Jamaican Rice and peas is a common accompaniment in Caribbean cuisine. In fact, Sunday lunch has to have rice and peas as a part of it and it is no ordinary rice and peas. The Jamaican rice and peas is well infused with flavours but mellow enough not to overpower […]
Jamaican goat curry features prominently in Jamaican cuisine. If a list of popular Jamaican dishes is drawn up goat curry will make it to the top 5. It is meaty, juicy and spicy, amazing. Jamaican cuisine has been influenced by so many cultures and curry is an Indian influence. The […]
CHOCOLATE SYRUP—If you could make your own chocolate syrup, and it’s simple, cheap, easy to make, and tastes amazing, won’t you make it by the gallon load and drizzle it on any and everything? This Chocolate syrup recipe is smooth and decadent and hits all the right notes.
Okazi soup is a thickened vegetable soup from eastern Nigeria. It is similar to Ofe Owerri, the main difference being that Ofe Owerri is thickened with cocoyam (Owerri court), while Okazi soup is thickened with achi, ukpo or ofo. Each thickener has its own peculiar flavour. Ofo is my favourite, while […]
Okpa is the Igbo word for Bambara groundnut, in Hausa language, it is Gurjiya or kwaruru. Okpa is also the name of a boiled pudding made from this nut. It is a street food very common in the eastern part of Nigeria, though other metropolitan cities are catching up very fast. […]
Guacamole always makes for a delicious dip for loads of finger food, also a side dish for grilled meat or a salad dressing. It originated in Mexico and the star ingredient is avocado. It is a very healthy dip because avocados are loaded with nutrients. It is easy to make and doesn’t take […]
These Sweet potato bread rolls are soft with an exquisite taste, very moreish. They are perfect for any kind of sandwich filling or with a light soup like my Chicken pepper soup. Sweet potato bread rolls add variety to the table when you want something different from the usual wheat bread. […]
Sweet potato muffins are moist, tender and flavourful you can taste the earthy flavour of sweet potato. The recipe is very easy, simple and straightforward. I love when I can incorporate vegetables into desserts eg. carrot cake and beetroot cake because it kind of dulls the guilt of eating too much of a good […]
Yam pepper soup (Ji mmiri oku) is pepper soup with yam added to it. Among the Igbos of eastern Nigeria, this is the first dish given to a woman immediately after childbirth and is mostly prepared by her mother who comes to take care of her for the first month […]
Poor man’s potato is a direct translation of the Spanish dish called Patatas a lo pobre. It is made up basically of potatoes, onions and peppers fried in oil. Sometimes the best things in life are the simplest. There is nothing poor about this dish, it is healthy, it is filling […]
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