This Vegan Asun Recipe is easy on the pocket yet bursting with flavors Asun is a common dish at Nigerian parties. It is often created by marinating and slowly grilling goat meat, and then tossing it with onions and peppers. It is the perfect finger food, and will probably be the first dish to go. I always chuckle when I got to parties with buffet lines that have a designated person serving those popular dishes in portion. This vegan asun recipe will do just that. Serve as an appetizer or a side dish and watch your guest be amazed. 🤑 Plant-Based Affordability with Oyster Mushrooms To be plant-based does not need to hurt your pockets. That is one of the reasons why I ...
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Vegan Koki Recipe - A Delicious Cameroonian Dish
This Koki Recipe is sure to be your go-to weekend breakfast Koki is a steamed bean cake usually made with either peeled honey beans or black-eyed peas. For those familiar with moi moi, the Nigerian version does not deviate too far from the Cameroon version. The biggest difference is the addition of palm oil, cocoyam leaves (or in our case spinach leaves), and the way it is wrapped prior to steaming. When I first experienced koki, I was visiting my good friend Feh, my Cameroonian older sister. I call it an experience because of the presentation. When served koki, I was amazed by the spherical base and the narrow top. This koki recipe is sure to pique anyone's ...
Healthy and Easy Plantain Fufu from Scratch
Skip the boxed flour, and make your own plantain fufu at home. Growing up fufu was a big component of my family’s diet. I grew up eating iyan, which in Yoruba is pounded yam, lafun - a finely milled cassava, and eba - a courser yellow or white cassava. All were in powdered form. All are prepared by adding the powder to hot water and stirring vigorously over medium heat, except eba - it can be stirred off the stove. So long we had, obe ata (red stew) in the house, fufu was always an option. For me, my favorite was amala and on occasion lafun, mainly because of how light it was for me, the others felt too dense. You can imagine after growing up with these three types of fufu, I was ...
Quick Vegan Ayamase Using Simi and Temi Ayamase Pepper Mix
This Easy Vegan Ayamase can be made in half the time! I believe a lot of Nigerians can agree that Ayamase or Designer stew is a time-consuming dish. Often times ayamase is eaten during special occasions or a party setting. My first time remembering eating ayamase was in December 2011 in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria. I had it at a local outdoor pub while enjoying a football game on a large projector with my brother and cousins. The ayamase was served wrapped in uma leaf, over a serving of Ofada rice. You are going to love this vegan ayamase recipe because it is easy and quick, which saves you time to do other things...like that new TikTok dance you've been struggling ...
Fast and Easy Fried Sweet Plantains with Ata Din Din
This fried sweet plantains dish is a staple dish in Nigeria Fried sweet plantains when added to a meal, levels up a dish. Just ask a Nigerian! If you’re eating rice and stew, add some sweet plantains to the side and your meal is complete even if it was complete beforehand. Plantains are so good that it is even considered an endearment – I don’t know why, but us Nigerians love to call our spouses a “sweet” something. “My sweet potato”, “My sweet plantain, baby”, “ My sweet jollof”. You get the gist. This fast and easy fried sweet plantain with fried red stew might have you looking at your lover in a different light. Plantains are called cooking banana because of its starchy ...
