African Culture

  • Nigerian Samosa Recipe

    Who doesn’t love a good Samosa! A crunchy, delicate wrap filled with tender, juicy minced beef and gently fried to perfection! This Samosa recipe is the best one you’re going to get, it includes how to make the filling and how to make the wraps. It’s absolutely easy to make and this method is great…

  • Palava Sauce – Homefoods – the food ingredients people

    A delicacy of many natives of West Africa, this dish cannot be originally linked to any West African country. The word “Palava” is coined from the English word Palaver which is derived from the Portuguese word “Palavra”, meaning idle chatter. Whether this meal earned its named from being prepared or enjoyed over idle chatter is…

  • Kelewele Recipe

    Kelewele is a spicy fried plantain dish and popular street food sold mostly at night in Ghana.    Ingredients for 6-8  Preparation and Cook time : 45 minutes   Ingredients 4-6 plantains 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper or red pepper 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons water or lemon juice Vegetable oil   Preparation…

  • Thobwa Drink Recipe

        Ingredients Maize meal Chimela made from fermented maize, or preferably from millet or sorghum which adds a beautiful reddish colour to the brew Sugar to taste   Preparation Make a thick porridge of maize meal Let this porridge cook thoroughly Dilute this porridge with water and let it cool Once the watery porridge…

  • FRIED KAPENTA Recipe

      INGREDIENTS 250g dried kapenta 1 medium onion Cooking oil Salt to taste   PREPARATION Put kapenta in a bowl Pour hot water over kapenta to completely immense it, soak for 15 minutes then drain and pat dry(soaking removes excess salt used for preservation during drying up process of kapenta) Heat oil in pan, add…