Kitchen Tips: 7 Ways to Reduce Accidents in the Kitchen
The kitchen is a very important room in the home. While life is created in the bedroom, food which ensures its sustenance is prepared in the kitchen. The kitchen is used regularly in most homes to create delicacies. This not only makes the room interesting, it also makes us forget how accident prone the kitchen […]
Food Recipe: Peppered Snails
I walked into a restaurant and ordered peppered snails and was shocked at how much it was being sold. Interestingly, lovers of snail can enjoy this delicacy right in their homes. It is easy to prepare, and here’s how to. Ingredients Medium to big sized snails Habanero/scotch bonnet peppers (to your taste) Tomatoes (optional) Onion […]
Food Recipe: Spicy Gizdodo
Spicy Gizdodo is a mouth-watering Nigerian dish made with gizzards, ripe plantain (dodo), and peppered sauce. It uses various blends of pepper which enhances its spiciness. If you don’t love pepper, you can reduce the quantity of the pepper to achieve a moderate taste. Ingredients: Chicken gizzards Ripe plantain Onion Garlic Ginger Deseeded tatashe pepper […]
Food Recipe: Crash Hot Potatoes
Crash hot potatoes are spicy, yummy and crunchy. It can be eaten as snacks or as a meal. The taste is heavenly with the mixture of spices and herbs. Give it a try. Ingredients Sweet potatoes 3 tbsp Olive Oil Salt Black Pepper Rosemary or other herbs of choice Finely grated Parmesan (optional) How To […]
DIY: How to Make Groundnut Oil
Making groundnut oil at home is much easier than you can imagine and saves you some extra cash. It will also allow you to guarantee the source of the oil. Amazingly, groundnut oil has limitless benefits. It is a powerful anti-oxidant and is rich in omega 3 fatty acids, which are an essential component of […]
Did You Know? Natural Remedies That Never Occur To You
Little knowledge becomes a lot when it is in the right hands. Here are some natural remedies for domestic activities: Sour soup If you discover your soup wants to turn sour or has just gotten sour, you don’t need to throw it away. Just add palm oil, ground crayfish and 1 seasoning cube. Leaving the […]
Cheesy Black Bean and Corn Potato Rounds
Who says meals have to be boring? Add variety and spice to your cooking with this cheesy black bean and corn potato rounds. It’s not only nutritious, but it is also a delight. You can customize it if you don’t like black beans by doubling the corn and omitting the black beans or using kidney […]
How to Prepare Applesauce
Applesauce is refreshing, delicious and easy to make. It can be used as desserts, a snack or light lunch, with ice creams or yoghurts, or as a garnish to roast meat (pairs well with pork chops). It can also be substituted for butter, oil or eggs in baking. Also high in pectin, applesauce can serve as […]
Food Recipe: Chinese Fried Rice
Chinese fried rice is both delicious and nutritious, with a very delightful aroma. The combination of greens, vegetables and eggs make it a wholesome meal. Amazingly, it’s easy to make. Ingredients Rice (you may also use basmati rice) Green beans Carrot Spring onion White onion Ginger Red bell pepper Garlic Egg Seasoning cube Salt Vegetable […]
Food Recipe: Curry Okra Ogbono Soup
Have you tried curry okra ogbono soup? It’s a knockout; mouth-watering and nutritious! Ingredients Okro Ogbono (african mango seed) Curry leaf Cowtail Dryfish Stockfish Scent leaf Utazi leaf Ground uziza seed Uziza leaf Okpeyi (local spice) Ground crayfish Pepper Periwinkle (optional) Seasoning cube Palm oil Onion Salt How To Prepare Shred or slightly blend your scent […]
The Origin Of Nigerian Food – Baobab
Baobab is a multi-purpose tree found in the savannas of Africa, locally known as Kuka in Hausa and Ose in Yoruba. Baobab is commonly used in making miyan kuka soup in Northern Nigeria. Baobab Every part of the tree – the leaves, fruit pulp, leaves, bark, roots and seeds – is used as food, and […]
DIY: How To Make Catfish Viscera Oil
Catfish viscera oil is made from the viscera – internal organs of the catfish. Catfish oil is a dietary source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids which help maintain heart and vascular health in humans. The omega-3 levels in catfish are very low compared to other fish species but have notable health benefits. It lowers lower […]
5 Cooking Hacks You Should Know
I love cooking, especially when I’m having friends over. I can go beyond myself making the perfect meal for them. But as much as I would want to engross myself in that much work creating the perfect meal, I don’t like spending too much time in the kitchen and I know a lot of people […]
Social Media Accounts to Follow: 5 Exceptional Chefs
The catering industry is full of young millennials taking food to the next level and revolutionalizing the sector. With the culinary skills they have mastered and willingly showcase to the world, they’ve become the standard for aspiring chefs and have given Nigerian foodies something to drool over. We have compiled a list of these chefs whom […]
Owo Soup
Owo soup is the traditional soup of the Benin people of Nigeria. It does not require the use of vegetables like most Nigerian soups. Here’s what you would need to prepare it, and how. Ingredients Meat (cow meat, chicken, turkey, snail, etc) Garri Periwinkle (optional) Dry pepper Smoked/Dry fish White native salt Starch Crayfish Seasoning cubes […]
Ofe Owerri
Ofe Owerri simply translates to Owerri Soup. You would think that, being recognised as an Owerri local delicacy, the ingredients and recipe would be standard. Well, that’s not the case. There are variations of recipes for the Ofe Owerri meal, most especially debates about the vegetables used; some say ugwu and uziza, others say ugwu […]