Archives Tag: palm oil
Recipe for Buka Stew
April 19, 2022
Buka stew is basically stew that is prepared and served in roadside restaurants. However, the classic buka stew is made by the Yoruba. It is prepared with palm oil without the addition of curry and thyme. Buka stew as you know is different from the homemade stew. While it is made for the owner’s profit … Continue reading Recipe for Buka Stew
7 Tips For Bleaching Palm Oil
April 19, 2022
Bleaching palm oil is a process that involves heating up palm oil until it becomes translucent. Even though it is considered a necessary skill in Nigerian cooking, a lot of people don’t know how to bleach palm oil. Them dey try oh! But their efforts always fall short of the mark. Thus, for the benefit … Continue reading 7 Tips For Bleaching Palm Oil
Did You Know? 6 Agricultural Products of Ekiti State
April 19, 2022
Ekiti State is located in the southwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state is in the rainforest belt with a temperature range of 21°c to 28°c. Topographically, Ekiti State is mainly an upland zone rising above 250 metres above sea level. Agriculture is the major occupation of the people. In fact, the 16 administrative local … Continue reading Did You Know? 6 Agricultural Products of Ekiti State
Recipe for Banga Soup
April 19, 2022
Oil palm is a perennial crop which grows in abundance in Nigeria. Its fruit, the palm fruit is juicy. Palm fruits contain oil which can be processed when ripe to produce palm oil which is used in preparing all manner of local delicacies. On our menu today is banga soup, the oil-rich delicacy that originates … Continue reading Recipe for Banga Soup
Did You Know? When Nigeria Produced Half the World’s Palm Oil Exports
April 19, 2022
There aren’t very many food ingredients as essential to local Nigerian cuisine as palm oil. The red liquid drained out of tough oil palm fruits is the fluid without which most indigenous soups, stews and snacks simply cannot exist. You couldn’t possibly have been born and bred in a southern Nigerian home and never tasted … Continue reading Did You Know? When Nigeria Produced Half the World’s Palm Oil Exports
Food Recipe: Nkwobi
April 19, 2022
Nkwobi is a spicy mouthwatering dish from the South Eastern part of Nigeria made with cow meat, precisely the foot. It is an exotic delicacy on most menus in food joints, restaurants and bars, and is relished as an appetizer or main dish. Commercially, potash is used to prepare it, but you can substitute it … Continue reading Food Recipe: Nkwobi
By chinwe
Origin of Nigerian Foods: Banga Soup (Oghwo Amiedi)
April 19, 2022
Sometimes, you cannot help but wonder the ingenuity that backed up the early food discoverers who found out how to blend unrelated food items to give wholesome meals that soothe the palate. The South-South part of Nigeria is amazingly blessed with several exotic native delicacies. Top on the chart and also common to the East … Continue reading Origin of Nigerian Foods: Banga Soup (Oghwo Amiedi)
By chinwe
DIY Wednesday: How to Extract Oil From Palm Fruits at Home
April 19, 2022
Palm oil is the most consumed and oldest cooking oil in Nigeria. This is because, even before large-scale production of palm oil and modern-day civilization, the making and selling of the oil for home consumption and for commercial purposes has been in existence. Oil palm cultivation is originally from West Africa. Genus Elaeis guineensis is a … Continue reading DIY Wednesday: How to Extract Oil From Palm Fruits at Home
By amarachi
Nutritional Benefits of Palm Oil
April 19, 2022
Palm oil is highly nutritious and is an extremely useful cooking oil offering a lot of health benefits. It’s derived majorly from two kinds of palm fruit; African palm oil (Elaeis guineensis) which is found in African regions, and the American oil palm (Elaeis oleifera) which is found in South America. It contains natural unique … Continue reading Nutritional Benefits of Palm Oil
By beckonoise
Why PZ Wilmar Is Partnering With NIFOR to Boost Palm Oil Production in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
For much of the first half of the twentieth century, ships laden with oil palm seeds would dock at the port in Singapore. The merchandise they bore were an exotic necessity, obtained from farms on the coast of West Africa. At that time, the region accounted for much of the world’s oil palm produce output; … Continue reading Why PZ Wilmar Is Partnering With NIFOR to Boost Palm Oil Production in Nigeria
