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Main Dishes
Assorted Meat Stew (with Pomo and Shaki)
Proteins: Beef, Cow skin (Pomo), Tripe (Shaki), and sometimes Cow leg.
Base: Blended red bell peppers, scotch bonnets (Atarodo), onions, and tomatoes.
Seasoning: Palm oil or vegetable oil, bouillon cubes, and salt.
Peppered Assorted Meat
Proteins: Liver, kidney, heart, and tripe.
Spices: Pepper soup spice mix (ehu, uda, uziza seeds), ginger, garlic, and fresh scent leaves or parsley.
Abacha and Ugba
Base: Dried shredded cassava (Abacha) and fermented oil bean seeds (Ugba).
Emulsion: Palm oil mixed with potash (Ngu) to create a yellow paste.
Garnish: Sliced garden egg leaves, red onions, and fried fish.
Nkwobi / Isi Ewu
Protein: Chopped cow foot (cooked until tender).
Sauce: Palm oil, potash, Ehuru (monodora myristica), and utazi leaves for a bitter garnish.
Boiled Yam and Garden Egg Sauce
Base: Boiled white yam slices.
Sauce: Mashed garden eggs (African eggplant) or a dark, slow-fried pepper sauce (Aganyin style).
Akara
Base: Peeled and blended brown or black-eyed beans.
Flavorings: Blended onions and fresh habanero peppers.
Cooking Method: Deep-fried in vegetable oil until golden and airy.
Nkwobi (Spicy Cow Foot)
Protein: Cow foot (cut into small chunks).
The Sauce: A thick blend of palm oil and potash (or ngu) to create a yellow “uucha” sauce, flavored with ground utazi leaves, peppers, and ehuru (African nutmeg).
Garnish: Sliced onions and fresh utazi leaves.
Seafood Okra Soup
Vegetables: Freshly chopped or grated okra.
Seafood: Large prawns/shrimp, crabs, and snails.
Seasoning: Palm oil, locust beans (iru), and bouillon.
Egusi Soup
Base: Ground melon seeds (Egusi).
Vegetables: Bitter leaf or spinach/Ugwu.
Proteins: Stockfish, dried fish, and beef.
Flavor: Iru (locust beans) and palm oil.
White Rice and Ofada Sauce (Ayamase)
Rice: Unpolished local short-grain rice (Ofada rice).
Sauce Base: Green bell peppers and green scotch bonnets (bleached palm oil gives it the dark color).
Flavorings: Iru (fermented locust beans), crayfish, and boiled eggs.
Adalu (Beans and Corn)
Base: Brown beans or honey beans mixed with sweet corn.
Sauce: Palm oil, onions, ground pepper, and smoked fish or ground crayfish.
Side: Ripe plantains sliced and deep-fried.
Native Vegetable Soup
Vegetables: Usually a mix of Waterleaf and Ugwu (Pumpkin leaves) or Afang leaves.
Seafood: Periwinkles, prawns/shrimp, and dried fish.
Proteins: Beef or goat meat.
Yam Porridge (Asaro)
Base: Puna Yam cubes.
Sauce: Palm oil, blended peppers, and onions.
Finish: Often mixed with leafy greens (Ugwu) and smoked fish.
Edikang Ikong Sauce
Vegetables: A heavy combination of shredded Ugwu (pumpkin leaves) and Waterleaf.
Seafood/Protein: Large crabs, cow skin (pomo), and dried fish.
Base: Plenty of palm oil, periwinkles, and ground crayfish.
Isi Ewu
Protein: Goat head (cleaned and slow-cooked until tender).
The Sauce: Similar to Nkwobi (palm oil and potash base) but usually seasoned more intensely with goat brain to thicken the sauce.
Garnish: Garden egg leaves, onions, and red chilies.
Abacha with Ugba
Base: Dried cassava shreds.
Texture: Fermented oil bean seeds (Ugba).
Sauce: Palm oil emulsion with potash, seasoned with crayfish and dry pepper.
Native Jollof Rice
- Rice: Long-grain parboiled rice.
- Oil: Palm oil (instead of vegetable oil used in standard Jollof).
- Flavor: Smoked fish, ground crayfish, scent leaves, and sometimes locust beans.
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Location
5451 Annapolis Rd, Bladensburg, MD 20710, United States
Time
Monday to Sunday 02.00 pm – 3.00am