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Long-grain rice cooked deep red-orange throughout, the grains separate

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Recipes from Nigeria

10 recipes from Nigeria, each written from a named source.

Long-grain rice cooked deep red-orange throughout, the grains separate

West African / Nigerian

Jollof Rice

Source: Traditional

60 min5460 kcal

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A large aluminium pot of egusi soup — pale yellow ground-melon-seed curds broken up through dark cooked greens and chunks of meat, with reddish palm oil pooling around the edge

Nigerian

Egusi Soup

Source: Lola Osinkolu

60 min8457 kcal

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A white bowl of efo riro — roughly chopped dark greens and their stems piled up with flakes of fish through them, orange palm oil running to the rim

Nigerian

Efo Riro (Yoruba Spinach Stew)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

30 min5378 kcal

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Suya — West African spiced grilled meat skewers

Nigerian

Suya (Peanut-Spiced Beef Skewers)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

105 min22137 kcal

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A plate heaped with puff-puff — round, irregular balls of deep-fried dough, glossy and golden-brown with darker patches where they touched the oil longest

Nigerian

Puff-Puff (Nigerian Yeast Doughnuts)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

90 min10113 kcal

VeganVegetarianDairy-free+2

Akara — deep-fried black-eyed pea fritters

Nigerian

Akara (Nigerian Bean Fritters)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

40 min2070 kcal

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Moi moi — steamed savoury black-eyed pea pudding

Nigerian

Moi Moi (Steamed Bean Pudding)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

60 min5155 kcal

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Goat meat pepper soup — a peppery West African goat broth

Nigerian

Goat Meat Pepper Soup

Source: Lola Osinkolu

55 min6100 kcal

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A plate of asaro — chunks of yam half-collapsed into a thick orange-red pepper sauce, with slivers of onion, strips of sweet pepper and a whole red chilli laid on top

Nigerian

Asaro (Yam Porridge)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

55 min4636 kcal

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Hundreds of small pale-gold cubes of fried chin-chin heaped in a plastic draining basket, each one cut square and puffed slightly at the edges

Nigerian

Chin Chin (Fried Dough Bites)

Source: Lola Osinkolu

35 min8166 kcal

VegetarianNut-freeHalal

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