If you are a Chinese take-out lover like me, then the sweet and savoury Mongolian beef sauce is no stranger to you. It is made using tender beef strips cooked in a delicious garlicky sauce.
There are many methods of making the Nigerian pepper soup, however, amongst the many I have tried, this recipe takes the crown. It can be taken as an appetizer, a comfort meal or even a natural remedy to the flu.
"Sadza" is a Zimbabwean thick porridge made out of fine cornmeal famously called mealie meal. Sadza is the Zimbabwean name for Ugali in Tanzania. Serve this with your favourite stew, soup or sauce.
Nigerian Egusi soup is a savoury soup made with ground melon seeds, meats and blended peppers, all fried in palm oil. It is garnished with vegetables and eaten with swallows like the famous fufu.
Nigerian bean cakes/bean fritters are a family-favourite especially on Saturday mornings. Akara balls are made up of blended honey beans garnished with peppers and aromatics, fried to perfection.
Thieboudienne, meaning rice and fish, is the Senegalese jollof rice made up of broken rice cooked in a richly seasoned and garnished pepper sauce. It is the national dish of Senegal.