Jollof Rice

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SAVEUR kitchen assistant Yewande Komolafe, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, gave us her family's recipe for this celebratory rice dish. Serve it with fried plantains, stewed greens, and meat or fish.

submitted by Cook A Thing

• legends
• nigerian
• rice

Fried Plantains

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SAVEUR kitchen assistant Yewande Komolafe, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, gave us this family recipe for crispy, sweet plantains.

submitted by Cook A Thing

• nigerian
• plantains
• sides

Nigerian Meat Pie

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I can remember having a meat pie at almost every Nigerian party while growing up. Meat pies were usually one of the first items to go!

submitted by Tim Murtaugh

• baking
• hand pie
• nigerian