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Food & Cuisine
Regional and ethnic dishes, staple ingredients, street food culture, and the history of Nigerian cuisine.
- Regional & Ethnic Dishes
- Staples & Ingredients
- Street Food & Food Culture
- Food History & Trade
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Egusi soup is a thick Nigerian soup made from ground melon seeds, eaten nationwide under different names and preparations. Its precise ethnic origin is…
Jollof rice is a one-pot tomato-and-pepper rice dish eaten across West Africa and central to Nigerian celebration food. Its ancestor traces to the Wolof…
Pounded yam, iyan in Yoruba, is a smooth swallow made by boiling and pounding yam tubers in a mortar, eaten with soups such as…
Suya is a spiced, skewered grilled meat that originated among the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria, who call it tsire. Coated in yaji, a…