Warripikin was so hyped up for the fact that we are taking Food Arena to #SMWLagos2018 and he was willing to make some food connections with the people at Social Media Week

#SMWLagos2018. And this video is an evidence of his excitement and really, we got some interesting facts and funnies about Nigeria foods from the amazing people who visited the conference.

Businesses have thrived tremendously well over the years all thanks to the internet, which has helped this generation bridge connection with business owners & customers and will continue to be a progressive process, thanks to Social Media.

The organisers of Social Media Week Lagos were really impressive as they brought in the finest of speakers and moderators to make sure every visitor had a wonderful teaching and learning experience. And you know as usual na, we had to be present to dish out to you, some amazing content with Warripikin this time and we already have more presenters on the lineup so, WATCH OUT FOR MORE VIDEOS from our escapade.

Warripikin took to the audience at the event and asked some interesting questions about Nigerian Food and we got their opinion on that. He went further to do some explanation and also to know if they like Nigerian food and what their favourite Nigerian food is. And some said dodo (Fried Plantain), porridge, bread and akara (Local Burger) ;~), also soup like Egusi, pepper stew was mentioned. But the most mentioned as a favourite is the Iyan (Pounded yam).

He also asked a lady about her opinion about the food she has tasted some Nigerian foods but her favourite is the tomato stew. The most amazing part was that she gave Nigerian Food a 9.5/10 rating. Isn’t that amazing!!!???

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before! —
#BattaBox #BattaBoxNG #Nigeria #NigerianComedy #NigerianMusic #NigeriaFashion #NigerianNews #HowTo #Shocking
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post Nigerian Food or Oyinbo Food ?? appeared first on NaijaTube.

Firstly, the best can be found on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria! So BattaBox Presenter Fluorin YP hits the streets of Lagos to find out where to find and how to cook the best Nigerian snacks.

“Nigerian snacks are so important in this life,” says Fluorin YP. “So today, I will be finding all the best Nigerian snacks and small chops, if you are a foodie and cannot fast for 20 seconds then you are in the spirit with me!”

The best Nigerian street snacks that BattaBox buys in our Lagos video include grilled chicken with tomato and hot pepper paste for N500; egg roll and meat pie for N100 from a street seller cart; groundnuts for N50; Popcorn and groundnuts for N100 best bought from a Lagos street hawker in a nylon bag; fried potato or yam for N10 each; fried plantain; and many more Nigerian snacks.

The variety comes from the different foods and crops we have in the country, that can be used for fresh and cheap ingredients. And prices of the small chops on streets of Lagos, although it’s gone up recently with inflation, average at about N100.

“Akara, Puff Puff, Moi Moi, Egg Roll, Buns, Fish Roll,” says one hungry Nigerian businessman. “They are my favorite and definitely the best Nigerian snacks.”

“Samosa, plantain, potato, Akara, fish and turkey,” says one Lagos trader. “They are my favorite Nigerian snacks.”

The main method of cooking any snack is with a charcoal grill on the roadside, or deep-fried in large burnt pan with plenty of palm oil. And Nigeria may be a hot country, but we like our food also served hot and fresh.

And all Nigerian street snacks are best washed down with Fura de Nunu for N100, which is a white liquid mixture of millet and milk, so it becomes fermented with a thick consistency.

So what are your favorite Nigerian snacks? Gist us in the comments below!

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post How to find the Best Nigerian Street Snacks appeared first on NaijaTube.

“We get many Swallow in Nigeria, we get Eba, Amala, Semo, and Wheat,” explains Warri Pikin. “But today, we’re looking into Calabar Fufu – very strong Fufu!”

Starches are often called “Swallow” in Nigeria because they are used to accompany soups and other spicy food dishes to help swallow it down. Typical soups are groundnut soup, vegetable, egusi soup, or palm nut soup.

BattaBox visits a Fufu processing factory in Lagos, with piles of cassava, buckets of water, and plantain flour. The process of making the best Nigerian fufu follows some simple steps:

Firstly, peel and soak the cassava tubers in water for at least 3 days. The cassava is then put into a grinding machine and a cassava yeast powder, which is covered in a bucket and left for 30 minutes to rise. The cassava yeast powder is then washed and mixed, and drained. The cassava is then mixed again with water into a white liquid state. After, a wood fire is made, the liquid fufu put into a large metal dish, and cooked, turned, and pounded for 45minutes-1hour. It will then look like the best Nigerian fufu that we all love and know – and packaged for sale and eating!

“The best fufu gives you energry, other fodos do not give energy like fufu,” explains Emmanuel, who has been processing Fufu for 5 years. “That’s why people call fufu – 6 to 6 – because the energy sustains you for 12 hours.”

The peelings and the chaff from the cassava is also used to feed animals.

The fufu is then wrapped is cellophane and sold for 50, 100, or 200 Naira, depending on the size. And the fufu can stay for 2 weeks without getting old.

And then finally, the food is served! And Warri shows us how you roll the best Nigerian fufu with your hands, dip it into the soup – and, you don’t chew, you swallow!

“You just swallow am, you just clear your throat well well!”” explains Warri. “And now my belly don full!”

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post How To Make The Best Nigerian Fufu appeared first on NaijaTube.

In 2009, Nigeria was producing over 45 million tonnes, almost 19% of global production, making Nigeria is the largest producer and grower of Cassava in the world.

Cassava farmer in Nigeria with his annual crop.

According to some statistics – 90% of Nigerian households consume some type of cassava product every day – and we can believe it!

We all eat cassava is various forms – garri, starch, amala, cassava flour, roasted, fufu, and tapioca – everyday without knowing how it’s actually grown and processed.

Cassava in Nigeria agriculture originally came from South America and introduced into sothern Nigeria during the slave trade. In the 19th century salves began to return to Africa and introduced new processing techniques.

Cassava farming in Nigeria is the main staple for foods across Nigeria and West Africa. And in many small villages this type of small scale agriculture and farming is the main means of earning a living.

“Cassava production is the major profession in this village,” explains one your woman. “I had to join them in cassava production just to earn money.”

Throughout the village, men and women farm the plants, peel and process (washing and soaking the cassava for two to three days), grinding, and then the cassava is pressed in clean bags for the water to dry. If you want garri, the cassava is then fried. Young children load the tubers into trucks for sale. It’s not as easy as it looks, as Folly finds out: she manages to peel just one tuber to the other ladies ten.

The cassava crop, just harvested.

But every part of the cassava plant is used, whether the peelings are fed to livestock, or the flower used in soups or health and hair products.

“We employe people to peel the cassava for us,” says one young woman. “It must be peeled on time, and we pay 50 Naira per basket.”

“They’re seriously trying,” explains Folly, BattaBox presenter. “This is hard work.”

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post How To Make Amazing Cassava In Nigeria appeared first on NaijaTube.

Firstly, coat the fresh fish in flour and deep fry so it’s in a tasty batter for about five minutes. Our street chef recommends using plenty of oil and a wood fired heat.

Make sure you can hear that delicious, mouth-watering, crackling sound.

Take a big spoon and then ladle the fried fish out of the oil. But be careful the oil is hot. Nigeria food likes plenty of oil, often palm oil. This will then soften the fried fish and bones.

Fried Fish and Garri in Nigeria used to cost between 10-20 Naira, but in the recent recession, costs have gone up to over 100 Naira. But still, most fresh Lagos street food fried fish and garri will be sold out in maybe ten minutes. Plenty of customers will come when they smell the aroma.

“I like to take two pieces of fried fish and garri because I’m a BattaBox big boy who likes his Nigeria food!” says Warri Pikin.

“Things are very hard in this country o,” says one customer who has come for his Nigeria food. “So fried fish and garri is cheap and plentiful.”

Garri is a popular Nigeria food, a staple, made from cassava flakes. To make the Garri, wash it in water or milk, and then mix with sugar.

“In the current Nigerian economy, this is normal Nigeria food!” says the customer.

Do you enjoy Nigeria food? What do you think of fried fish and Garri?

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post How To Eat Nigeria’s Fried Fish (with Garri!) appeared first on NaijaTube.

“Its normally expensive but never this high,”

BattaBox presenters Odunayo and Kayode visited the popular Mushin perishable market in Lagos to talk to traders and customers about how the hike in tomatoes have affected their business.

“A basket used to be N20,000 ($60)but it now costs N45,000 ($120),” complains one of the market women

But what has prompted the scarcity of a vegetable like tomatoes that should be available to Nigerians in abundance?

“Its because some rich people are buying them directly to produce tomato paste,” replies one tomatoes seller

Tomato is one vegetable Nigerians cannot do without. It is used to cook our favorite jollof rice, stew and many other foods we eat everyday. But due to the recent development, people are beginning to look for alternatives to cook like eating gravies instead of stew or coconut rice in place of jollof rice.

Watch and enjoy!

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:
… Vine:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post Tomato Scarcity Shakes Nigeria !! appeared first on NaijaTube.

“We sell Crocodiles, Monitor Lizards, Turtles, Pangolins etc,” says one of the sellers

BattaBox presenter Odunayo and kayode travel to Epe, a district on the outskirts of Lagos to find the famous ‘Oluwo Meat Market’ where one can find different kinds of animals both dead or alive which people buy to eat.

In the previous episode, you could see where to buy bush animals like Antelopes, Bush dogs, Bush cats, Deers etc (Watch Below). In this part two video of the meat market, Odunayo shows where you can find reptiles and water animals which people eat.

“Nigerians and white people come to buy them,” says the crocodile seller

The mouths and hands of the crocodiles are mostly tied up to avoid them biting anyone or running away.

Odunayo spoke to a customer who just bought a Pangolin

“It is very very sweet,” says the man.

Watch Previous Video Here –

Watch and share…

****
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW BATTABOX VIDEOS EVERYDAY:

YOU can support BattaBox here:

… Website:
… YouTube:
… Facebook:
… Twitter:
… Google+:
… Instagram:
… Vine:

****
BattaBox is the most exciting Nigerian News & Entertainment Video channel based in Lagos. We are the fact behind Nigerian Movies fiction, Nollywood in real-life with a dash of Yoruba Movie Magic – but none of our videos are made-up like Nollywood – they are all true stories!

BattaBox is Nigeria Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
SHARE this video with friends and family.

The post SHOCKING: Nigeria’s Crocodile Meat Market appeared first on NaijaTube.