Month: April 2016

luscious and soft agidi jollof

Agidi Jollof

Agidi jollof took plain ol’ agidi (eko) and made it into a delightfully flavoursome dish, just like what jollof rice did for white rice. While growing up, there were many things my siblings and I were not allowed to buy or eat, one of them was Agidi jollof because it […]

jollof rice, nigerian jollof rice, rice in a bowl

Jollof rice, Nigerian Jollof Rice

“If anyone says you eat too much Jollof rice, cut them from your life, you don’t need that kind of negativity”  Anonymous (meme). Nigerians are that passionate about Jollof rice. It is the make or break of every Nigerian social gathering, the ever-present dish. Nigerian jollof rice is rice cooked […]

healthy anala soup, ofe ukpom

Anala Soup Ofe ukpom

My first knowledge of Anala soup, Ofe ukpom was from a conversation between my mother and my paternal grandmother. They had both just devoured two bowls of some soup and were talking about how they couldn’t taste the salt in any other thing they ate subsequently. Furthermore, the soup barely […]