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Igbo cuisine

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Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana. The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Angola and Gabon. It also includes variations in the Greater Antilles and Central America, where African culinary influence is high. Fufu's prevalence in West African su

thumb|Garri flour thumb|Cooked garri (eba) on a plate in Cameroon

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roasted plantain dish in Nigeria

soup made from the green seed pods of the okra plant

soup made with dry, ground Irvingia gabonensis (ogbono) seeds

alt=OKPA|thumb|Okpa alt=How okpa is processed|thumb|Okpa processing Okpa (pronounced Ọkpa) is a dish prepared by the Igbo people with a type of beans known as bambara nuts. It is common the South-Eastern region in Nigeria and classified as a traditional Igbo cuisine. Other ethnic groups also eat it (with pap or soft drinks like (Pepsi). Other Igbo names for okpa include ịgba and ntucha. In Hausa, it is known as gurjiya or kwaruru.

Nigerian soup made from goat's head

Nigerian okra soup

thumb|267x267px|Nkwobi Nkwobi is a delicacy commonly found in Nigerian restaurants. The dish originates from the Igbo ethnic group. It is a soup made up of cuts from cow feet.

West African dish made from boiled, shredded and dried cassava. It can be taken as a snack or as a main meal

Ẹchịcha (also, Achịcha) is a dish native to the Igbo part of Nigeria consisting mainly of dried Cocoyam, mgbụmgbụ (Pigeon pea), and palm oil. It is traditionally eaten in the dry season when fresh vegetables are hard to come by.

spicy pigeon pea porridge, peculiar to the people of Enugu state, Nigeria

soup of Yoruba people in Nigeria

yam-based staple food from West Africa

Nigerian rice dish prepared with palm fruit concentrate

Eastern Nigerian soup made with assorted meat and fish