Nigerian dishes would include all kinds of foods that are served
in Nigeria, this are the very popular ones. Most of them are easy
to prepare. Also dishes are featured in the latest version of the Ultimate Nigerian
Cookbook i am gonna post here soon.
Here are the 7 most popular Nigerian dishes, some of them are
pretty easy to replicate, and the rest would require a little more effort.
Jollof Rice.
The first on my list would be the all too popular jollof rice. There
are just too many jollof rice recipes out there but I think this
takes the cake. They basically take the same process; the
difference could be simply the addition of vegetables/fruits, the
use of chicken instead of fish, choice of spice, etc. Jollof rice can
be fixed during the rush hour, in less than 60 minutes, I have
done that a couple of times. If you have most of the required
ingredients stashed away in the freezer, you can do it too.
There is nothing really special with this, slice some carrot, green
pepper, red pepper, green beans and add them just three
minutes before you turn off the heat.
The next on the list is white rice and tomato stew
These sure looks delicious, most Nigerian homes make the
simpler version of this food; the only difference with that and
this is just the addition of carrot/green beans. I believe the
addition of these vegetables does not only make your food look
inviting, it makes it healthy too. just boil your white rice the
usual way, add the sliced carrot/green beans just 3 minutes
before you turn off the heat.
The third on my list would be egusi soup and eba, or fufu (as in
the case of the dish above). This is one of the popular Nigerian
dishes, this soup is well received in Nigeria, it is mostly served
alongside eba (prepared garri), fufu or semo. Egusi soup is easy
to prepare.
The fourth on my list of popular Nigerian dishes would be the all
too popular edikaikong soup. Edikaikong is native to the efiks
and made with two of the most popular vegetables in Nigeria
(water leaves and fluted pumpkin leaves). I love this soup exactly
the way it is served here – with well prepared wheat; it can also
go with eba, fufu, or semo.
Fried rice is one of the most outstanding Nigerian rice meals, it’s
like the best of Nigerian dishes, everybody loves fried rice.
However, the recipe is not as simple as that of jollof rice or
tomato stew, there is a learning curve, but once you are able to
master the process, it becomes pretty much as easy as most
Nigerian recipes.
Number six on my list of popular Nigerian dishes would be
porridge yam. This meal can turn out really delicious if you
know what you are really doing. If you want to enjoy this meal,
use yams that are older than 7 months, newly harvested yams
are not just good for porridge yam.
The last on this list would be… beans porridge? Well, Usually, it
is porridge beans and plantain – all cooked, but in my case I
decided to fry the plantain.
There are just about 5 different beans recipes that I know but
this happens to take the cake. The average Nigerian person eat
beans like once in a week, the exception being when you live in
Ogun state and probably a copper, you will eat beans and bread
every morning 😀
Which of the delicacies makes your mouth go gaga!!! vote and comment
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