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Yoruba word describing the category of starchy foods eaten with soups
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Okele, also known as "swallows" in pidgin Nigeria English, is a Yoruba food category for various starchy foods eaten with soups. Ingredients used to make okele include yam, fermented cassava, cassava granules with hot water, plantain, wheat flour, yam flour and cocoyam. Okele in Yoruba cuisine includes iyan (pounded yam), eba, fufu, amala, lafun, semo and pupuru.

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  • Iyan (pounded yam), with Egusi soup Iyan (pounded yam), with Egusi soup
  • Yoruba fufu Yoruba fufu
  • Amala topped with Ewedu Amala topped with Ewedu
  • Eba Eba
  • Semo Semo
  • Lafun in soup Lafun in soup
  • Pupuru Pupuru


References

  1. "Up the Mountain Called Okele". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. "Okele and the man". Nigeria NG. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  3. "Nigerian Staple Foods: Solid Meals aka Swallow". Foodie in Lagos. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  4. "Okele Feast". Mychopchop. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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