Our BattaBox presenter, Adeola, went to check out the best Kilishi food joints in Abuja, Nigeria to find out what are the different types of Kilishi you can buy, and how they taste.

“People come from America, Germany, London, Lagos to his place in Abuja to buy Kilishi,” explains one beef jerky trader in Abuja. “People know to ask, when you come to Abuja, collect Kilishi for me!”

Kilishi is made by firstly, buying a cow (!), and then after its been killed, you chop and slice teh beef into thin, long strips. The meat is left near a coal fire to cook for maybe 4 hours. Then the meat is covered in a thick paste or sauce, of peanuts, onions, salt, and other spices. The Kilishi is then put onto drying boards and left in the sun to dry and become crispy. The final, spicy taste is very similar to America’s Beef Jerky.

The main difference between beef jerky and kilishi is in the spicy sauce, and many of the different varieties Adeola tastes have different spicy strengths! For example, the “red” kilishi is the hottest, and the “white” kilishi as the least pepper sauce.

And the best place to buy Kilishi is in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

“Kilishi and Abuja are like wife and husband,” laughs Adeola, BattaBox presenter. “It’s taste it fabulous, and it can last over a year.”

The beef jerky snack originated from northern Nigeria, where the dry weather and hot sun is perfect for cooking the Nigerian food snack.

The Kilishi can then keep for over a year without any change to its taste (just don’t put it in the fridge!)

Do you like Beef Jerky or Kilishi? Gist us in the comments with your favorite recipes!

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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!

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“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!”

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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.”

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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?

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Any excuse is good enough – we love to dress up, impress our guests, splash out on food, and be the centre of attention. So, BattaBox presenter YP Flourin headed out to the streets of Lagos to find out.

We’ve taken the best answers and put them in no particular order!

Firstly, Nigerian fashion is very, very important, with Agbadas, Geles, Aso Ebi’s, with all variety of colors. We get plenty, plenty style o!

But we always want better pass our neighbour. As one girl tells us: “I look at the other girls to see if their level pass my own.”

But, arguably more important than Nigerian fashion, is Nigerian food with plenty of pepper to spice up the party. We do not mess with our food, and at a party there is one food that rules them all – Jollof Rice!

“Jollof Rice! Sharp, sharp! Jollof Rice and meat!” says one guy to YP.

But we don’t just want to eat jollof rice, an amazing Nigerian party needs small chops, pounded yam, egusi soup, and cooked chicken.

“Food! If the rice is not sweet then I just wasted my time,” agrees one young girl.

There are all variety of types of parties in Nigeria – weddings, birthdays, cultural celebrations, even funerals often turn into parties. And other essential ingredients include:

“The Nigerian Music. The Nigerian beat!”

“The setting, I don’t care about the food, it needs to be very nice, like a fairy tale.”

“The people!”

But look out for who you invite, or who crashes your party, as one girl warns: “No ugly guys. Let me be serious. You can’t take selfies with ugly guys.”

And, as for who holds the best parties in Nigeria? Most people we asked seemed to be in agreement. The Yoruba hold the best parties.

“At Yoruba parties, you have a surplus of everything – money, aso ebi, food, and more!” says the last guy.

What do you think are the most essential ingredients to have an amazing Nigerian party? Gist us in the comments.

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In this video Odunayo gets to know Queen Edet a bit better.

“Do you have a lot of suitors, toasters?…you’re pretty so you should have,” Odunayo asks Queen Edet.

“No I don’t have a boyfriend, I don’t have a fiance and I don’t want,” Queen Edet answers.

“What was the reception like wen you first started (selling crayfish)?”

“It’s good because my lecturers buy as well…I’ve already registered my company,” Queen Edet explains.

I hope you are as inspired by this young lady as we are.

If you would like to place an order, you can reach Queen Edet on +2348058120848.

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In this episode of Mama Put Chronicles, Adeola visits Equal Rights Bukka in Alausa, Ikeja.

Her order?

Fried rice, fish, egg, plantain, salad…

Some of her comments…

“Equal rights is not equal at all!” Adeola complains.

LOL!!!

“The customer care service was not fabulous at all…there was no jollof rice,” Adeola adds.

“Their food was very affordable,” Adeola acknowledges.

“The fish was verrrrrryyyyy good!”

If you found this review helpful, make sure you tune in for the next episode of Mama Put Chronicles!

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Her order?

Fried rice, fish, egg, plantain, salad…
Some of her comments…

“Equal rights is not equal at all!” Adeola complains.

LOL!!!

“The customer care service was not fabulous at all…there was no jollof rice,” Adeola adds.

“Their food was very affordable,” Adeola acknowledges.

“The fish was verrrrrryyyyy good!”

If you found this review helpful, make sure you tune in for the next episode of Mama Put Chronicles!

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