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Coconut Rice

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Coconut rice is not just a healthy meal, it is also delicious, especially when you use really matured-sweet coconuts. If you are looking to prepare this delicious meal but don’t know how to do it, here is all you need to know about preparing this delicious rice meal. What you see is a simple coconut rice, super delicious. The only difference between the usual jollof rice and this is the use of cocoanut milk; it changes the taste and impairs the color slightly. There are actually different recipe, some don’t use tomatoes, I have another recipe in the rice book that is called buttered coconut rice, it’s to die for. First you should spend some time looking for the really matured cocoanut, one big cocoanut would be enough for 4 cups of rice which would probably serve a family of five or six. When you eventually find the matured-dried cocoanut, the shell is usually dried. Break it, take a bite, if it is not sweet, start looking again. It is important to buy the really...

Jollof Rice

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Jollof rice is one of the most simple and the easy to make Nigerian food, you’d want to start from here if you are new to Nigerian foods. Are you married to a Nigerian person and probably looking for an easy to make African Food? Nigerian jollof rice is accepted all over the world and the ingredient used is found in all parts of the world. This was one of the first foods I learned to prepare at a younger age, my tactics only improved over the years. Ingredients for Making Nigerian Jollof Rice (for 6 persons) 4 cups of rice 1kg beef 1000ml of Ground Fresh tomatoes (your blender is calibrated, 1000ml = 1 liter) 50ml Ground Fresh peppers Spices (Curry, Thyme, Delice, Nutmeg, Chicken spice) 3 cubes of knorr of maggi 2 cups of sliced onions 300ml vegetable or groundnut oil salt to taste. 3 cloves of garlic and 2 finger of ginger Parboil the beef (or any meat of your choice) with the spices listed above. I like to use lots of them so as to end up with a very tasty ...

Fried Rice

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Here is the complete ingredient for making this delicious Nigerian food although some of them could be omitted depending of personal preferences. Ingredients for Nigeria fried rice. (6-8 persons) 4 cups of rice 5 cups of sliced Cabbage 2 cups of sliced Carrot Green beans {2 cups} Peas {half cup}(optional) 1 cup of sliced Green pepper Liver {0.3kg} Meat {2kg}(chicken, beef or goat meat) Vegetable oil {150ml} 1 cup of sliced Onions Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 Tablespoons} Salt and pepper to taste Preparation Most Nigerian foods start with you parboiling the meat to be used, Most Niaja foods including fried rice goes along with fried or cooked meat. The most popular meat in Nigerian is either chicken or beef. Parboil the goat meat, chicken or any other you chose with all the necessary ingredient (teaspoon of salt, half cup of sliced onions, teaspoon of thyme spice, teaspoon of curry, 2 cubes of maggi or knorr). Allow the meat to cook for ten to fifteen ...