Nigerian rice and beans Jollof is basically a combination of rice and beans cooked in a tomato stew. It is nutritionally richer than plain jollof rice because of the addition of beans. Making it is not as straight forward as making Nigerian jollof rice which is a one-pot dish also, […]
This vegetable rice is a dish I made on the fly. Not wanting to serve my white rice and stew with slaw, I decided to incorporate the slaw in the rice which eliminates
Whenever I am very busy, I deliberately make more rice than we can eat so that I can use the leftover another day for a totally new dish saving me a lot of time. We eat a lot of rice in my home. If you happen to have cooked rice that […]
Rice salad is a simple salad thrown together with whatever vegetables, proteins, herbs you enjoy eating with your rice. The ingredients are also mostly what you already use for other salads e.g. Nigerian vegetable salad, Sweetcorn salad. It will work with most kinds of rice and also works perfectly with […]
This flavour-packed Nigerian Tomato rice is a simple one-pot dish, quick and easy to make. It adds an awesome variety to your dinner table and rice dishes. It is totally Nigerian with the unique taste of yaji (suya spice) shining through. Unlike the Nigerian Jollof rice, tomato rice is made […]
Rice milk can be made from different types of rice, it is mostly bland with a slight sweetness especially when made with white rice. The commercial variety is not commonly available in Nigeria but it is sold in big stores abroad. They offer sweetened, plain or flavoured. It is important […]
Cooked rice bread is moist, soft, spongy and slightly sweet, quite similar to Potato bread. It is simple and hassle-free to make although the dough is a little sticky. It is excellent for toast. With the amount of rice eaten in most homes, there is bound to be leftover rice from time to time. Instead of
Vegetable couscous is an awesome way to prepare this underutilised ingredient. Couscous is a blank canvas like rice, it will absorb the flavour of the spices used in cooking it. It can be used just like rice and will excite your culinary creativity. Couscous is commonly made with durum wheat semolina, there are […]
Yellow rice is simple, fragrant, slightly spicy and most of all, pretty as a picture. Made with turmeric, it is fancy-looking rice that will make your dinner table look elegant. It is part of Spanish, Indian, Caribbean and South African cuisine. My first taste of yellow rice was in an […]
Green leafy vegetable rice is enriched wholesome rice, an excellent way to add more vegetables to your diet. Made with green amaranth and lovely aromatic herbs, it is herby, packed full of flavour and nutrients. I have been craving green leafy vegetables of late especially green amaranth simply called green […]
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