Nigerian Food Ingredients & Condiments

 Before cooking any Nigerian meal, you’ve got to have certain ingredients ready. Here’s a list of ingredients I put together which you’d likely see when preparing both simple and complex meals. This would help you identify what you’ll need when preparing meals. 

Here’s the full list below:

A. SEASONINGS:::

Local Seasonings like these are very important when cooking Nigerian food. They’ve long been used for ages in preparing local delicacies and they each add a unique flavour to meals. For more info, Click here to learn more about this

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Local Name: Iru (Yoruba) English Name: Locust Beans (fermented)		For Full Info: Click to learn more about this	For Full Info: Click to learn more about this
2.	Local Name: Okpei (Igbo)   English Name: Locust Beans (fermented)		For Full Info: Click to learn more about this	For Full Info: Click to learn more about this
3.	Local Name: Dawadawa (Hausa type)    English Name: Locust Beans (fermented)		For Full Info: Click to learn more about this	For Full Info: Click to learn more about this
4.	Local Name: Ogiri (Igbo)		For Full Info: Click to learn more about this	For Full Info: Click to learn more about this

B. CURDLING AGENTS / TENDERIZERS

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Local Name(s): Akaun (Igbo), Kanwa (Hausa), Kaun (Yoruba)   English Name: Potash			Used as a curdling agent and tenderizer
2.	Local Name(s): Ngoh / Ngoo (igbo) English Name: Palm bunch ash			Used as a curdling agent and tenderizer

C. THICKENERS

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Local Name: Achi

D. VEGETABLES

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Leafy Vegetables		For more Info: Click to learn more about this	For more Info: Click to learn more about this
2.	Herbs		• Parsley • Rosemary e.t.c
3.	Calciferous Vegetables		For more info: Where to get foreign fruits and vegetables locally

E. FISH & SEAFOOD

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Fish & Seafood		• Stock fish  • Dry fish • Beef  • Cow Hide (Sharki/ Kpomo) • Crayfish • Dried prawns / Shrimp

F. MEAT

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Meat

G. SPICES

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Spices		Full list HERE

H. COOKING OILS

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	Local Name: Akwu (Igbo), Banga Juice(Delta), English Name: Palm fruit Juice		For full info: Click Here	For full info: Click Here
2.	Local Name: English Name: Palm Oil		For full info: Click Here	For full info: Click Here

I. SEEDS & NUTS

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	SEEDS		For full info: Click Here	For full info: Click Here

J. FLOURS / MEALS/GRITS

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	YAM MEAL FLOUR (WHITE)
	YAM MEAL FLOUR(BROWN)
2.	CORN / MAIZE MEAL FLOUR(WHITE)
	CORN / MAIZE MEAL FLOUR (YELLOW)
3.	CASSAVA MEAL FLOUR
	CASSAVA GRITS (GARRI)
4.	WHEAL MEAL FLOUR
5.	OAT MEAL FLOUR

K. STARCHES

NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	CORN STARCH
2.	CASSAVA STARCH
	CASSAVA STARCH BALLS(TAPIOCA)

L. SWALLOWS

Swallow is a term used to describe edible dough balls served alongside Nigerian soups. 
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NUM	NAME	PICTURE	DESCRIPTION	USES
1.	English Name: Yam swallow		Full Article HERE	Full Article HERE
	Local Name: Pounded yam
	Local Name: Amala
	Local Name: Poundo Yam
2.	Garri
3.	English Name: Corn meal Swallow Local Name: Nnioka (Igbo)
	Local Name: Tuwo Masara (Hausa)
4.	Onunu
5.	Wheat Meal Swallow
6.	Tuwo Shinkafa
7.	Fufu

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