Botanical name: Pterocarpus mildbraedii Oha leaf is a well-liked vegetable that is indigenous to the Nigerian Igbo people. This is a medicinal plant that grows into a massive tree with...
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Utazi (Gongronema latifolium), commonly known as Utazi by the Igbos, Arokeke by the Yoruba’s, Utasi by the Ibibio tribes of Nigeria. Is a vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked, like...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a common tuber in Nigeria, It's grown in the country and loved by many. Although it's called potatoes it's very different from potatoes referred to as...
Amala is a popular swallow among the Yoruba's from the southwestern part of Nigeria. It can be made from yam, cassava or plantain The amala or elubo made from yam is called amala isu in...
Pounded yam is one of the swallows in Nigeria made from yam The making of this is typically boiling yam and pounding it in a mortar that's where it got its name pounded yam. This process...
Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) and (Dioscorea cayennensis) is a staple food in Nigerian and West African cuisine, It is stated that "yam is food and food is yam" in several yam-producing regions...