
Akara are savoury fried fritters made from brown beans or black-eyed beans.
Chin Chin is a crunchy fried biscuit made from a lightly spiced dough that is cut into tiny squares or short batons. The vegan version in this course excludes the eggs, butter and milk that you would normally expect in the normal recipe. You will learn how to make a baked version.
Kuli-Kuli is a crunchy spiced peanut snack that is popular across West Africa. It is made by grinding roasted peanuts into a paste, stripping the excess oil from the paste and mixing it with spices before cooking. You will learn how to make the baked version.
Puff puff is a fried doughnut that is made with a yeasted batter. The sweet, fluffy morsels can be made plain or seasoned with warm spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.
Yamarita is also known as dun dun oniyeri among the Yoruba. It is a fried yam snack that is traditionally coated in an egg mixture. In this vegan version, non-dairy milk is used to create the spicy batter that will coat the yam pieces.
In this course you'll learn five popular sweet and savoury Nigerian snacks that are perfect for sharing.
Nigeria’s rich snack culture is undeniable and these recipes provide an excellent introduction to some of the most popular ones. Many of the ingredients are easy to source from any supermarket. For ingredients such as beans flour and yam, you will need to visit an African food shop or look into ordering online from African food retailers.
Each recipe has its own dedicated video, so you can choose to cook the snacks in any order. I highly recommend that you watch each video all the way through for the first time, making a not of the ingredients and the equipment you will need to make the snack. Afterwards, you can cook along in real time, pausing and playing the video where required.
The snacks featured in this course include: Akara, Chin Chin, Kuli-Kuli, Puff Puff, and Yamarita. They are all crowd-pleasers, often served at parties and special occasions, but also made and sold as on-the-go street food snacks. Learning to make them for yourself at home is a game-changer. For fellow Nigerians, the snacks will no doubt be nostalgic. For those new to Nigerian cuisines or these recipes in particular, this is a great way to learn a bit about our snack traditions.
Happy cooking!
Tomi (a.k.a. The Vegan Nigerian)