25 Foods Nigerians Miss Most While Living Abroad Updated With Pictures

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25 Foods Nigerians Miss Most While Living Abroad Updated With Pictures.

Foods Nigerians Miss Most While Living Abroad: Nigeria is a home of good delicacies. Nigerian foods can best be enjoyed in Nigeria that is because a Nigerian will say, “home food na him sweet pass” Meaning that real Nigerian foods are best enjoyed at home.

Akara and Pap

If you’re a Nigerian that just traveled out to countries like the US, China, or Dubai, you will certainly agree with this list of foods Nigerians miss most while living abroad

This is because Nigeria is known as one of the countries that have very spicy meals but delicious meals.

A home rich with different varieties of food. If you are just traveling out of the country, you may find it hard to enjoy the staple meals popular in the country where you are.

Just to take your mind back home, here is a list of twenty-five meals that you can’t help but miss while you are away from Nigeria.

I’m not just going to list this food, I’m going to back them up with pictures to renew your appetite just in case you’ve lost it while abroad. Lol… Check them out below:

1. Jollof Rice

Jollof rice

The truth is that some Nigerians believe that your party is incomplete without Jollof rice. This traditionally West African potluck dish mainly contains rice, tomatoes, pepper, and a few other secret ingredients. Some families even have their own recipes but the best kind of Jollof rice is the one served at Yoruba parties. Just saying.

2. Nigerian Cooked Noodles

Nigerian cooked Noodles

Almost every Nigerian and their mother, brother, sister, and best friend like their noodles a certain way. It is very rare to find a Nigerian cooking their noodles with only the ingredients in the pack. No no no! There must be either sardine, ugwu, (yes, ugwu) fresh peppers, suya, or something extra spicy to kick up the flavor of the dish.

Most of the noodles served in Asian restaurants are different from Nigerian style noodles in taste, look, and consistency, so for a Nigerian living abroad, this can make you crave noodles even more.

3. Garri and Sugar with Ice-cold Water

Garri and sugar with ice-cold water

Foods Nigerians miss most while living abroad The next meal on the list This is one of the best things to come home to after a hot day, especially if it is Ijebu Garri. Garri is accepted, one of Nigeria’s greatest food inventions because it is a winner on almost all counts.

It is cheap, easy to find (except if you are not in Nigeria) and takes little to no effort to prepare. Also, if you are feeling fancy, you can pair it with dried fish that has been fried (Panla), Suya or Kilishi.

4. Kilishi

Kilishi

This is one of those things in Nigeria that people always ask for when someone is coming from Abuja, Kano or the north generally. The hard texture and feel of the meat are complementary to so many other Nigerian dishes like Jollof rice, noodles, spaghetti and so on.

5. Kuli Kuli

Kuli kuli

This is the younger sibling of Kilishi and Suya. It is fairly easy to find anywhere in Nigeria but the best and crispiest kuli kuli comes from the north.

It is made from ground peanuts, dried peppers, and a few other spices. It can also be paired with garri and sugar or Hollandia Yoghurt.

6. Amala and Ewedu

Amala and Ewedu

This is another meal that can make Nigerians say that a Nigerian party (especially if the host is Yoruba) is incomplete regardless of where in the world it is. It is made from grinding dried yam and potato barks to fine powder.

This powder is mixed in hot water and stirred to achieve the right consistency. Although there is Amala flour sold in grocery stores abroad, the quality never comes close to the ones locally made in Nigeria.

Ewedu is also made from a variety of vegetables and spices that cannot easily be sourced outside Nigeria.

7. Ewa Agoyin

Ewa Agoyin

This dish is made from mashing already cooked olo oyin beans. It is one a staple breakfast choice for many Nigerians and it is usually paired with Agege bread and a soft drink of tea.

The stew for this meal is very hard to replicate as it is a recipe that is known by the sellers and passed unto them by their mothers. Some of the ingredients used though are red palm oil, onions, Cameroon pepper and a few other dried peppers.

8. Yellow Eba and Oha Soup

Yellow Eba and Oha Soup

This delicacy is more common to South Eastern Nigerians and tastes absolutely delicious when the stock from cooked goat meat or hide is used in preparing the Oha soup.

It is also delicious when sliced snails and periwinkle are sprinkled to give more variety and flavour to the meal.

9. Banga Soup

Banga Soup

This soup is made from palm fruit oil that has been extracted at a very low temperature. It is best served with Fufu. It is most common to Igbo and Calabar households.

10. Roasted Corn

Roasted Corn

Corns come at a particular season in the year so even Nigerians in Nigeria crave it when it is out of season and cannot wait to eat it.

There is something very satisfying about eating corn that has been roasted outside over a charcoal fire with equally roasted pear. It can also be eaten with Coconut.

11. Moi-moi

Moi-moi

This is made from beans that have been ground with tomatoes, pepper and some other spices. It can be eaten on its own or with pap, Jollof rice, Ijebu garri and some other staple Nigerian meals.

Some people add eggs and chicken franks to their recipe while preparing it to be extra fancy and it gives the dish a whole new twist.

12. Akara and Pap

Akara and Pap

This is another meal variety of beans. It is best when it is cooked from Olo 1 beans as it gives the akara the perfect consistency. It can be easily found to buy and if the vendor prepares it well, it is one of the best meals to have for breakfast. It can be combined with pap as seen above and Agege bread.

13. Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup

Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup

Egusi soup is one of the most nutritious meals in Nigeria and it is a soup that can be eaten with a variety of staples. One of the best ways to have it is with Pounded Yam.

14. Edikaikong Soup

Edikaikong Soup

This meal is traditional to people from Calabar and Akwa Ibom in Nigeria. It is made from a variety of vegetables like ugwu(fluted pumpkin leaves), water-leaf, basil leaves. But edikan-ikong is incomplete without “protein additions” from cow and goat hide, periwinkle and sometimes snails.

15. Meat Pie

Meat pie

One of the things that Mr Biggs will always be remembered for in Nigeria is their meat pie! They would make a lot of revenue if they ever decide to sell that recipe because it is one of the best meat pie recipes ever. The Nigerian meat pie is made from Irish potatoes, minced meat, ginger, pepper and a few other ingredients.

16. Semo and Ogbono Soup

Semo and Ogbono Soup

This is one of the most underrated food combinations ever, but people that know, know. To enjoy this, the consistency of the Ogbono has to be a little waterier than Ogbono would normally be and the Semo has to be a little closer to the consistency of Fufu than to Eba. Semo is eaten as a staple in most Nigerian households.

17. Yam and Fried Eggs

Yam and Egg is the perfect Saturday breakfast food. The fried egg recipe best suited to this meal is the one made with tomatoes and fresh red peppers. This adds variety in taste and colour to the meal.

18. Abacha

Abacha

Abacha is mostly eaten as an appetiser and no, it is not after the late Nigerian Military Head of State, Sani Abacha. It is a meal that is particular to Igbo and Calabar households and it originated from South Eastern Nigeria. It is made from Cassava shavings and is spiced with Cameroon pepper, ponmo and palm oil.

19. Pepper Soup

Pepper soup

This is also a party special that can either be served as an appetiser, main dish or after the main course. It is served and sold mostly at beer parlours.  Most women also like to eat this after they just have children.

20. Fried Rice

Fried Rice

This is made with mostly greens like spring onion, carrots, green pepper, green peas, and curry mix. It can also be paired with plantain and chicken.

21. Tuwo Shinkafa

Tuwo Shinkafa

Tuwo Shinkafa is a northern Nigerian delicacy that is made from rice flour. The best rice variety to use in making this flour is the soft kind. It has a pudding-like consistency and is usually eaten with soups like Miyan Kuka and Miyan Tausha.

22. Suya

Suya

Suya is one of the best food items that have come from the north. It is the Nigerian version of roasted steak. It is made from cow meat and is roasted kebab style. The spice used for seasoning suya is made from a variety of peppers and turmeric. It also contains secret ingredients that afford it its unique taste.

23. Ofada Rice

Ofada rice

This is one of the healthiest carbohydrate meals ever. Most people only make the stew and eat it with normal white rice because Ofada rice is more expensive, harder to find and more tasking to prepare. Also, most people do not like the taste or smell of the rice, so they would rather eat the stew with something else.

24. Roasted Yam and Pepper sauce with Ponmo

Roasted Yam and Pepper sauce with Ponmo

This one is usually sold by the same vendors who sell Boli and roasted corn. It is one of those meals that are best eaten inside your house because it is made with red palm oil and can, therefore, get messy. It also tends to be very spicy so it is advisable to have water at hand.

25. Agege Bread and Fried Egg

Agege Bread and Fried Egg

If you’ve stayed or been to Lagos state before, then you will fully understand how special this bread is among every other bread. No, it is not made only at Agege. Why it is called that is still unknown to many.

This bread is favoured by many Nigerians because it is cheap, easy to find, and satisfying. It comes as unsliced loaves and is usually paired with Ewa Agoyin, fried egg as listed above (maishayi style) or with a bottle of Coca-Cola, bricklayer style.

A good number of these Nigerian foods are found to be refreshing as well as nutritious. Nigeria is known to contain healthy-bodied people; this is because every food they eat makes them good looking. If you’re missing this Nigerian food, don’t rub yourself, just pay a visit to Nigeria and enjoy what you’ve been missing.

I believe that this article has been helpful to you. The pictures are meant to tell you more about how these captivating Nigerian foods look like.

Share this article with your friends abroad and you will see that they will want to come home with you just to have a thirst for one or two food.

CSN Team.

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