NIGERIAN FOOD RECIPES: 5 LOCAL DISHES YOU CAN'T RESIST THIS CHRISTMAS

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NIGERIAN FOOD RECIPES: 5 LOCAL DISHES YOU CAN'T RESIST THIS CHRISTMAS

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Nigerian Food Recipes are often referred to as organic and they make good local dishes too especially when they are blended with other foreign recipes. Although, the local dishes may sound too Africanized but

they

have

proven

to

be

extremely

delicious

and

medicinal. No man in the entire world is known who is not a fan of good food. Sometimes, people even develop cravings for a meal they really like. I have people say I cannot go one day without eating this meal or that.


The funny thing is that they might not be able to really point out to a tangible reason for this; they just saw it as their good pleasure. Here is a list of good local dishes any man will eat and forget his mum. Pounded Iyan and Egusi Soup The major Nigerian food recipes for this delicacy are Yam and melon. Yam are well cooked and then pounded into soft Iyan which are better served warmed. Also, melon (Egusi) will be grinded along with pepper and other varieties of ingredient according to the taste of the

cook.

Then,

cooked

into

a

delicious

soup

while

adding locust beans and other local spices to make it completes. Arguably, one of the most popular Nigerian local dishes is pounded yam and egusi. There was a time I always say the food was overrated until a day I ate the same meal at a canteen in Ilesha, Osun State. It was like the best meal I had eaten all my entire life. I remember going back to the same canteen to eat the same meal two times a day. It was so on point. The memory is still as fresh

in

my

head

as

something

yesterday. Amala, Ewedu, and Gbegiri

that

just

happened


Amala, Ewedu and Gegiri are yet another Nigerian local dishes that are often combined to make a single meal. Gbegiri soup and ewedu soup are two delicious soups gotten by combining some moderately cheap Nigerian food recipes. In preparing this Nigerian local dish, cassava flour is stirred into Amala and Ewedu which is gotten from another vegetable of the same name will be cooked separately as well as Gbegiri. The

combination

of

ewedu

and

gbegiri

is

called

‘’abula’’. Many men have forgotten their homes because of this special combination. In some environment in Yoruba land, it is a regular lunch for them because it makes the body light after consumption. Akpu and Banga Soup Akpu

and

Banga

Soup

is

another

nice

combination

of

Nigerian local dishes, prepared even with Nigerian food recipes,

that

has

become

so

popular

even

among

the

elites. The good thing about this food is not the akpu itself which is made up of mainly mashed cassava but the Banga soup. The Banga soup is always made with so many ingredients in it. After much preparation, it is stocked with a lot of marine creatures that spice the soup

up.

As

a

result

of

this

sumptuous

meal,

most

people overfeed themselves and do not discover that until they try to move from their spots of eating.


Tuwo Shinkafa It is an obvious fact that Tuwo Shinkafa meal is a special meal gotten through the combination of Nigerian food

recipes

Nigeria.

In

fact,

traditional Among

mostly

found

this

location

the

Nigerian

Northerners,

Tuwo

in

meal

and

the is

eaten

highway

local

Shinkafa

Nothern

would

in

joints

dishes

parts a

in

of

special Nigeria.

preferred

by

the

definitely

top

the

list. The soup that goes with Shinkafa soup is often a sweet one that speaks volume about the food. Pap and Moi-Moi Perhaps, the food whose recipes are the easiest to find in Nigerian is Pap and Moi-Moi. Part of the Nigerian food recipes used in making Pap and Moi-Moi contained beans,

maize

condiments.

grain,

cray-fish,

egg

and

other

As simple as Pap and Moi-Moi may sound, it

is a meal that can make you forget other things you ought to do. It has a relaxing effect which makes you sleep

not

stronger

long

and

after

full

of

consumption, life.

Perhaps

listed it among Nigerian local dishes Source: Listngist Articles

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