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I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.

really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'

ishapa (yummmmmmmm) soup.
asala (does anyone know the English name for this?)
Aadun (with palm oil, or without)
Esunsun (yummmmmmmmmmmm)

really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'

wrong, wrong, wrong and again wrong! it is not MASA. we have MOSA in yorubaland but it is fried and does not look like moinmoin.

and to say yoruba do no have delicacies is to say the earth is flat! wetin you know sef.

ishapa (yummmmmmmm) soup.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. sweet savoury flavour!
with egusi soup, bombastic!.
thanks. gotta enter Shaki soon.
wow. love that. ad pounded yam to that and see what a combo.

knotty:

I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.

I think the name is Abari,i am not sure though

i have heard that as the name lately. and it seems where you come from determine the name you call it.

i have just been reminded that the name is IRO.

i know isapa- there's even a song about it

isapa, lai si ila

ati efo, koi pe o koi pe o.




i also know the maize moinmoin. There's another dish made from fresh corn which i only had once as a kid and havent been able to duplicate since then. You scrape the corn then cook it more or less like jollof rice. A sort of corn casserole.

i have no idea what it's called but it was so delicious.

i think i know ojojo but i'm not sure.

@ topic

1. Stewed palm fruit

2. The one made of fried corn which you grind and add a little pepper or sugar, and palm oil. Then shape it into little squares.

3. cotton seed stew [not sure if this is a specifically yoruba delicacy but i think it might be].


Cant recall the name.

knotty:

i have heard that as the name lately. and it seems where you come from determine the name you call it.

i have just been reminded that the name is IRO.

i guess u ar talking about sapala.

ILASA

this soup is made with Okra leaves and not the Okra seed itself.
it a delicacy made for mothers that have just given birth. and it usually comes prepared with Egusi.

let us document as much of these things as possible. search engines will pick them up for those coming behind.

boli- roast green plantain.


roborobo- just saw this on another site. I know the name but cant recall the taste. I think it's like kulikuli but with pepper added.

knotty:

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

I wonder if this one is Jogi?

Skidoc:

I wonder if this one is Jogi?

It is called SAPALA (r:r:r)

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there is yet another.

it is made of maize, de-husked, cooked into pudding. it assumes a whitish colour and can be eaten with Beans and deep fried stew.
lovely stuff. i saw it today at Yaba.
i will try and recall the name.

^^^
we call it EGBO in my place, i just ed.

U 4got to mention ABARI.,,,,,also made with maize. Same process like moimoi.

Ekuru comes to mind and akara egusi dat was d only reason i enjoyed sittin still in my grandmas room while growin up

Ofada rice . . .might not qualify as "uncommon though"

NiaLong:

Ekuru comes to mind

God bless you! That's the one I was trying to . It's more than DELICIOUS!

Who re "Ofuloju" I think it's the white version of "ekuru".

Ebiripo, that's like moimoi but made with water yam.
And ifokore or ikokore.

BTW, if anybody knows where I can get isapa leaves in Lagos, they should let me know.

pictures

SweetPuffPuff:
pictures

where is this lovely damsel

SmellingAnus:
where is this lovely damsel

bigfoot79:

really yorubas don't have that much delicacies.
The maize food is called masa'

masa belongs to Hausa d Yoruba one is sapala

knotty:
I was just wondering if some of you know these uncommon yoruba foods. some are seasonal, some are for those of us that grew in the village and some are for those who know.

ojojo- fried water yam cakes. beautiful stuff.

monimoni- caterpillar larva that is smoked and fired in stew. wonderful

,,,,,,, i have forgetten the name of this one. but is moinmoin made out maize instead of beans. lovely stuff men.

keep them coming if you know them please.

SweetPuffPuff:

been a while I came across your comments... Lets say someone missed you

SmellingAnus:
been a while I came across your comments... Lets say someone missed you

oh

SweetPuffPuff:
oh

nimat158:
masa belongs to Hausa d Yoruba one is sapala

#tongueout thanks anyway

Davedavy:


I think the name is Abari,i am not sure though

you are 100% right. Its bn a while I tasted it, but I will definitely try it out on my own soon