It is true that each tribe in Nigeria has its own special food unique in its own taste, colour and ingredients, but when it comes to one particular soup in Nigeria which is the popular Edika ikong soup, everyone can testify about it. This soup is tasty, unique, enticing, irresistible, colourful, flavourful, …
Fruits are great appetizers that are commonly served after or before meal time, this happens mostly in parties; you may likely come across some bowl of fruits being passed around from one table to another. It looks beautiful when this bowls are loaded with different fruits. These fruits can be served as …
Temperatures over the past 10years clearly were the warmest since measured records have been available (Stefan et al., 2003). The year 1998 sticks out well above the long-term trend due to the occurrence of major El Nino events that year (the last El Nino so far and one of the strongest on …
Climate change at the global scale Most modeling of the effect of climate change has focused on malaria (Marten and Lefebvre, 1995; Rogers and Randolph, 2002). A recent paper has estimated the potential impact on the global distribution of dengue (Hales et al.,2002). But the potential impact of climate change on other …
Ogbono seeds are typical seeds in Nigeria, gotten from a plant called wild African bush mango. They are commonly used to prepare a sticky soup called ogbono soup but sometimes known as draw soup. The seeds are sometimes cooked with okra (lady’s fingers) or without okro, just the ogbono alone with little vegetables, depending …
Abak atama soup is a delicious palm fruit soup similat to Igbo banga soup; the last time I travelled home my mum gave me a wonderful surprise with a delicious, aromatic and fresh looking dish called ‘Efere atama (banga soup) made with ‘Abak’ (palm fruit extract), till today, it is still fresh in …
Bitter leaf soup generally is a very healthy and tasty Nigerian soup, it is delicious, thick and filled with numerous rich ingredients, this article explains how to cook a tasty bitter leaf soup with cocoyam which is the thickener. This soup is sometime referred to as cocoyam soup. Bitter leaf as the …
Have you ever wondered what thesetiny grains are made from,how they arebeing cooked and how delicious the taste could be ? All these are questions I have asked myself when I came to know about couscous and was able to know the anwsers after a cousin of mine introduced me to this …