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The Naija Table

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Smoky Jollof Rice

Nigerian Fried Rice

Yam Porridge

Nigerian Jollof Rice is a vibrant, one-pot West African dish made with rice, tomatoes, peppers, and spices, celebrated for its smoky flavor and cultural significance.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 3 Hours

Nigerian Fried Rice is a vibrant, flavorful rice dish made with parboiled long-grain rice, mixed vegetables, curry powder, and seasoned proteins like beef liver, chicken, or shrimp, commonly served at parties and festive occasions.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 2hr:30 mins

Beans cooked with palm oil or vegetable oil, peppers, onions and seasonings and be served with ripe plantain, yam, garri or bread.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 2 Hours

The Nigerian Kitchen

Learn the Dishes You Love

Choose a favourite Nigerian dish and learn the preparation, flavour-building and cooking techniques behind it through a personalised hands-on lesson.

Nigerian stew is a rich, spicy, tomato-based stew made with meat, peppers, onions, and seasonings, commonly served with rice, yam, or other staples.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 2 Hours

Moi Moi

Oil Beans & Plantain

Nigerian yam porridge, also known as Asaro, is a hearty one-pot dish made with yam chunks simmered in palm oil, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and seasonings, often enriched with crayfish or smoked fish.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

Fragrant Nigerian rice cooked in creamy coconut milk, creating a subtly sweet, savoury and aromatic dish.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 2 Hours

Nigerian coconut Rice

Ayamase stew

Spicy, light broth with fish, chicken, or goat, often served as a starter or for medicinal purposes.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1 hour

Ayamase—also called Ofada sauce—is a spicy Nigerian stew known for its green color, smoky aroma, and deep umami from fermented locust beans. It is traditionally paired with Ofada rice and assorted meats.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 2 Hours

Egusi Soup

Master the art of this wholesome spinach, pumpkin leaf stew, balancing robust flavors with fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

Vegetable Soup

Banga Soup

A rich palm-fruit soup made from ripe palm nuts and traditional spices, commonly prepared with meat, fish or seafood. It is especially associated with southern Nigeria and is often enjoyed with starch or rice

Okra Soup

Egusi soup is a rich West African dish made from ground melon seeds, palm oil, assorted meats or fish, and leafy vegetables such as spinach, pumpkin leaf or bitterleaf, commonly served with fufu, pounded yam, or garri.

Total preparation/cooking time: 2 Hours

A rich, flavourful Nigerian soup made with fresh okra, palm oil, and a choice of meat or fish.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1 Hour

Nigerian garden egg sauce is a flavorful, hearty sauce made from garden eggs (African eggplants), palm oil, peppers, and smoked fish, perfect with yam, plantain, or rice.

Total preparation/ cooking time:1 hr 20 mins

Garden Egg Sauce

Pepper soup

Moi Moi/ Moin Moin is a traditional Nigerian meal made from beans, onions, peppers, spices, and other ingredients. It is delicious, easy to make, and inexpensive.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 3 Hours

Nigerian Stew

Ogbono soup is a traditional Nigerian soup made from ground ogbono seeds, known for its thick, slimy texture and rich, savory flavor.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ogbono Soup

Gizdodo

Gizdodo is a popular Nigerian dish combining fried chicken gizzards and ripe plantains in a spicy, flavorful sauce. Preparation time

Total preparation/ cooking time: 1hr: 30 mins

Pounded Yam

Amala

Starch

Boiled yam pounded until smooth and stretchy

Served with rich Nigerian soups such as egusi, ogbono, vegetable or afang soup

Total preparation/ cooking time: 20 minutes

Eba is a popular Nigerian staple made from garri (cassava flour) mixed with hot water to form a dough-like “swallow” food, typically eaten with soups and stews.

Total preparation/ cooking time: 15 minutes

Semolina is a smooth, dough-like Nigerian swallow made from semolina flour, commonly served with rich soups such as Egusi, Efo Riro, and Okra soup.

Total preparation/ cooking time:20 minutes

The Nigerian Kitchen

Eba

Semolina

Starch, known locally as "usi" in the Niger Delta, is a smooth, stretchy, and gelatinous staple made from cassava, commonly served with rich Nigerian soups

Total preparation/ cooking time:20 minutes

Yam flour, or in some versions plantain/cassava flour, mixed with hot water

Eaten with soups such as ewedu, gbegiri, efo riro or ogbono

Total preparation/ cooking time: 20 minutes

Make your choice of Swallow

The Naija Table Experience

Learn More Than a Recipe

🇳🇬 Authentic Nigerian Flavours
Explore beloved dishes inspired
by Nigerian home cooking and food traditions.

Cooking Nigerian food is about flavour, technique, confidence and the joy of sharing food. Your lesson is built around you, your kitchen and the dishes you want to master.

🏠 In Your Own Home
Learn where you actually cook, using your own kitchen and equipment

👩🏾‍🍳 Private & Personal
One-to-one guidance at your own pace,
with practical demonstrations.

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How Your Lesson Works

Cook Together

Prepare the dish step by step and build the confidence to recreate it yourself.

Cooking Nigerian food is about flavour, technique, confidence and the joy of sharing food. Your lesson is built around you, your kitchen and the dishes you want to master.

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