The delicious Vegan Jollof Rice with Oyster Mushrooms for Meat will wow the crowd Jollof rice is a dish popular in West Africa. Though originally from Senegal, jollof rice has been adjusted to different regions of West Africa. In Ghana, the dish is made by darkening the stew until the color is nice and dark. In Nigeria, the go-to rice is parboiled rice, and bell peppers are included. In Liberia, peas, corn, and carrots are used to garnish their dish. Ingredients Tools 🍚 How I Make My Vegan Jollof Rice And then you have so many variations where some people cook their rice before they add it to the stew, some people don't wash their rice before adding it to the ...
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Vegan Potato/Yam Greens With Mushrooms
Enjoy this quick Liberian Vegan Potato Greens Dish Vegan Potato Greens with Mushrooms are often not associated with the traditional Liberian dish. The original dish is often loaded with thick pieces of tender meat and fish, hardly do you see it made with mushrooms. Potato greens are made from the leaves of the sweet potato plant. For the longest time, I could not find a place in NYC to buy this product, that was not until I began to notice the shape of these leaves in the Asian food stores that I frequented. Still, Potato or Yam leaves are not popular greens that you'd find in the supermarket. It's usually specific to Asian and South American. Or African Markets, but those are usually ...
Liberian Vegan Okra Soup with Mushrooms
A slight change to the Traditional Liberian dish with affordability Okra is a common dish in West Africa - actually perhaps all of Africa and even Asia. However I wanted to come to you with a recipe I've come to pick up on since beginning to date a Liberian. I first had this dish when I went over to meet my boyfriends mum over in Iowa - and boy was I in love! I love it so much I watched her create the dish and wrote out the recipe. Growing up okra soup was a simple steamed pot of blended okra. This is usually eaten with a swallow or fufu. However this dish will liven up as a sort of gumbo as you can add mushrooms, peppers and more. She loves to use fresh okra chopped into bits of 4's. ...
How To: Fold Leaves for Nigerian Moi Moi
Fold leaves for Nigeria's equivalent of pasteles For many Nigerian expats abroad, moi moi leaf food wasn't a thing because of the difficulty of finding the special moi moi leaf. The leaf is called uma and is native to West African rainforests. The leaf is used mainly for moi moi as it produces a sweet taste to whatever its being cooked in it. I personally don't see an issue with Banana leaf. I prefer it over steaming it in a bag or within an aluminum tin. I'm big on Nigerian cooking and would love to share with you the way I fold my moi moi. Moi moi can be tedious because it requires peeling beans. My favorite beans are honey beans or black eye beans. But a recipe for that will soon ...
Vegan No Meat Nigerian Efo Riro
Substitute Mushrooms for this Epic Vegan Efo Riro Growing up my favorite stew was efo riro, that’s stirred spinach for an exact Yoruba to English translation. My favorites were made by my mom and my faux aunt, Mummy Hamed. Mummy Hamed made the most succulent of efos. At the mosque or at a party, if she was making it, I was surely grabbing a dish. This vegan efo riro has been updated to bring me back to those days. The Process Cooking efo riro was never an issue for me, my mom made sure I knew my way around the kitchen by the age of 10 or maybe earlier. She made me watch and assist her as I was her mini sous chef. Efo riro cannot be rushed, in fact, the longer you allow ...
Zobo Soda
Hibiscus is a drink that I grew up on, mainly seeing it at Jamaican restaurants as a child in the form of a sorell drink. Its made out of dried hibiscus leaves, you're probably familiar with the typical shot of a hummingbird sucking nectar out of the flow. Hibiscus comes in different types all from the same family. So you can imagine my brain activity when I discovered that sorell was also a drink in Nigeria. It's called Zobo - my excitement to identify it when I was on vacation back in 2011 was matched with unimpressed stares from my cousin. I guess I was excited that I was able to see a similarity in Caribbean Afro foods. Something I'm learning more and ...
