Kano, Niger
Tuwo Masara
Maize flour cooked into a stiff white mound, the northern everyday swallow eaten with okra or baobab-leaf soup.
western-africa
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Tuwo Shinkafa
Nigerien rice-flour swallow cooked into a smooth mound and served with Hausa soups.
Kano, Niger
Tuwo Shinkafa
Soft rice pounded into a smooth, slightly sticky mound, served with miyan kuka or miyan taushe in the north.
Niger
Waina
Fermented rice batter cakes cooked in a dimpled pan and served as a Hausa breakfast or snack.
Niger
Yaji
Ground roasted groundnut mixed with chilli, ginger, garlic, cloves and dried onion — the rub that makes suya what it is.