Unpolished local rice with a distinctive earthy aroma, served with ayamase, a fiery green pepper stew bleached in palm oil with locust beans and assorted meat. Traditionally wrapped and eaten in banana leaves.
- Heat
- Fiery
- Kind of dish
- Rice
- Usually made with
- beef
What’s in it
- Ofada rice (unpolished local rice)
- Green bell peppers
- Scotch bonnet pepper
- Palm oil
- Locust beans (iru)
- Onions
- Assorted meat
- Boiled eggs
The usual main ingredients. Each kitchen cooks it its own way and says what its version contains.