Nigerian cuisine

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Yam pottage/yam porridge or Asaro

Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of Native African ethnic groups that comprises Nigeria. [1] [2] Like other West African cuisines, it uses spices and herbs with palm oil or groundnut oil to create deeply flavored sauces and soups. [3]

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Nigerian feasts can be colourful and lavish, while aromatic market and roadside snacks cooked on barbecues or fried in oil are in abundance and varied. [4] Bushmeat is also consumed in Nigeria. The brush-tailed porcupine and cane rats are the most popular bushmeat species in Nigeria. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Tropical fruits such as watermelon, pineapple, coconut, banana, orange and mango are mostly consumed in Nigeria. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Nigerian cuisine, like many West African cuisines, is known for being savoury and spicy.

Entrees

Rice-based

Bean-based

Corn-based

Meat

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Woman selling ponmo (cow skin).

Meat is used in most Nigerian dishes.

Soups and stews

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Maafe
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Egburegbu soup usually prepared by Ebonyi State Indigenes

Side dishes

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Dodo (fried plantain)

Puddings, pastes and porridges

Yam-based

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A plate of pounded yam (iyan) and egusi with tomato stew

Cassava-based

Breakfast

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Agidi or Eko

Snacks

Beverages

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Zobo

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