Recipes

Pounded yam holds a special place at the Nigerian table — for a lot of families, it’s the swallow reserved for special occasions, Sunday dinners, or the dish you request specifically when you’re back home visiting. If you’re now in the US, UK, or Canada and searching for what it actually is, whether it’s the…

Fufu and egusi is one of the best-known Nigerian food combinations, bringing together a smooth, starchy swallow with a rich soup made primarily from ground melon seeds. For Nigerians living in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, fufu and egusi can be one of the most familiar ways to recreate the taste of home….

Fufu is one of the most popular swallow foods eaten with Nigerian and other West African soups. Smooth, soft and slightly stretchy, it provides the perfect accompaniment to richly flavored dishes such as egusi soup, ogbono soup, okra soup, afang soup and bitter leaf soup. For Nigerians living in the United States, United Kingdom and…

If you grew up in Nigeria, you already know fufu. It’s the soft, stretchy dough your mother pounded by hand, the thing you scooped with your fingers and dipped into a steaming bowl of soup, the food that made a Sunday afternoon feel complete. But if you’re now living in Houston, Manchester, or Toronto, you’ve…

“Okpa di oku! Okpa di oku! Okpa! Okpa!” For many people from southeastern Nigeria, especially Enugu, those familiar calls bring back memories immediately. If you have travelled towards Enugu from Onitsha, Lagos or other parts of Nigeria, hearing roadside sellers shouting “Okpa di oku”—hot Okpa—is almost part of the journey. And then there is the…