Sides to accompany your meat, fish or to have as a meal in itself.
The cassava, like yam, is staple in the Liberian and Sierra Leonean diet, as is rice. It’s never really been a part of my diet, having only ever had it in the form of cassava fufu, which I’m not too keen on. Though during spring this year I rediscovered it and became a little […]
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I think corn on cob could be my second favourite vegetable (in case you’ve forgotten, okra is number one for me). Crunchy, juicy and so much sweeter tasting when on the cob and well worth that extra floss to dislodge the kernels from your teeth afterwards. Ha ha ha!
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Jacato (known to others as garden egg or African eggplant) are part of the aubergine family, though much smaller, creamy white in colour and a little more bitter than your purple aubergine. You’ll be familiar with jacato if you’ve tried my recipe for jacato babaganoush or you’ve been to one of my supper clubs (returning early […]
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Plantains are the banana’s favourite sibling. Actually, scrap that. They are the banana’s mother, and a mother that rocks!!!! Unlike the banana, plantains HAVE to be cooked before eaten (please don’t try to eat them raw) because of its high starch content but like a banana, you peel them before cooking them. You can get […]
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I’m sure many of you have come across the hashtag #jollofwars since there is, still to this day, such a serious debate going on since way back when. Many west African countries, tribes, mothers, aunties, nephews, grandfathers (you get the picture) claim to be the masters of this fine creation. In the present day, March […]
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I love a good snack, and it made sense to come up with a recipe using one of my favourite vegetables, teamed with a spicy dip since you can never go wrong with houmous (the latter being a new and improved recipe that featured in one of my first posts on the blog!).
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You ask, ‘What is gari?’. It still to this day astounds me that this one root vegetable can be prepared in so many different ways and thus taking on a different form, creating an entirely different dish. Each form tasting so different by solely just boiling, drying, grating, frying, mashing or pounding it and you […]
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I’m baaaack! I know I know, I’ve been (very) lax and neglected posting any recipes for months now – sorry!! Got a bit caught up with launching Cham Cham Hot Pepper Sauce, having stalls at Africa at Spitalfields and Well Street Market Christmas Festival, whilst still hosting a few supper clubs at mine and at […]
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With summer coming (when the sun will definitely shine more than it has done this spring) this is the perfect chicken dish to start the barbecuing season off with. Pepper chicken is another dish that reminds me of all those family parties we attended growing up, where there were tray upon trays of this nutty […]
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Baking okra changes the slimy consistency that most people hate (but I love) so I am hoping this recipe will convert a few people and have them chowing down on this gorgeous vegetable.
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Yesssss, spring is here!! Have you not noticed?? It’s all us Brits seem to be talking about, as well as barbecues and longer brighter day in the park guzzling wine and beer! It’s exciting – no rain and all sunshine (ahem sporadic spells of sunshine and still some rain), and no work….oh, we still have […]
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I know you are already wondering what jacato is, right? Well it is part of the aubergine family but much smaller. Some of you may know it as the African eggplant or garden egg.
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