Tuwo, miyan soups, masa, dan wake, suya, and grain-led dishes from northern Nigeria.
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A northern Nigerian rice swallow cooked until soft, mashed smooth, and shaped into mounds for soups like miyan kuka or miyan...
Northern Nigerian baobab leaf soup cooked with meat stock, dried fish, dawadawa, palm oil, chile, and fine kuka powder.
Northern Nigerian pumpkin and groundnut soup with meat, leafy greens, tomato-pepper base, dawadawa, and warm spices.
Northern Nigerian fermented rice cakes cooked in small wells until lightly crisp outside and soft inside.
Hausa bean flour dumplings boiled until tender, then dressed with oil, yaji, onions, tomato, and boiled egg.
Nigerian suya, thin beef skewers coated in yaji, the smoky Hausa spice blend of kuli-kuli, chile, ginger, onion, garlic, and...
Nigerian party jollof rice cooked in a fried tomato-pepper base with stock, thyme, curry powder, bay leaves, and a smoky bottom.
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