If you want recipes for ripe bananas other than banana bread, then you’re in luck. This Coconut Banana Fritters recipe is a banana dessert that makes you feel less guilty about letting the bananas go bad. It’s a popular snack around the world, Jamaicans enjoy fried bananas as well. Malaysian call this Kuih Kodok, which means deep-fried banana […]

Fried Fish Stew is an easy African fish stew recipe perfect for those days when you’re feeling less than but want something with pizzazz. Fish stew is popular around the world, from Brazil (moqueca) to Nigeria (obe eja) and Morocco with each country putting its own cultural spin on it. For this recipe, I used […]

Kuku Paka, an East African-style chicken curry is a boldly seasoned chicken infused with exotic flavors of Africa. We’ve been on a curry kick lately. For the past couple of weeks, I can’t count how many times I have made curry for dinner, and the family hasn’t complained once. My guess is, they aren’t tired of […]

Venturing out a bit today by sharing an easy African- style scrambled eggs. This African stewed scrambled egg is similar to traditional scrambled eggs, but this has tomatoes, pepper, and other spices. I usually make this when we get tired of eating plain scrambled eggs we opt for this version instead. It’s simple enough and can […]

What’s your favorite street fair snack? Mine is Deep-Fried Dough Bites (Puff-Puff). Best described as Africans version of Zeppole. The similarities between recipes from all over the world always amazes me. Puff-Puff is a light and airy deep fried dough popular in Africa and goes by many names, bofrot being one of them. It’s mostly sold […]

When you hear Coconut Curry Rice, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Most people assume it’s spicy or sweet but the reality is, the coconut is merely a subtle addition giving it a rich flavor and the curry was added for color. It’s not overly noticeable but it’s significant enough to make […]

Black Beans and Coconut Tarts – Frejon is a delicacy eaten on Good Friday by Catholics in Brazil, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. It’s also widely enjoyed by Peruvians, they call it Frejol Colado, and in China the filling is called Sweet azuki bean paste. In the Philippines, the black beans pudding is similar to the filling in hopia hapon. The […]

Growing up beans fritters – akara was one of my favorite Saturday morning breakfast. We would eat it with custard or put it between a fresh loaf of bread as a sandwich. As I’ve gotten older and have a family of my own, I realized how much work went into preparing it. Since it requires […]

Decadent Sweet Potato Mashed, wondering why this is decadent well for one it’s definitively not your average sweet potato mashed that’s for sure. This little number is from East Africa made popular by Kenyans. It’s usually served with steak strips – Nyama Na Irio, a quintessential Kenya cuisine. I discovered Irio while in college, my […]

This Coconut Candy Balls is probably the shortest recipe, I will ever share. It’s only two ingredients, yep two how simple is that. Like most of the recipes I share it’s pretty easy to make with the exception of the temperamental sugar melting process. It’s a candy I grew up eating, my parents use to […]