Kitchen

Steamed bean pudding, soft and savoury, studded with egg or fish. Eaten alone, with pap, or beside jollof at every party.

The smoky, tomato-deep party rice that every Nigerian household argues about. The whole dish lives or dies on the stew base.

Ground melon seed thickened into a rich, textured soup with greens and assorted meat. Served with pounded yam, eba or fufu.

Thin beef coated in a groundnut and pepper spice blend, grilled hard and fast. Street food that works under a home grill.

A thick, oily spinach stew built on peppers and locust bean. Lighter than egusi, faster than most, and forgiving if you are new to this.

Smooth, stretchy yam pounded to a soft dough. The standard partner to egusi, efo riro and any soup worth the name.