Okele
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Okele, also known as "swallow" in Nigerian English, is a Yoruba food category for various starchy foods eaten with soups.[1][2][3]Ingredients used to make okele include yam, fermented cassava, cassava granules with hot water, plantain, wheat flour, yam flour, potato and cocoyam.[4] Okele can also be made from rice, millet, sorghum and corn.[5] Okele in Yoruba cuisine includes iyan (pounded yam), eba, fufu, amala, lafun, semo, poundo, pupuru and potato fufu.[6][7]
Gallery
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Iyan (pounded yam), with Egusi soup
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Yoruba fufu
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Amala topped with Ewedu
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Eba
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Semo
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Lafun in soup
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Pupuru
References
- ↑ "Up the Mountain Called Okele". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ↑ Soetan, Abby (2015-01-12). "9 Nigerian Swallows For Every Palate". Radiant Health Magazine. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ Sierra Leone Language Review. Taylor & Francis. 1962. Search this book on
- ↑ "Okele and the man". Nigeria NG. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ↑ "Lagba a Ghanaian food but it is foreign". GhanaWeb. 2023-02-02. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Nigerian Staple Foods: Solid Meals aka Swallow". Foodie in Lagos. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ↑ "Okele Feast". Mychopchop. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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