Browsing: nigerian food

While growing up, one of the best delicacies prepared in our homes is mushroom soup. Mushroom, also known as a toadstool, is the fleshy, s….

Concoction rice is the meal prepared from different ingredients with the main ingredient known as oryza sativa i.e. rice. This kind of rice is also called iwuk edesi or native jollof rice by Nigerians. It is very popular in schools because of its ease and low budget, so it’s the choice of students especially the male folks who have to cook. This kind of rice is a bit different from jollof rice in its ingredients but have the same look and taste.

Snail pepper soup is a luxurious delicacy you have to taste if you have not. It is light, mild tasting and very soothing for the body, especially after overindulging in very rich food and drinks.

Iba soup is a medicinal soup used for treating fever. ‘Iba’ means fever in Igbo and Yoruba language. Obe iba which literally means fever soup

The most popular food eaten in Nigeria and several parts of the world is rice. Rice (Oryza sativa) is a popular grain widely eaten in homes, restaurants and occasions.

Ewa Agoyin is a local food, native to the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria. It is very popular in the streets of Lagos and Ibadan. Ewa means beans in Yoruba-land.

Bitter leaf soup is one local soup, popular for its medicinal purpose. ‘Ewuro’ as it is called in Yoruba land can be prepared with another type of vegetable

Ofe Nsala (white soup) is a sumptuous delicacy that is native to the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, especially the people of Anambra State.

Nigeria local dish recipe “Isapa soup” is one of local delicacies prepared in Nigeria. It is native to the Southern part of Nigeria even though the isapa leaf (Roselle calyx)