Nigeria
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Jollof Rice (Nigerian)
Nigeria's party crown: rice cooked in a smoky tomato-pepper base until it drinks the sauce and catches at the bottom — the jollof whose rivalry with Ghana fills a thousand arguments. Ingredients: long-grain parboiled ric…
Egusi Soup
The melon-seed magnificence: ground egusi seeds thicken a palm-oil stew of leafy greens, assorted meats and stockfish into Nigeria's most luxurious soup. Ingredients: egusi (melon seeds), palm oil, ugu (fluted pumpkin le…
Suya
The skewers of the northern grill: thin strips of beef (or chicken, ram) dusted in yaji — a fiery peanut-spice rub — grilled and served with onions, tomatoes and cucumber. Ingredients: beef, yaji spice (ground peanuts/ku…
Pepper Soup
The clear, fiery broth of celebration and recovery: goat, catfish or chicken simmered with native spices (calabash nutmeg, grains of selim) until the pepper clears your head. Ingredients: goat meat or catfish, pepper sou…
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