Easy African recipes and a little beyond
Chicken bread loaf combines a soft and tender sweet dough with the spicy flavor of Chicken and peppers and wraps it all up in a beautiful yet easy-to-shape braid. Great for breakfast or brunch and you can simply use it to wow the guests at a party. I have used my exact sweet bread recipe for…
Sausage bread rolls – These are light and soft bread stuffed with sausage meat. These sausage bread rolls put an elegant spin on my bread roll recipe. They are light, soft and most of all kid-friendly.They are true crowd pleasers. The first time I came across sausage Bread rolls was at the Nigerian airport in…
No-Oven Bread Rolls – I’ve been asked several times if my Bread Rolls recipe can be made without an Oven. Of course, the answer is yes and I will show you how this can be achieved. The detailed recipe for this Bread rolls haven’t changed and you can see it here just in case you…
Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting – This is a staple for most Cupcakes. It is light, creamy and fluffy. This is my to go frosting each time I make a Cupcake because it comes together so easily. I used frosting for my easy vanilla cupcake recipe on my birthday last week and everyone enjoyed it. It is one…
Easy Vanilla Cupcake recipe from scratch – Who doesn’t love a homemade light and fluffy Vanilla cupcakes? Especially homemade cupcakes made from scratch?. These vanilla cupcakes are super easy to make yet delicious. Vanilla cupcakes can be eaten as they are because they are simply good! However, since I made these specifically for my birthday,…
Plantain Fufu is basically a solid meal or swallow (as we call it in West Africa) made from green plantains. The plantains we use for this recipe is the green unripe plantains. Plantains are grain free and gluten free and they are a good source of Magnesium, Calcium and many other nutrients. In fact, it is…
Jollof Rice or Jellof rice is a rich and incredibly tasty west African one pot Meal. It is a very versatile dish and it is usually made from scratch using Rice, Tomatoes, Pimento peppers, Tomato paste, Habanero peppers, Onions, Salt and other spices. Other seasoned Rice based meals in Nigeria include the Nigerian fried Rice,…
Plantain pancakes – These are ultimate comfort food made from plantains and a few other ingredients. They are very light and tender almost like the french crepes. However, the process involved in making these pancakes are not as intimidating as that of the French crepes. Plantain pancakes are an astounding choice in case you’re searching…
There are a whole lot of plantain recipes and one of them is the Plantain bread/Cake. This bread is delicious and very easy to put together. This cake is one of my favorite plantain recipes because of how easy it is to put together. However, care should be taken because, this bread, unlike the banana…
The Nigerian Buns is the closest sibling to the Nigerian Puff puff. It is basically a fried dough or let’s say more of a thick batter without yeast. These delicious Nigerian Buns are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Buns are extremely popular roadside snacks all over Nigeria. They are usually sold…
The Nigerian Doughnut/Donut is basically the Old fashioned Yeast raised kind of Doughnut and it is often fried not baked. Raised doughnuts have Yeast as their primary leaving agent. Some call it Doughnut while others call it donut. Whatever you choose to call it, this delicious treats needs little to no introduction. They are…
