• Category Archives: Yam Recipes

    Yam and Palm Oil

    Growing up I was told that the combination of Yam and palm oil was what poor people ate. Whatever the hell that meant. I used to feel guilty enjoying this simple dish because I always asked myself why Nigerians would label such a dish amongst others as a poor person’s food. I then realized the

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    Fried Yam and Spicy Mayo

    I have been craving fried yam since January and hounding the African store in Oakland about their next batch of supplies. They finally got some last week and i raced to their store on saturday to get some. I have thought of a few things I could make with yam and trust me a few

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    Chef of the Week : Chef Dudu: Yamarita with Corned Beef and Egg Sauce Scampi

    Chef Dudu is someone i have followed on Instagram for a couple of months and have definitely been blown away by the dishes he comes up with. I find myself wanting to try out his dishes every time he posts something. I reached out to him a couple months back to send us a guest

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    Ikokore aka Ifokore

    Hi guys, Some of our Afrolems fans asked for us to do a recipe for ikokore, coincidentally I was planning on putting up a receipe too. Ikokore is an ijebu dish and it is similar to Ekpang Nkukwo the major difference is the use of water yam for ikokore and cocoyam for Ekpang Nkukwo. It is prepared

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    Ojojo Recipe

    Hi Guys, So I was thinking of a recipe to put up, I wanted to put up one that I havent seen online yet, so I asked my Master Chef, my mum, and she told me about ojojo. You see I wont pretend that i have heard about this before but  was ready for the

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    Ghanian Yam Balls or Yele Kakro

    Yesterday, I tweeted about this Yam ball recipe I discovered from this Ghanian site Waakye. I couldn’t wait to try it because I had recently been thinking of something different to do with yam. I did not follow the recipe exactly as I like to add my twist to things but I did do most

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    Croaker Fish Kè Cream

    If you are following Afrolems on Facebook or Instagram which you should be *straight face* you would have seen the picture of this dish. I also tweeted about how difficult it is to season croaker and many people agreed with me. Have you ever had to cook croaker in the regular Nigerian stew? It always

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    Dundu and Shrimp Sauce

    Dundu is a Nigerian recipe that is specific to the Yoruba tribe. I have spoken to many people asking how to make it in different ways and I have heard people use plantain, coco yam, sweet potatoes and yam. I have chosen to use Yam for mine and I will serve my Dundu with spicy

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    Egg Plant Sauce (Garden Egg Sauce) -Feyisope

    Ingredients 3 Large Egg Plants (Aubergine) A Bulb of onion 4 tomatoes 2 large peppers 3 Jamaican hot peppers Half a teaspoon of Curry Seasoning cubes Salt to taste 1.5 cooking spoons Palm Oil ( or less if you are on a diet) Recipe Boil the egg plants in a pot of water for about 10-20 minutes. (depending

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