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Okele, the Glossary

Okele, also known as "swallows" in pidgin Nigeria English, is a Yoruba word for various starchy foods eaten with soups.^[1]

10 relations: Amala (food), Cassava, Cocoyam, Cooking banana, Eba, Fufu, Pounded yam, Soup, Yam (vegetable), Yoruba language.
Yoruba cuisine

Amala (food)

Àmàlà is a staple swallow food originating from Nigeria popularized by the Yoruba ethnic group of Southwestern Nigeria and other parts of Yorubaland. Okele and Amala (food) are Yoruba cuisine.

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Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.

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Cocoyam

Cocoyam is a common name for more than one tropical root crop and vegetable crop belonging to the Arum family (also known as Aroids and by the family name Araceae) and may refer to.

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Cooking banana

Cooking bananas are a group of starchy banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking. Okele and cooking banana are Yoruba cuisine.

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Eba

Ẹ̀bà (Yoruba) also known as Ebe or Pinon' (in Togo, Benin, and southern Ghana) is a staple swallow from Nigeria, Togo and Benin, also eaten in the West African sub-region and other African countries. Okele and Eba are African cuisine stubs, Nigeria stubs and Yoruba cuisine.

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Fufu

Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. Okele and fufu are Yoruba cuisine.

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Pounded yam

Pounded yam or Iyán (Yoruba) or Ruam-Yo (Tiv) or "Akpu, Utara-ji or Nni-ji" (Igbo) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food native to the Yoruba, Edo, Igbo Tiv and Ebira ethnic groups. Okele and Pounded yam are Yoruba cuisine.

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Soup

Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water.

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Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic). Okele and Yam (vegetable) are Yoruba cuisine.

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