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Easy Nigerian Recipes With 3 Main Ingredients

Nigerian cooking is famous for bold flavour, but many favourites rely on just a few key ingredients plus everyday seasoning like salt, oil, pepper and onion. These are our simplest picks.

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Plantain, oil and salt

Ripe plantain fried in hot oil with a pinch of salt is dodo — one of the easiest sides in Nigerian cooking.

Flour, sugar and yeast

Puff puff is a soft, sweet fried dough made mainly from flour, sugar and yeast. A perfect snack for parties.

Beans, pepper and oil

Moi moi is steamed bean pudding blended with peppers and oil. Beans and plantain pairs beans with ripe plantain for a hearty meal.

Rice, tomato and pepper

The heart of jollof is rice cooked in a blended tomato and pepper base.

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