Lagos Street Food

5 dishes in Nigeria

5 street foods from Lagos, Nigeria: Ewa Agoyin, Amala with Gbegiri and Ewedu, Moin Moin, Asun and Ofada Rice with Ayamase Stew. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Lagos

Lagos Roadside · Mashed Bean Stall Ewa Agoyin (Mashed Beans with Pepper Sauce) The signature sauce gets its dark color from deliberately scorching dried peppers and onions in palm oil almost to the point of burning — that char… Ewa agoyin is soft honey beans boiled until they fall apart, mashed, and topped with a blackened pepper-and-onion sauce fried dark in palm oil. Roadside 'agoyin' stalls scoop it into bowls… Buka Classic · Yam-Flour Swallow Amala with Gbegiri and Ewedu Amala's brown colour comes purely from the yam itself: peeled slices are parboiled and sun-dried before grinding, and the drying darkens the flour… Amala is a smooth, dark swallow made from dried yam flour (elubo) stirred into a stretchy dough, served with two soups at once: gbegiri, a puréed bean soup, and ewedu, a slippery jute-leaf… Street Steamer · Black-Eyed Pea Pudding Moin Moin (Steamed Bean Pudding) It was traditionally steamed inside leaves from the uma plant rather than foil, which is said to leave a faint herbal aroma that vendors using… Moin moin is a smooth, savory pudding steamed from a blended paste of peeled black-eyed peas, peppers, onions, and palm oil, often studded with boiled egg, fish, or corned beef. Vendors… Night Market · Peppered Goat Asun (Spicy Grilled Goat Meat) Vendors typically singe the goat skin directly over open coals before chopping it, which is what gives asun its telltale charred aroma even before… Asun is bite-sized goat meat chunks, char-grilled or smoked over open flame, then tossed in a fiery blend of scotch bonnet, bell peppers, onions, and spices. It's sold hot off small… Native Rice · Green Pepper Stew Ofada Rice with Ayamase Stew Ayamase's deep green color and sharp kick come entirely from unripe green peppers cooked in bleached palm oil — a deliberate contrast to the red… Ofada is a nutty, unpolished local rice grown in Ogun State, steamed and served with ayamase, a thick green stew made from blended green scotch bonnet and bell peppers slow-cooked in…

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