A few days ago, Some of our Afrolems fans requested a recipe for Nigerian Cake. You know the one that most shops and bakeries had but never told you the real name of the cake. Well, I am here to let you know that it’s called Pound cake but everybody adjusts their pound cake recipes
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
This Native Jollof Rice recipe has been a long time coming. For every time i tried to write a post on it, it always got bumped for another dish. Believe it or not I have been trying to write this particular post since 2010. Finally 3 years later, here we are and probably better than
So I have to admit that for the first time in my life this week, I made akara. I find that with cooking, I know the motions, the steps, the ingredients but most dishes I have mentally prepared and not physically. Ok I think I am getting to philosophical all on top akara lol. But
Am I the only one that thought RSVP meant Rice and Stew Very Plenty? Come on guys you know you did too hehe. This past week, I went to visit my friend’s mum and she was telling me about Igala recipes and it hit me that a lot of Nigerian dishes are variations of the
Hello there beautiful people! Afrolems has missed you and for Democracy day, I came back with something extra special. My friend is moving to Calgary this weekend and I decided to give her a little (well, HUGE treat). Being a Calabar girl like me, spicy food is right up her alley. To create a balance nonetheless,
St Patrick’s day was an interesting day for me. I sat in the kitchen with my mum from the time I woke up at noon till 9pm when I was ready to go to bed. We did everything in the kitchen that day. Cooked, listened to music, skyped with the rest of the family etc.
During Lent, a lot of people give up a whole lot of things as a fast during the period and the very popular food item that people give up is beef. I have heard many people give up chicken as well. I started looking online for some lent inspired recipes and all I saw was
Nothing gets Nigerian men gingered like peppersoup. In my experience, once you tell a Nigerian man you have peppersoup, at that point you have the magic dish that is going to make him fall in love with you. You can pretty much make peppersoup out of any protein; goat meat, beef, chicken, fish, shrimp etc.
