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AMALA, GBEGIRI, EWEDU AND STEW

Most Nigerians will agree that this classic is a highly savoury dish. The combination of Ewedu, Gbegiri and stew forms a mouthwatering slippery vegetable soup that aids the smooth passage of Amala down your oesophagus. I say yummy! INGREDIENTS - 300g or 4-6 cups Yam Flour(Elubo) - 100g Beans - 400g Ewedu vegetable - 8 0r more Red pepper - 10 Small Red Chilli Peppers - 7 or more Fresh Tomatoes - 1 bottle of palm oil - 20g Locust beans - ¼ oz Potassium salt - 450g Beef/Fish - 200g [...]

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How to Make Edikai Ikong Soup With Pounded Yam

Edikai Ikong is a scrumptious vegetable soup from Calabar, Southern Nigeria. It is made from an assorted selection of vegetables, palm oil and spices. This dish is truly delicious and a nation's favourite. Hope you have fun cooking and eating it. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 - 1 tuber Yam - 400g Ugu/pumpkin leaves - 200g Waterleaves or Gure in Yoruba - 1kg boiled assorted meat - 200g Periwinkle - 200g boiled Dried Stock Fish (pre-soaked) - 4 pieces boiled Crabs and or Snails - 100g Shrimps - 50g Crayfish - 300ml [...]

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African Jollof Rice

African jollof rice is a popular party favourite in Nigeria and most West African countries. It has a basic simple method and the ingredients are easy to find. It is a very flexible dish that you can experiment with by adding your own signature ingredients. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 - 500g Long grain rice - 3 cooking spoons Margarine /Vegetable oil - 2 Large Onions - 6 or more Red chilli peppers - 3 large Fresh tomatoes - 3 tablespoons Tomato purée - 1 clove Garlic/ginger - Bay leaves - Thyme - [...]

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7 Huge Benefits to Selling Your Own African food Brand Products

This is the perfect time to start selling products that have your brand’s identity in your African food stores. Many African food stores like yours have starting doing it, the following are the huge benefits in selling your Own Branded and Well Packaged African food Products in your store. Huge Benefit #1 – Its much cheaper to buy unbranded products than to buy someone else existing brand –even at the most competitive wholesale prices from other African food stores. Huge Benefit #2 [...]

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BOILED YAM with GARDEN EGG, SHRIMPS, EGGS AND SMOKED FISH

This is a very tasty experimental dish. It can be eaten as breakfast, lunch or dinner. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 - 1 tuber Yam - 6 pieces Garden egg (igba) - 6 or more Chicken eggs - 2 or 3 Fresh tomatoes - 1 large Onion - 3 small red chilli peppers - 1 ½ cooking spoon Vegetable oil - 20g Shrimps - 1 piece of Smoked Fish - 1 can of Sardine or Corn beef (optional) - Optional seasoning (thyme, Maggi, curry) METHOD STEP 1 Slice yam into round pieces, remove back with [...]

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How to Make Steamed Bean Pudding (Moin Moin)

MOI MOI (STEAMED PUDDING) Nigerian steamed bean pudding (Moin Moin), so tasty they named it twice. Okay that was a bit corny but I love this dish made from beans/black eyed peas. I think it makes an excellent Saturday morning breakfast because it is highly nutritious whilst filling. Serve with custard or if throwing a party alongside Jollof rice. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 - 500g Beans/Black Eyed Peas. - 4 Boiled Eggs (optional) - 2 ½ cooking spoons of Palm oil /Vegetable oil - Cooked Fish/Sardines - [...]

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Importants African Foods Benefits You Must Know

Bitter Leaf Bitter leaf (Ewuro in Yoruba or Vernonia). It can be bought fresh or dried. It is bitter to taste but very delicious in stews or together with Egusi soup. As one of african foods benefits you must know, Bitter leaf contains Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B2. it is used for preparing the well-known bitter leaf soup. This vegetable is extremely good for the body, health benefits include: Cures mild stomach ailments. Acts as a [...]

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8 Ways To Identify Fake African Food Products Suppliers

The internet has made life better such that you can be anywhere and find genuine suppliers of African food products, source and purchase the highest quality African food products at the best available rates and have them shipped to your desired location. The only hurdle is the risk of fraud and fake suppliers. Scammers have duped many African store owners in the name of shipping African food products which they never did. A very good example is the USA based Mrs [...]

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12 Steps To Starting African Store Business

Opening an African store can be a lucrative business venture, especially if you live in a city with little competition and high population of immigrants.African store is a small retail business that sells ethnic products (foods, drinks, hair attachment, movies, music, clothes, cosmetics, artworks etc.) Marketing and Business Plan It’s very important to develop your marketing and business plan when starting an African store. To create a business plan, list the business structure, name of your store, the estimated startup costs, [...]

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Shipping Information

We work with reputable and professional consignment and shipment handling firm, Chartedcoast Shipping (www. com), Chibyke Global (www.chibykeglobal.com), Adelove shipping (www.adeloveshipping.com, USA Only). we can equally hand over your goods to an existing freight forwarding agent, if you already have a shipping line. We also provide clearing assistance to our esteemed customers who don’t have necessary requirements for clearing their consignments when arrived at desired destination country (Conditions Apply). Airfreight are charged based on weight or Volume. All [...]

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Author - Ifeanyichukwu Okorie