What does it cost to cook?
Pick a dish and see what the ingredients cost at every Nigerian market we track and which one is cheapest for the whole list.
Rice
- Jollof RiceNigerian party staple: rice cooked in a blended tomato and pepper base.5 ingredients · feeds 6
- Rice and StewPlain boiled rice with a fried tomato and pepper stew.5 ingredients · feeds 6
- Fried RiceRice stir-fried with vegetables and curry.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Rice and BeansRice and beans cooked together in one pot.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Ofada Rice and SauceLocal unpolished rice with a palm oil pepper sauce.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Tuwo ShinkafaNorthern rice swallow, eaten with miyan kuka or taushe.1 ingredients · feeds 6
Beans
- Beans and PlantainStewed beans served with fried ripe plantain.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Beans PorridgeBeans stewed soft in palm oil, onions and pepper.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- AkaraDeep-fried bean cakes, the classic Nigerian breakfast.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Moi MoiSteamed bean pudding, often with egg and fish inside.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Adalu (Beans and Corn)Beans cooked together with sweetcorn in palm oil.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Honey Beans PorridgeSweet oloyin beans stewed soft in palm oil.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Beans and YamBeans and yam boiled together, finished with palm oil.4 ingredients · feeds 6
Yam & potato
- Yam PorridgeYam cooked down soft in palm oil until it thickens.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Boiled Yam and Egg SauceBoiled yam served with a tomato and egg sauce.5 ingredients · feeds 6
- Fried YamYam cut into chips and deep fried.2 ingredients · feeds 6
- Sweet Potato PorridgeSweet potato stewed in palm oil until soft.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Irish Potato PorridgeIrish potato stewed down in palm oil.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Chicken and ChipsFried potato chips with peppered chicken.3 ingredients · feeds 6
Plantain
Soups
- Egusi SoupGround melon seed soup, usually eaten with a swallow.5 ingredients · feeds 6
- Ogbono SoupGround ogbono seed soup, thick and drawing.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Okra SoupChopped okra cooked light, with fish or meat.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Catfish Pepper SoupLight, fiery broth built around fresh catfish.2 ingredients · feeds 6
- Chicken Pepper SoupChicken simmered in a spiced broth, served hot.2 ingredients · feeds 6
Chicken & fish
- Fish StewFried fish simmered in a tomato and pepper base.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Chicken StewChicken simmered in fried tomato and pepper stew.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Peppered ChickenChicken fried or grilled, then tossed in pepper sauce.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Grilled TilapiaWhole tilapia seasoned and grilled over coals.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Party ChickenA whole live chicken, cut and stewed — the celebration pot.4 ingredients · feeds 10
- Roast ChickenA whole frozen chicken seasoned and roasted.3 ingredients · feeds 6
- Sardine StewSardine fried and simmered in tomato stew.4 ingredients · feeds 6
- Croaker Fish StewCroaker fried and stewed in tomato and pepper.4 ingredients · feeds 6
Swallow & sides
- EbaGarri turned in hot water — the swallow for most soups.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- Tuwo MasaraNorthern maize swallow, eaten with miyan kuka or taushe.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- Wheat SwallowWheat meal turned into a swallow, a lighter alternative to eba.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- Egg StewEggs scrambled into a fried tomato and onion base.4 ingredients · feeds 6
Breakfast & drinks
- PapFermented maize porridge, usually eaten with akara or moi moi.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- KunuSpiced millet drink, served chilled.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- Garri SoakingsGarri soaked in cold water — the cheapest meal in Nigeria.1 ingredients · feeds 6
- Soya MilkSoya beans ground and strained into a milk drink.1 ingredients · feeds 6