Since we are going native, let's do this!
The first knockout food is what we call Ofe achara na akpuruakpu mgbam in Igbo...
'Ofe' means soup, 'achara' is a kind of vegetable which gets thick is broken and added to the soup, and 'akpuruakpu' literally means moulded and 'mgbam' is melon seeds. So this soup is made of the special vegetable and moulded (mashed) melon seeds, with other ingredients of course.
It is taken with a preferred swallow. The combination looks something like this
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Image from All Nigerian Recipe
Another great food is the Ofe Akwu. As earlier explained, 'Ofe' is soup, and 'Akwu' means palmoil nut.
The soul's main ingredient is the palmoil nut from which the palmoil is freshly squeezed out of. And the basil leaf gives it a special flavor too. It is taken with rice and looks something like this
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Image from Dooney's Kitchen
This third food looks simple, but it is special.
It is called asaro in Yoruba, and is made by mashing boiling yam tubers. It needs a special touch, and if you can't make it, you'd make a mess of the recipe.
It looks like this
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Image from areachops.com
I have shared some of my favorites. I am from the Eastern part of Nigeria, and I am an Igbo lady, but I was born and bred in the Western part of Nigeria, and so my second tribe can be said to be the Yoruba tribe.
I shared of both worlds.