Nigerian Foods

Based on the descriptions, can you name these Nigerian foods and drinks?

Some of these dishes are popular across West Africa as a whole, as opposed to solely Nigeria

The answers do not necessarily have to be of Nigerian origin in order to have been developed as Nigerian cuisine

Swallows are a category of dough-like food made of cooked starchy vegetables and/or grains, and are typically enjoyed with soups/stews

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Description	Answer
Famous West African rice dish of Senegalese origin that uses a tomato and scotch bonnet base	Jollof rice
Fried doughnut balls often sprinkled with sugar that are enjoyed across West Africa	Puff-puff
Popular swallow prepared from boiled yams using a pestle and mortar	Pounded yam
Most common soup in Nigerian cuisine that uses ground melon seeds as flavouring	Egusi
Yoruba term for fried plantains that shares its name with an extinct bird	Dodo
Slightly sour swallow made using garri (cassava grains) that is rougher than other swallows, and is often yellow	Ẹ̀bà
Alcoholic beverage prepared using the sap of this type of tree	Palm wine
Sticky cassava swallow of Ghanaian origin	Fufu
Side dish of boiled, seasoned yams; it usually bears a smoky, nutty flavour due to the oil used	Asaro
Common West African side dish of rice cooked with the 'milk' of this fruit	Coconut rice
Pastry containing minced meat, potatoes and carrots	Meat pie
Swallow that is brown due to its use of dried yams	Àmàlà
Yoruba savoury bean pudding that can often include onions, peppers, spices, fish and eggs, and is wrapped in leaves	Moin-moin
Dark malt drink common in Africa and the Caribbean; it was originally developed for the Nigerian army	Supermalt
The Nigerian adaptation of this Chinese dish uses vegetables, stock and curry powder for flavouring, as opposed to the traditional soy sauce	Fried rice

Description	Answer
'Ogbono soup' is a dish made from the ground dry seeds of this fruit	Mango
Brand of instant noodles produced by the company Indofood that is popular in West Africa	Indomie
Savoury snack of fried pieces of dough. Its name is a part of the face repeated	Chin chin
Soft, sweet white bread named after a town in Lagos	Agege bread
Smoked, spiced meat skewers similar to kebab	Suya
Hibiscus drink that can be flavoured with various ingredients (such as pineapple juice and ginger) and served cold	Zobo
'Nkwobi' is an Igbo delicacy of spicy cow ____	Feet
Fried doughnut of Hausa origin that is soaked in honey, sugar or lemon syrup	Alkaki
Dry corn that is cooked until soft; differs from the word 'Igbo' by one letter	Egbo
Nickname for a selection of finger food appetisers which can include spring rolls, samosas and no. 2	Small chops
Spinach stew which roughly translates from Yoruba to 'stewed leaf vegetable'	Efo riro
Fermented corn cereal pudding with a sour taste	Ogi
Cowpea or black eyed pea fritters	Àkàrà
'Asun' is a dish of spiced, barbecued ____ meat	Goat
Creamy drink usually made from grains (e.g. millet, sorghum or maize) that is similar to horchata	Kunu

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