in it. Ground beef is the meat of choice most times, and whole pieces of chicken (drumsticks, thigh or breast) are used sometimes. However, thinking back to all the [...]
I made jollof rice yesterday for the first time, all by myself. Naturally I had to call my mother for some tips because, you know, 28 plus years of living at home wasn’t enough for me to absorb cooking skills. Thank God my mom isn’t bitter that all her attempts to teach me all those [...]
I’ve confessed before that I can’t cook Nigerian dishes aside from a few staples. To me, the most important thing to master is various stews, from the basic obe ata (basic pepper stew) to the more complicated ogbono or egusi stew. My mother is not to blame (she tried, oh she tried, and for two [...]
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