Top 5 Dishes from Benin
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Jollof Rice Recipe1
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- February 13, 2018
Ingredients: For the Tomato Paste 2 fresh tomatoes 1 small tatashe (red bell pepper), cored and deseeded 1 small red onion For the Jollof Rice 500g white long-grain rice 4 tablespoons sunfower or olive oil 1 red onion, finely chopped 30g tomato purée 500mL (2 cups) chicken stock or water 1 tablespoon Ataro
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Valentine’s Day in West Africa5
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- February 12, 2018
Red roses, hearts, and balloons – love is in the air. You must have guessed what time of the year I am hinting at… Yes, I am talking about Valentine’s Day! We Nigerians take our festivals very seriously. By that, I mean, we celebrate each and every festival with a lot of gaiety and passion.
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5 Best Rice Recipes Found in Nigeria2
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- February 10, 2018
Rice is one of the most common staple foods in Nigeria. Most families eat a rice dish at least twice a week, either for lunch or for dinner. We have two ways of cooking rice in Nigeria: White, served with stew or sauce and Jollof which is where the ingredients are added into and
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Egusi Soup1
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- February 10, 2018
Egusi is a melon seed that has been dried and ground into a powdery form. When cooked it feels like a thick paste and it taste delicious. One of the most popular dishes in West Africa is Egusi soup. Each region and tribe has its own version of the dish. This recipe for Egusi soup
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Top 5 Nigerian Dishes1
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- February 10, 2018
Nigeria is a very important country in the West of Africa. Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of ethnic groups that comprise Nigeria. Like other West African cuisines, it uses herbs and spices along with groundnut or palm oil to create flavourful sauces and soups often very spicy hot with
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Top 5 Dishes from Gambia3
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- February 10, 2018
Gambian cuisine is also a part of the West African cuisine scene. As travellers, we all would have visited many countries, but what is that one thing that strikes a chord immediately as a visitor to a particular country? Culture, monuments are one thing, but it is the FOOD that always leaves you with strong
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Top 5 dishes from Sierra Leone
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- February 10, 2018
Top 5 Dishes from Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
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- February 10, 2018
Top 5 Dishes from Gambia
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- February 10, 2018
Valentine’s Day in West Africa
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- February 12, 2018
Top 5 Dishes from Gambia
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- February 10, 2018
Top 5 Dishes from Benin
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- February 10, 2018
5 Best Rice Recipes Found in Nigeria
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- February 10, 2018
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Jollof Rice Recipe
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Valentine’s Day in West Africa
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- February 12, 2018
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5 Best Rice Recipes Found in Nigeria
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- February 10, 2018
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Egusi Soup
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I’m a food entrepreneur, former restaurant owner and a food business trainer. I help food lovers and enthusiasts around the world to learn about the food and culture of West Africa, with a particular focus on Nigeria.