Okele

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Okele, also known as "swallows" in pidgin Nigeria English, is a Yoruba food category for various starchy foods eaten with soups. [1] Ingredients used to make okele include yam, fermented cassava, cassava granules with hot water, plantain, wheat flour, yam flour and cocoyam. [2] Okele can also be made from rice, millet, sorghum, corn and potato. Okele in Yoruba cuisine includes iyan (pounded yam), eba, fufu, amala, lafun, semo, poundo and pupuru. [3] [4]


References

  1. ↑ "Up the Mountain Called Okele". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Okele and the man". Nigeria NG. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Nigerian Staple Foods: Solid Meals aka Swallow". Foodie in Lagos. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Okele Feast". Mychopchop. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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