Kachumbari – East African Tomato Salad
I will be sharing the recipe for kachumbari today. As we are getting to the last days of summer and tomato plants are giving their last set of fruits, I’m
African Red Palm Oil
Red palm oil is not a trendy food to Africans. It is is one of the most popular cooking oil used for cooking across the region. This oil with distinctive
Ghana Shito
I recently realised how easy it is to make shito using an African kitchen’s staples and I just had to share this with you. Shito (Ghana hot pepper sauce) is
Fermented African Locust Beans – Iru / Dawa dawa
Fermented locust beans is a common traditional condiment in Nigeria, and other West African countries. We call it “iru” in Yoruba land, it is called “dawa dawa” in Hausa, and
Cinnamon Spice
I saw an episode of Ainsley’ Carribean kitchen where Ainsley Harriot had a chat with a lady in Grenada about cinnamon spice. The lady said “we put it on toast,
