Category: African

From what  I  know about Ijebu gari was from the African food blogs. This is going to be a brief post because my iPad is really aggravating me at this point.  I put 3 handfuls of Ijebu gari in a bowl, added 2 tsp of honey and 1 cup of  filtered water at room temp … Continue reading Ijebu Gari

This is the bag above of pounded yam  so therefore I made it according to package directions, sort of. lol 😀   I used  4 handfuls of this pounded yam flour and added 1/2 cup of water and I mixed it together until it was a lump free ball. I put it in the microwave … Continue reading Pounded Yam In The Microwave

One day in the isle of my grocery store I came to a shelf and I stumbled on  a bag of cassava fufu.  I am posting the picture below.  This is what the bag looks like. Now the title picture above Is finished and I ate it with some pepper soup.  and the picture on … Continue reading Cassava Fufu Microwave Version

This weekend I was craving pepper soup again because that the weather is changeable. People get sick with flu and colds this time of year and me being an asthmatic, there is no way I can afford it. Living here in chicago with the changeable weather is enough to make people crazy. It is enough … Continue reading Goat’s Feet Pepper Soup

The reason why I called it this is because it has Ethiopian spices in it.  That is why. I added 1 onion in the pressure cooker, 1 cookingspoon of olive oil, stirred until it became golden, 1 bullion cube, 3 dashes of maggi  or knorr aroma, 1 big pinch of berebre,  1 tbs of niter kibbeh and … Continue reading Ethiopian Spiced Cauliflower

This dish is mostly made with nile perch and it is my all time favorite when I go in to an Ethiopian restaurant. This is my all time favorite because I love fish way too much and I also love spicy food. Any type of fish can be used for this dish and I am … Continue reading Asa Wot (Ethiopian Fish Stew)

One day This one lady who is from the My Active Kitchen blog posted what she made on Instagram. I don’t remember if it was akara or moi moin. Actually I got the idea on how to make red lentil moin moin from her and I said, “Oh wow!!!! There are other cultures that uses … Continue reading Misr Wot (Ethiopian Red Lentil Stew)