Spices form a huge part of the Nigerian cuisine, it gives traditional Nigerian meals a distinct and authentic flavor . These days , alot of people trying to stay away from seasoning cubes that contain MSG, turn to natural spices and find ways to incorporate them into their meals.
Not just this, most Nigerian spices have medicinal properties as well, so they are not just good for cooking , they have health benefits as well. Infact , a good number of them are used to make various kinds of teas like Arabian teas, tea masala , these spices can be mixed to season fish , meat, vegetables …..
Here is a list of Nigeria spices ,herbs , teas and thickeners . These spices are natural, some like to use them in whole or powdered form –
2. Cloves ( other names – kanafuru , zobo pepper , nchara, kanumfari, syzygium aromaticum )
3. Alligator pepper ( other names – atare , grains of paradise , ose oji , mbongo spice , hepper pepper, aframomum melegueta
4. Jollof rice spice
5. Suya spice
6. Scent leaves ( other names – nchanwu , efirin, ocimum gratissimum )
7. Dry locust beans ( whole ) – other names – iru
8. Locust bean powder
9. Ginger ( other names – atale
10. Banga spice
11. Fried rice spice
12. Cameroon pepper
13. Uziza seeds
14. African nutmeg (Ehuru)
15. Jansa seed
16. Orima seeds
17. Omilo seed
18. Gbafilo
19. Uda seed
20. Garlic
21.Uyauyak (aidan fruit / prekese )
22. Brekete leaves
23. Banga stick ( oborunbebe)
24. Nsala spice
25. Crayfish
26. Shawa fish powder
27. Curry
28. Thyme
29. Ogiri
30. Okpei
31. Turmeric
32. Potash
33. Chilli flakes
34. Onion powder
35. Dawadawa
36. Bayleaves
37. Uziza leaves
38. Cinnamon
39. Ata josi (dry pepper )
THICKENERS, SWEETENERS AND TEA LEAVES
40. Lemon grass
41. Sour sop leaves
42. Coco yam powder
43. Osu
44. Ofor
45. Ukpo
46. Akparata
47. Achi
48. Honey
49. Date
50. Zobo leaves
These spices are available to buy online from Nigerianspiceshop ( sister shop – themarketfoodshop.com )
