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    Plantain Moin Moin (Ukpo Ogede)

    Do you spell it plantain moi moi or plantain moin moin? I have always wondered what the correct spelling. If you know what it is, please leave it in the comments. So I have been staring at the over-ripe plantain in my kitchen and I really didn’t want to go the fried route of Mosa so

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    Grilled Chicken, Bole and Vegetables

    I had a craving for grilled plantain otherwise known as bole or boli in Nigerian pidgin english and I decided to make some over the weekend. I do not have an outside grill unfortunately so I have to rely on my oven most of the time. This dish was very simple to make and took

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    Seafood Plantain Pottage

    This was a dish that I so badly wanted to put up on the blog but I decided to send it to Ynaija instead. It would still be on the internet either way. I enjoyed making it and had a serious craving for it. Seafood Plantain pottage is just one of those dishes that would

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    Plantain and Snails – Mariam

    Fall in love with snails all over again!!! What you need 4-6 large snails 2-3 Medium sized greenish-yellow plantains (you want plantain that’s not soft or too green) 1/2 a teaspoon of Garlic 1 bulb of onion 2 large tomatoes 1 medium Scotch Bonnet pepper 4 table spoons of oil 2 cubes of Knorr/Maggi 1

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    Sweet potato fries served with plantain and stew – David Momoh

    Ingredients 1 pc Sweet Potato (Called Purple Yams in some grocery store) Oil for frying ( Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil, Grapeseed Oil preferably) 1 Teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups cold water Directions – Pour the water in a small plastic bowl so it almost full. Add salt to the water to form your brine. –

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    Chefs of the Week – Chidinma Chigbu & Solape Dina Boli and Roasted Fish

    BOLE AND ROASTED FISH _(BO-Lee) Ingredients 2 pieces of plantain 1 mackerel ¼ cup of palmoil 2 medium sized onions 1 tbsp tomato paste 4 medium sized tomatoes 1 knorr cube ½ tsp thyme 2 fresh pepper ½ cup of water Salt to taste Preparation Plantain Peel the plantain and cut into desired sizes Place

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