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
The Nigerian love of plantains has always amazed me. If you ask the typical Nigerian how they like their plantains, many would say fried (dodo), boiled or roasted (bole). It was not until I stepped out of the Nigerian cuisine space that I found many other cultures also like plantain. i have noticed Jamaicans fry
So ever since I started Afrolems, everything related to food somehow gets sent to me. People send me jokes about food and articles about cooking and other interesting things. Today, my uncle sent this to me and I thought this was interesting. If you have anything to add to the list please feel free. I
For those that do not know what Bole is, its roasted plantain and you would usually find women in Nigeria sitting by an open fire, roasting plantain and selling it with peanuts. This week, one of my favourite blogs 1Q Food Platter posted a similar recipe. I say favourite because I am biased. My mum
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
Hello Fans of Afrolems, I’m really loving this Chef of the week thing…Last week brought us some Ghanian recipes…This week we have some Nigerian Recipes..Feel free to try them out. Enjoy 🙂 Fish Pepper soup What you need Mackerel- cut into 4 pieces 1 onion 2 scotch bonnet peppers 1 maggi/Know curry, salt, garlic powder
