Ask AvartsyCooking: Different Nigerian Snacks for munching?
This week’s Ask AvartsyCooking inquiry is from Omobola from Lagos, Nigeria who would like to know what other snacks she can make for her husband to munch on during those times when he doesn’t feel like eating a full meal. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, send your question to submit@avartsycooking.com.
Hello Yetunde,I noticed my hubby is soo picky and always complaining that the fridge is so dry, nothing to put in the mouth. Please help advice how I need to be more creative and would appreciate if you can tell me how to bake cake (home made) and other snacks that I can make too.Thanks so much for always being there.Cheers.
My answer~ I have a separate page just for snacks that you can find all the snackable recipes on the site so far. I’m not much of a snacker myself, but I do remember snacks from my secondary school days in Festac, such as boiled peanuts (epa), the ones in the shells that you had to use your hands to break open.
I also remember Kuli Kuli, Liki Liki (in a black, velvet like shell which you’d remove and ‘lick’ the light brown/tan seed covering. I also remember Baba Dudu (this was a string of dark brown snack often in clear plastic/nylon bags).
You can purchase Kulikuli, Likiliki and Baba Dudu from street vendors. I’m not too sure how to make Kulikuli. You can also make or purchase Boli (roasted plantains) and have that with groundnuts for him.
I have a cake recipe, nothing major, but it’s cake! I hope that helps! Perhaps other readers can chime in as well!
Loves, do you have other suggestions? Please help Omobola out in the comments section.
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OMG!! Yetunde, I was just reading your comment on kuli kuli, baba dudu and those other forgotten snacks from festac. I grew up in festac (201 rd) and i remember those days in primary school.. we would buy kuli kuli and Donqua on our walk home from school each day LOL. I do miss Donqua. I wonder if there’s a recipe for it out there.
What school did you go to?
Thanks for sharing as always :D
Hey Toni!
Lol, yes, forgotten indeed! I haven’t had/heard of Donqua before though, what is it?
I went to St.Judes Private Secondary School in 5th Avenue, right across the street from Subuola/S-Tee!
You’re welcome!
Why not make something like chinchin, buns, etc. It is very simple
Hi Yetty, Infact I’m very glad now that I can make chinchin for so many people.
pls, I still need ur help on how to make pufpuf, burns & other snacks that can spend @least a week in a fridge.
Hey Ojo!
Yay! I’m glad too! I don’t know that those snacks can last a week in the fridge. Condensation from the fridge will most likely cause the puff puff and buns to become wet and soft, which is unappealing. Those snacks are meant to be eaten in a couple of days if not the same day they were made, as you risk losing the freshness of them.
The link to other snacks can be found here. I really can’t recommend keeping them a week either…
you can make sobo(sorrel) 4 him or kunu zaki. Sobo is prepared-get a handful or 1cup of red sorrel, sugar/honey,h2o, vanila flavours,ginger,cloves. Boil d sorel add ginger@cloves,ad sugar, flavour wen cool put in d fridge serve chilled
Pls I need a feedind time table that will help my children.
Thanks
yetunde from Ibadan.
Hey Oyewumi!
I don’t have a time table per se, but I do have a meal planning schedule, which I guess is similar: http://www.avartsycooking.com/2010/08/weekly-nigerian-meal-planner/
Hope that helps!
I’m feeling her. My hubby sometimes gets the snack munchies too.
She could make moin-moin and/or akara. Those can be ‘downed’ with good ol’ fashioned Ijebu garri or bread [a.k.a 'risky burger, don't nobody ask me the origin of the name o!]. Moin-moin keeps well, especially in the freezer. She could make a huge batch. Eat some, fridge some, freeze some. I’m not so sure about akara.
If she has an oven, she could actually make her own ‘boli’. Guaranteed to win her mega brownie points because hot boli and margarine is better experienced than described. Shebi we’re not limited to healthy snacks in this discussion, n’est pas?
She could also consider chicken kebabs a.k.a ‘stick meat’
In the same vein, she could consider having a constant supply of baked chicken/turkey.
Of course, the usual suspects, puff puff and buns are good.
For healthy options,
Watermelon wedges are wonderful. Cooling and delicious too!
Other juicy fruits e.g. mangoes, apples etc
Lol, I bet you came up with ‘risky burger!’ I’m not a huge fan of keeping things too long in the fridge or freezer, so I tend to cook in smaller batches, although I can totally see how that would be helpful, I’ve though of doing it a few times myself, just can’t actually bring myself to do so.
Boli and margarine, yeah, you’re right, I’d have to experience that one first, lol. We surely are not limited to healthy snacks ;) Baked chicken/turkey is always a good one to have on hand and it doesn’t take a long time to make either.
I don’t like watermelon (what? I know), mangoes and bananas are pretty much the only fruits I take in raw form.
Thanks for sharing, always appreciated!
Oh no! I actually heard it from my guy friends in naija o.
Ah, I see!
Thank you very much really appreciate the feeding planner. God bless you and ur home.
Hey Oyewumi!
You’re most welcome, glad you found it useful! Thank you :)