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Aadun
Aadun is a street snack popular among the Yoruba speaking states in Nigeria. The name ''aadun'' means sweetness and it is also commonly served at weddings and naming ceremonies. Overview The four common ingredients used in making aadun include corn flour, chilli pepper, palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ... and salt. There are two types of the snack and they are: the pure cornflour and the moulded one rich in palm oil. The okun people from kogi state also add grinded beans to their corn flour before moulding with banana leaves to give it a unique taste. See also * Yoruba cuisine * Nigerian cuisine References yoruba cuisine {{Nigeria-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Cuisine
Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of ethnic groups that comprise Nigeria. Like other West African cuisines, it uses spices and herbs with palm or groundnut oil to create deeply flavored sauces and soups. Nigerian feasts can be colourful and lavish, while aromatic market and roadside snacks cooked on barbecues or fried in oil are in abundance and varied. Bushmeat is also consumed in Nigeria. The brush-tailed porcupine and cane rats are the most popular bushmeat species in Nigeria. Tropical fruits such as pineapple, coconut, banana, and mango are mostly consumed in Nigeria. Nigerian cuisine, like many West African cuisines, is known for being spicy. Entrees Rice-based *Coconut rice is rice made with coconut milk, tomato puree and other spices *Jollof rice is a rice dish made with pureed tomato and Scotch bonnet-based sauce. *Ofada rice is a popular Nigerian rice variety. It is also called unpolished rice as it is rice in its natural state. *Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
