Nigerian street foods.

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29 April 2022.

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If you were born and brought up in places like Lagos, port-harcourt,aba or even the northern parts of Nigeria then you can never say you are a stranger to street foods. Especially in rural areas in the country most people survive mainly on street-food..

For those of us who aren’t sure what street foods are let me try to explain. Street-food are edibles or food that one can purchase on the sides ways of a street or road. They are mostly food stands or kiosk.

In Nigeria most street food vendors are always found in the rural parts of the country otherwise known as the trenches. Example of these street foods in Nigeria include.

  1. SUYA( roasted beef)

This is very popular in the northern part of Nigeria and in some parts in the west like Lagos in fact this is what I am having tonight😂. It is basically beef from cows roasted carefully in the open and it is mostly done by northern Nigerian men. If a customers sees the meat displayed on the cooker by the seller he points the one he wants and then the meat seller cuts and prepares the meat for him adding other things like grind-pepper, onions and sometimes tomatoes. It is very spicy and tasty and can go with almost any food or a nice cold bottle of soft drinks.

This is the image I was able to find.
  1. Boli(roasted plantain)

This one is most popular in and originated from the southern parts of Nigeria. Like port-harcourt,bayelsa and the likes. It is basically roasted plantain( sometimes ripe sometimes unripe) with tomatoes and peeper sauce make with different sweet African spices including ginger, onions and the likes. Some might even add roasted fish to the menu and boy is it tasty?.

This is probably one of the most amazing street food I have ever tasted in my adult life. Apart from the sweetness from the different spices, the roasted plantain is a very health combo as it serves the body with calcium for strong bones and teeth. So for my foreign friends planing to visit Nigeria soon please tell your person to take you to go get some Boli ( pronounced borlee).

  1. Akara (bean cake)

This is very popular among kids. It is mashed beans, washed and grinded with fresh peppers and sometimes onions with other spices into a semi-liquid form and then place on heat groundnut oil and allowed to fry. It is mostly sold along with fried yam or potatoes but don’t be fooled the main attraction is the bean cake locally known as akara.

This can be eaten on the go and bought to be eaten at home with pap or bread. It is a locally street food that have been in existence from the beginning of time and is often prepared on Saturdays in a typical Nigerian home.

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  1. Puff-puff (small chops)

This bad boy is so popular that they even some in weddings and events. It is probably the god-father of street foods. It is made using floor, sugar and other stuff I don’t know about. ( sorry😂😂).

They are really tasty and are mostly consumed by students, probably strolling home after school. It is best to take with a super chilled bottle of soft drinks or ice-cream. Oh heavens 😂😂😂.

These Nigerian street-foods are the best; they have been passed on from generation to generation and they really remind me of my childhood except suya anyways I still eat that everyday. Thank you for reading and I want to use this opportunity to appeal to my dear friend @TheRandomRewarder is something going on that you aren’t telling me buddy ? Text me when you see this 😂miss you.

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Give me suya and I Sha live🤸🤸🤸. Suya still remains a top-notch package for meat lovers. And those northerners know how to prepare it very well, like it baffles me if they went to school to learn how to prepare it🤣

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😂😂😂it’s really not that hard to make sha .. so have been told 😂 but yes you are right that is their specialty they make it so well

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2 years ago

We also have meeshai (indomie and egg), roasted yam/cocoyam and oil sauce, I love them all 😍 I was craving for boli some few days ago but I couldn't find any around me, luckily for me I came across roasted cocoyam and I bought it, I am going out again today to still buy more 😆 street food is goated

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2 years ago

Really goated fast and ready to eat plus they are usually very tasty

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2 years ago

I love all of themmmmm, I miss New hall's suya😂😂 with Garri

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😂😂see dem .. Unilag people .. we in c@n@da we don’t know garri

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2 years ago

There are different kinds of street food around the globe. Yes, I really like the first image of street food you've shared and it's look like so delicious 🤤

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Yeah ??? Thanks you should try it out if you ever visit here

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Knowing the food culture of other countries and tasting their food is very appetizing, but I am on a diet for night snacks... ...but I can break the diet at any time. :D

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2 years ago

Oh for real ? Well I like to snack at night a lot though

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2 years ago

Suya and garri best combo Sha .... You no mention am 👀... You've betrayed your food friend that helps you in the days of sapa

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What?? Me? Don’t be chatting that bruh I only eat porsh food bro .. me ? Suya and garri ? E never be me 😂

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2 years ago

I don screenshot am sha

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2 years ago

Haha is he missing in your articles? Street foods in your country seems delicious..hehe

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2 years ago

They actually are delicious and tasty

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2 years ago

Omo you be legit Nigerian. The one I love most is Boli. The taste is so amazing. I really do not like Suya but I'm beginning to like it because Wiz likes it😅

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Iyawo wizzy na wa oh .. 😂😂 I need to link you up with wiz

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As a Nigerian, the street food I like most amongst the ones listed above is Suya, maybe it's due to my love for Meat sha. Btw I don't know, Rusty has been so strict with his rewards these days. hope everything's fine.

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I don’t think everything is fine oh I think rusty isn’t feeling well I miss him sha .. I am going to visit him tomorrow on the mataverse 😂

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