Archives Tag: akara
Recipe for the Snack, Ojojo
April 19, 2022
Ojojo is a traditional snack made from water yam. This delightful snack is quite popular in Southwestern Nigeria. When Ojojo is paired with pap, quaker oat or garri, it can be considered a full meal. It is very easy to prepare. Ingredients for Ojojo Water yam Vegetable oil Scotch bonnet peppers (atarodo) Medium size onion Crayfish … Continue reading Recipe for the Snack, Ojojo
Recipe for Akara
April 19, 2022
Akara, also known as bean balls, is a product of beans. While growing up, akara and pap was Saturday morning delicacy in our home. While we all looked forward to this meal, we also dreaded one task that inevitably comes with it. That task is beans peeling. Because we take turns to do this chore, … Continue reading Recipe for Akara
How to Make Koose, Hausa Akara
April 19, 2022
Koose is made from cowpeas or black-eyed beans. It’s simply the Hausa version of Akara; beans paste mixed with a variety of ingredients and fried to a yummy crispy buns-like food, often accompanied with bread and pap (porridge), and mostly taken as breakfast. It is a popular street food which also doubles as a snack. … Continue reading How to Make Koose, Hausa Akara
By amarachi
How to Prepare Baked Moi Moi
April 19, 2022
YOUR choices are narrow I suppose, when you think of what to make out of blended beans– akara (fried in deep oil) or moi moi (boiled in wraps of leaves, foil or plastic). However, this recipe is special because we have decided to bake our moi moi, instead of boiling. So we are serving baked moi moi … Continue reading How to Prepare Baked Moi Moi
By supermart
10 Ways to Cook Beans
April 19, 2022
Beans offer a variety of ways to get creative. This incomplete list would help someone escape the monotony of having a particular bean meal. Plain boiled beans is simply boiled with salt to taste. It is mostly eaten with rice and tomato stew, or simply with the stew. Bean porridge is boiled with spice and … Continue reading 10 Ways to Cook Beans
By nnenna
Learn a Skill Wednesday: How to Make Akamu (Local Nigerian Pap)
April 19, 2022
Seeing balls of akamu (in Igbo) or oyi (in Yoruba) displayed for sale in market trays is an evidence that this meal is not yet on the list of Nigerian foods on the verge of extinction. For those who enjoy it, preparing akamu from grains to ready-to-eat is worth a try. Here’s how to … Continue reading Learn a Skill Wednesday: How to Make Akamu (Local Nigerian Pap)
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