My Guide to Food – Exploring and Mapping intersections between Nigerian Cuisine and Foods of the World
I love the taste and flavours of this sauce, perfect for dunking southern fried chicken tenders in. That’s what we did the first time I made it. Chunky vegetables go into a sauce that’s rich with mangoes. Secret sauce? Angostura Bitters. Perfect for Chapman, soup and pie. [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Caribbean Mango Sauce – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
Because mango puree, yogurt and granola make an awesome trio. I experimented in two ways: Take one – I layered the elements starting with the mango puree, then unsweetened yogurt and topped with the granola Take two – I stirred the yogurt into the mango puree and topped with granola Preferred? Take one. Because it […]
This is something you want, need, must have in your freezer this season when mangoes are on every street corner and fruit stand. Mango puree for the win, because this is quick and easy and can be used in a myriad of ways – drinks, desserts, sauces and on and on. And all in 4 […]
Salsa, of a rhythmic Latin American dance. And of a sauce. A condiment with names, types, characters varied. From Roja, of red to verde, of green. With sweetcorn, onions, carrots, pineapples and mangoes – each starring as the main ingredient. Even with citrus too. This salsa I present to you is of mangoes.
I didn’t grow up cutting up mangoes into pretty chunks for food. I didn’t worry about how to get my chunks all lined up in a row. I didn’t find my days and night taken with thoughts of salsas and salads Limed-fruit and whatnots. It wasn’t till adulthood beckoned… That I learnt how to cut […]
I am three times a lady. I want you to remember that. No matter what you read in the coming minutes, just think ‘Three times a lady’. Time one – I have ‘trained’ myself to wear 6-inch heels, with little fear of tragedy a la sprained ankles and I can actually walk in them. Time […]
Mangoes.
Hi. My name is Ozoz. I’m a Nigerian food explorer who’s on a quest – to find and share the sweet, sweet nectar that’s food
