Tag: african recipes

suya spice

Suya Spice

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Since summer is basically grilling season, I figured this would be a good time to share my recipe for suya spice. Suya (pronounced soya) spice is a mouthwatering peanut-based spice rub that is used to season meat in Ghana and Nigeria. The meat is typically grilled on skewers like a […]

saladu nebbe

Saladu Nebbe (Senegalese Black-Eyed Peas Salad)

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Happy summer! I have some good news. I successfully defended my PhD thesis this week. I’ve got a few revisions to make, but once that’s done, I can submit my thesis and be finally done! I’m so happy. Anyways, lets get to the food. Saladu nebbe is a Senegalese black-eyed […]

kai sega wat

Kai Sega Wat (Spicy Ethiopian Beef Stew)

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Kai sega wat is a spicy Ethiopian beef stew. It’s one of my favourite beef stews. It’s got an amazing depth of flavour. That being said, if you’ve never had this stew before, I must warn you that it’s very spicy. This stew is not messing around when it comes […]

plantain bread

Brown Butter and Cardamom Plantain Bread

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This recipe was inspired by Christopher Kimball’s Brown Butter-Cardamom Banana Bread. I saw this recipe in Kimball’s Milk Street magazine about a year ago and was meaning to try the recipe as is, but never got around to it. Recently, I had some over-ripe plantains lying around so I thought […]