What Is Waakye? Ghana's Rice and Beans + Easy Waakye Recipe
Waakye is Ghana's favorite rice and beans, cooked with dried waakye leaves that turn the pot a deep...
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African & Caribbean Recipes & Guides
West African and Caribbean recipes, plus honest guides to the ingredients, herbs, skin care and hair care our customers ask about every day.
What Is Amala? How to Make Amala (Yam Flour) + What to Eat It With
Amala is a soft, brown swallow from southwest Nigeria, made by stirring yam flour (elubo) into hot water.
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How to Use an African Net Sponge (and How to Use Body Wash Without a Loofah)
The African net sponge is a long, stretchy nylon bath net that reaches your whole back; here's how...
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Curry Powder Guide: Jamaican vs Indian vs Nigerian Curry
Not all curry powder is the same: Jamaican, Indian-style and Nigerian curry use the same base spices in...
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Cassava Leaf Soup: How to Cook Cassava Leaves (Pondu & Saka Saka)
Cassava leaf soup is a rich, slow-cooked stew of pounded cassava leaves, palm oil and smoked fish or...
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Pounded Yam: What It Is, Best Poundo Flour & How to Make It Smooth
Pounded yam (iyan in Yoruba) is the smooth, stretchy swallow Nigerians eat with egusi, efo riro and ogbono...
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Ewa Agoyin Recipe: Nigerian Mashed Beans & Agoyin Sauce
Ewa agoyin is Lagos street food at its best: soft, mashed honey beans topped with a dark, smoky...
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Lausanne Biscuit: What It Is, Taste & Where to Buy
The Lausanne biscuit is the Jack 'n Jill wafer many of us grew up with: thin, crispy wafer...
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Plantain Chips: Sweet, Salted or Spicy? Brands, How They're Made & Recipe
Plantain chips are the crunchy snack of West Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America: some are sweet, some...
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Chin Chin: What It Is, Brands We Sell & Easy Homemade Recipe
Chin chin is West Africa's favorite crunchy snack: small cubes of sweet dough, fried until golden.
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Ginger Candy for Nausea: Does It Work? What Research Says
Does ginger candy help nausea? What the research says for morning sickness, chemo, surgery and travel, how much...
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Ginger Candy: Akono Ginger Sweets, Taste & Ways to Enjoy Them
What ginger candy is, hard candy vs ginger chews vs crystallized ginger, how it tastes, how many to...
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Baobab Powder: Benefits, Nutrition & How to Use It (Plus a Bouye Drink Recipe)
Baobab powder is the dried pulp of the African baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata). Learn its nutrition, benefits backed...
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Horsetail Tea (Cola de Caballo): Benefits for Hair, How to Make It & Side Effects
Horsetail tea (cola de caballo) is brewed from Equisetum arvense, a silica-rich plant. Learn its benefits, what research...
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Uziza Seeds (Piper guineense): Taste, Uses & How to Cook With West African Pepper
Uziza seeds (Piper guineense) are West Africa's peppery, aromatic spice. Learn what they taste like, how they differ...
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Kinkeliba Tea (Kenkeliba): Benefits, How to Brew & Why West Africa Drinks It
Kinkeliba (Combretum micranthum) is West Africa's beloved bush tea. Learn what it tastes like, its benefits backed by...
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Gongolili (Gongoli): West African Vetiver Root for Water, Tea & Baths
Gongolili (gongoli, khamaré, cepp) is dried West African vetiver root, traditionally soaked in drinking water, brewed as tea...
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Sisinon Bark (Pteleopsis suberosa): What It Is, Traditional Uses & How to Prepare It
Sisinon is the Togolese name for the bark of Pteleopsis suberosa, a West African savanna tree. Learn its...
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What Is Alligator Pepper? Grains of Paradise, Uses & Benefits
Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) and alligator pepper are West African ginger-family spices. Learn how they differ from...
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Mullein Tea (Gordolobo): Benefits, How to Make It & Side Effects
Mullein tea, known in Spanish as gordolobo, is a gentle herbal tea from Verbascum thapsus leaves. Learn its...
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Burner Oil Guide: How to Use an Oil Burner & the Best Scents to Try
How to use an oil burner safely, how many drops to add, and the best burner oil scents...
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Cocoyam Fufu: What It Is, How to Make It & What to Eat It With
Mama’s Choice Cocoyam Fufu delivers smooth texture, authentic flavor, and the comfort of traditional African cooking — a...
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Oat Fufu: How to Make It & Is It Healthy?
Mimi Oat Fufu (Whole Grain Oat Flour) 2lb is a healthy, smooth, and authentic African swallow made from...
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What Is Dettol? Antiseptic Liquid, Soap & How People Use It
What is Dettol? An antiseptic with 4.8% chloroxylenol. What Dettol liquid and soap are used for, how to...
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