• Tag Archives: west african food

    Poulet Yassa

    If you have been in touch with the West African culture, you would know that the senegalese play an important role in our cuisine. The most popular rice recipe in West Africa originated in Senegal in the Wolof tribe. Yes I am talking about Jollof Rice. Sorry my beloved Nigerians, Jollof Rice is not our

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    Cameroonian Pilé Pilé

    I have to say that the Afrolems community of fans and followers are super amazing when it comes to support. If you are following us on social media, you would have seen during the week I posted my Poulet DG recipe on all the networks. My post invited this new recipe of Cameroonian Pilé Pilé into

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    Danwake Recipe

    The first time I heard about Danwake was from one of my hausa friends and she admitted that it was one of her favourite dishes especially served with a very spicy sauce and I use the term sauce loosely. The sauce comprising of oil, pepper, salt. She also said sometimes it is served with lemon

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    Chicken Suya

    Suya is a popular street snack in Nigeria and apparently other West African countries. I was talking to a few of my friends from Ivory Coast and Cameroon and I was trying to find out what people eat during soccer matches as the World Cup is coming up. The common item was suya. Chicken suya

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    Poulet DG – Chicken Director General

    This Cameroonian dish Poulet DG reminds me a lot of Dodo Gizzard except gizzard is used in the latter. The methods are similar but Poulet DG somehow just feels healthier. It may seem that way because of all the vegetables you can incorporate into the dish. I mean you can still do same with dodo gizzard

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    party jollof rice recipe

    How to Make Party Jollof Rice

    Party Jollof Rice I cannot believe this blog has been up and running for as long as it has been and doesn’t have the recipe for party jollof rice. Please forgive me dear Blog followers. Jollof rice is a dish that every nigerian chef seems to make differently. I prefer my jollof rice very spicy

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