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Garri is too much of a versatile bad bitch for y’all to limit to eba. I’m sure it feels insulted. These are eight other recipes you can make with garri. Number four is my favourite.

Garri chocolate truffle

Before you say Zikoko has come again with their weird food recommendations, garri chocolate truffle is actually quite good. I wish I could buy it for you to prove my point but you can make it at home any day you have the chance. It’s not easy to make sha.

Garri salad

Garri salad is more interesting than your regular, basic tasting vegetable salad. Just add water to your garri to soften it, then pour over any salad mix, stir together and you’re good to go.

Garri fotor

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Instead of eating jollof rice on Sunday, eat jollof garri AKA Garri Fotor. I can almost promise there’s no difference… except the sardine. I know we have beef with Ghanaians, but we have to thank them for this recipe.

ALSO READ: Nigerians Need to Start Eating These 8 Things With Garri

Wainar rogo (garri biscuits)

Image credit: Connect Nigeria

I don’t know how you’ll like akara but not know wainar rogo exists. These are biscuits made from fried eba, and they’re super crunchy and delicious. It’s like eating chicken nuggets. You can fry them plain or with beef and eggs.

Garri cake

Image credit: Naija foodie

After cheesecake, garri cake is the next best thing. It’s sweet, cheap and very easy to make. Instead of spending all your money on cake for your birthday, make yourself this.

Garrinola

Nigerians deserve to win awards for coming up with interesting recipes. Somebody really sat down and came up with garrinola? Genius. Add Ijebu garri granola, instead of the regular one, to your next parfait.

Garri smoothie

Image credit: Bollas Kitchen

You’re most likely thinking, “Why would I blend garri and make it into a smoothie?” The answer is, “Why not?” Instead of making that heavy bowl of eba, have a nice healthy cup of garri smoothie.

Garri cookies

Image credit: What to cook today

If you like oatmeal cookies, you’d love garri cookies; same texture and almost the same delicious taste. Next time you want to bake something, try these.

ALSO READ: All the Exciting Ways You Can Eat and Drink Your Eggs

Dammy Eneli

January 18, 2023

Chopist

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There’s a garri combo for every personality, take the quiz to find out which one you are.

Prisca

April 28, 2022

Long Throat, Quizzes

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Have you ever been at a point in your life where you were so broke, you didn’t know where the next meal was going to come from and it was just vibes and inshallah?

Well, we asked a few Nigerians what the brokest meals they ever ate was and the responses we got…ouch.

1. Ola, 23- Bread and toothpaste

I had bread, and I didn’t want to eat just bread. I was in school and I was broke, plus it was late at night. Then I remembered that my uncle told me one time that bread and toothpaste make a good combo. So I spread some toothpaste all over my bread. Worst dinner of my life.

2. Agnes, 31- Eba and palm oil

I didn’t even have salt to put in the palm oil. So I had to wait for some time to empty the palm oil bottle onto a plate because even that was almost empty as well. I just made Eba and ate it with the palm oil like that. I ate and went to bed.

3. Wisdom, 20- Palm oil and boiled rice

It was literal palm oil on boiled rice sprinkled with Maggi, because there was no salt. I was eating and crying.

4. Pablo, 23- Garri without water

I bought garri and sugar, and my guy who was meant to buy the water just assumed there was water and used his own money to buy groundnut. Long story short, we were just chewing garri with sugar and groundnut and shedding tears. We laugh about it till today.

5. Mike, 36- Suya pepper and water

One day, during my NYSC in Port Harcourt I was so broke I had to lick flavoured pepper. My mom has this thing where she mixes powdered pepper (ata gungun) with other spices to create the best suya pepper ever. She gave me some when I was going for NYSC. One afternoon I was so broke and hungry that I just went to start licking the pepper and drinking water on top. I didn’t find anything to eat until the next day.

6. Emmanuella, 23- Spaghetti and vibes

My mom had probably forgotten that she had a daughter somewhere in school so I didn’t have any money. I had just one unopened spaghetti, groundnut oil and seasoning. Nothing else. I just poured everything in a pot and shook it together. Whatever came out was what I ate that night. Let’s just say it was edible.

7. Dami, 38- 50 Naira crackers.

I don’t even want to talk about it. That’s just my brokest meal. Simple.

David Odunlami

August 18, 2020

Inside Life

broke, broke struggles, garri
Garri should be inducted into the hall of fame for cereals, really. For ages, it has dutifully served Nigerians home and abroad, and that is why it has no equal. But then, if the following ‘accompaniments’ were laid down, which of them would you pick to drink garri with?

8. Kuli Kuli

I will never understand why kuli kuli is still in existence and why people actually like it. Eating it is an ordeal. You’ll have to swallow one spoon of garri, and then bite part of this chewing stick. Neh. Not for me and my teeth.

7. Coconut

Coconut and garri is an award-winning combo. For real. But as much as I’m tempted to rank coconut higher, I won’t. The trouble in shelling and extracting the edible part has taken away all the fun. Sorry, dear. Next time, don’t play hard to get.

6. Powdered Milk.

Adding powdered milk to your garri is elite. Really elite. But powdered milk can never stand alone. It still needs other accessories to bang properly. And that’s what me I dislike.

5. Chocolate Milk.

Powdered milk should have gotten this spot. But then I reconsidered. Chocolate milk (Milo, Bournvita, Ovaltine, etc) works harder. And they don’t need other accessories to make an impact. So, this is a highly deserved spot.

4. Groundnuts.

If I had my way, I would put groundnuts as number 1. That’s how much of an impact I think it has. But you will call me biased, and say that I have taken bribe from groundnut. That’s why I kept it at number 4. Not too high, not too low. The quality will speak for it.

3. Beans.

In this category is every variant of beans: moi-moi, akara, beans and stew, or the kind of beans put here. If akara does not work for you, moi-moi will. Or beans and stew. This diversity is why beans is ranked 3rd.

2. Suya.

Do I need to say more? Okay, I do. Suya should have come first, but suya is queen of the night. And what happens when I need garri in the afternoon? If suya needs that first position, she better start working day shifts. Otherwise…

1. Fried Fish.

Can we all rise up to celebrate the superstar of all times? Fried fish brings a unique taste to the table, and combines with garri to bring you pleasure that you can’t get elsewhere. Let’s not even start on smoked fish. Argue if you like, but I know you’ll go and get fish after reading this. That’s how much power this winner carries.

BONUS: Ice Block

Ice blocks bring a new dimension to drinking garri on a hot afternoon. Even if you don’t have sugar or the other accessories, once you have ice block, you are good to go.

So tell us, did we hit or miss?

Kunle Ologunro

August 15, 2020

Chopist

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Garri combinations. 😋

Over the years, there has been a smear campaign created with the sole purpose of tagging garri as the food of the poor. After my foray into the world of garri delicacies these last few months, I can confidently look the people who started this campaign in the eye and say, “C’mon, don’t gimme that stuff!”

You guys, garri is amazing. It is the food of the gods. It is ambrosia brought down to mortals by someone who somehow made their way into Olympus and made away with the recipe. Someone who is probably now being eternally punished for it.

I’m digressing.

To prove that garri is heavenly, here are 5 garri combinations that’ll give your taste buds (and digestive system) the jump-start it needs.

1) Garri and Milo

YES HUNNY! Anyone who spent time in a secondary school boarding will be familiar with this gourmet dish. All my boarding school people in the house say, “AYYYYYYE!!!”.

2) Garri and Honey

DELISH! I know. Good honey is pretty pricey. But this is something you could have as a treat for when you want to reward yourself for something. Some people reward themselves with copious amounts of alcohol, and you have garri and honey.

3) Garri and Coconut Shavings

F&$K YES! There’s something about nature’s mysterious fruit that just goes perfectly with garri. Have it as an appetizer and/or the main course. It’s perfect for either.

4) Garri and Fruit-flavoured Milk

UGH! You will gag for the first few seconds. But as soon as you get used to the taste of garri-tinged, fruit-flavoured vomit, you’re good to go!

5) Garri and Coffee

YASSSSS! If you want your stomach uncomfortably full and you also don’t feel like sleeping for some reason, this is the garri combination for you. Just mix your garri the normal way and then add 2 to 8 heaped tablespoons of coffee. It won’t take long before you feel the kick.

BONUS GARRI RECIPE: Garri Cake!

Ingredients:
- 2 cups of dry garri
- 1 cup of granulated sugar
- 100g Butter
- 11⁄3 cup of powdered milk
- 1 cup of chocolate powder
Method:
- Add a little water to your dry garri, to make a paste.
- Add sugar and butter to the garri paste. Mix until it has a smooth consistency.
- In a separate bowl, add milk, chocolate powder, groundnut and sugar. Mix till a fine mixture is achieved.
- Add your chocolate mix to the garri mixture, mixing as you add them.
- Whisk for 5 – 10 minutes.
- Cut the dough in small-sized pieces and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Served chilled and enjoy.
Try this out today. Your anus will thank you.
Astor George

March 5, 2020

Chopist

combinations, garri
A lot of people have termed garri the ‘poverty food’ of Nigeria.

I am here to prove to you that this isn’t always true.
Most people don’t realise how much of a special food garri is.

It goes beyond just pouring water inside your garri.
I’m going to help you explore the world of garri.

You know, switch up your taste buds a bit.
The most basic combination is Garri and groundnut. Clearly.

That’s our relaxation food, or emergency food. Depends on how you look at it.
There’s also Garri Cake. If you went to a Nigerian boarding school, you probably know what this is.

Made from garri, a little water and whatever ingredient you can possibly add, till it takes the cake shape.
Another rather basic one will be Garri and milk. If you want to be filled to the brim, just have garrison and milk.

Not only is it sweet, it is filling. What else could you possibly ask for?
Garri also goes very well with coconut. I don’t even want to start. I promise you, this is fire.

If you try it and don’t like it, you can keep it for me.
If you come from a Nigerian home and you’ve never had beans and garri, I dont know what to say.

But your case will be taken up with the Council of Garri Consumers, Nigeria.
Let’s look into garri and asun… no, no, garri and fish. Actually no, garri and suya.

Ha, I’m actually getting hungry for some reason.
Another garri combination as seen in Nigerian homes will be moin-moin and garri.

Actually, I think it’s a little disrespectful to garri to eat moin moin without it.
There’s also a Nigerian snack called kuli kuli. It’s kind of hard to chew, but it is worth the stress.

With a little bit of garrison to push it down, life is much easier.
You should keep in mind that with all of these combinations, it’s important to sweeten your garri with sugar.

Because just like Will Smith and Jada Smith, garri and sugar are life partners.

Eniola

September 5, 2018

Chopist, General

cassava, cassava flakes, garri, garri love, garri lovers
No matter what part of Nigeria you went to boarding school, we are pretty sure your dining hall served at least half of these meals.
Yam and Eggs

Yam and eggs were usually served on Saturday or Sunday morning. Remember how sharing the egg used to cause fight? Or how the bowl or cooler would be half filled with eggs and half filled with oil? Then they’ll now serve it with one large slice of yam.
Garri and moin moin

If you didn’t carry extra sugar for your garri from your dorm then you weren’t ready for life. And why was the moin-moin always so small? Did anybody else steal extra moin-moin to go and eat in their dorms later?
Jollof rice and chicken.

Jollof rice and chicken was usually served on Sunday afternoons. Remember how they used to only serve the most miserable parts of the chicken then when there is a special occasion like school anniversary the chicken will miraculously become bigger and spicier. Some schools had Jollof rice and meat instead, then chicken for the special occasions.
Spaghetti and fish stew or noodles

Why did anyone ever think it was a good idea to serve spaghetti or noodles in Nigerian boarding schools? If you went for your meal early and got lucky then it’ll be hot and nice but most of the time the spaghetti or noodles will be cold and clumped together. When it’s not garri cake.
Akara and ogi

Immediately after having this on Saturday or Sunday morning if you didn’t take a long nap then you are not a human being. The days the ogi was watery were the worst.
White rice and stew

This was every boarding school’s favourite weekday lunch. If it wasn’t white rice, stew and meat then it was white rice, stew and fish.
Eba and egusi

The eba will now be stone cold and the egusi will be watery. If you didn’t get served egusi you got served some kind of strange vegetable soup.
Bread and stew

Remember how the stew was supposed to be fish stew but you won’t see any fish you’d only be tasting the fish in the stew. If you were lucky you’ll see one small chunk of fish.
Yam porridge

I don’t know why they used to bother to call it porridge, it was just yam and palm oil garnished with very little vegetable. At least we hope it was vegetable they were using.
Bread and eggs

The bread and egg struggle was too real if you were unlucky you’ll only get the oil at the bottom of the bowl instead of egg. Sometimes instead of fried egg, they’d serve one cold boiled egg.
We know the food struggle was real but who else misses boarding school?

We know we do.

Toketemu Ohwovoriole

July 10, 2018

Oldies

Boarders, Boarding School, Dodo, garri, Jollof RIce, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian secondary school, Nostalgia, secondary school
When you calculate how much you spend buying food in a month just because you don’t want to cook

I don’t believe my eyes
This is how you struggle to eat indomie for the tenth night in a row

God deliver me from this affliction
How you show up at your friend’s house who likes to cook every weekend

Surprise! It’s me again, what’s for lunch?
Everyone at the food place near your house knows your name, surname and birthday

Customer!!!
You parent’s are tired of you showing up every weekend to beg for homemade food

There’s just nothing like your mum’s jollof rice
This is you on the rare occasion that you have to cook

Why do bad things happen to good people
And it’s not as if you don’t know how to cook o you just don’t understand why it has to be so stressful

The stress
You’ve not refilled your gas cooker in 3 years because the only thing you use it to cook is indomie

At least you are saving money there
How you feel when you get into a relationship with someone who loves to cook

The Lord is good
You’ll rather soak garri for breakfast, lunch and dinner than enter the kitchen to cook

Garri never killed anybody
How you feel when you manage to boil rice once a month

Nobody talk to me, please
This is what your fridge always looks like

You don’t even have stew
When your friends come over and ask you what you have to offer

Will you like indomie or indomie?
While you don’t like to cook we know you love to eat. So how do you feel about jollof rice?

Toketemu Ohwovoriole

June 8, 2018

Oldies

bad cook, Cooking, Food, food struggles, Friends, Friendship, garri, indomie, Jollof RIce, money, money struggles, Rice
1. This groundnut that only needs garri and cold water to be great

2. This perfect setting featuring grilled fish

3. This garri and chocolate combination that we all need to try

4. This garri smoothie that will save lives

5. This chicken that compliments the garri so well

6. This beautiful bowl of ijebu garri that you can’t stop staring at

7. And what of this suya and and garri that is just begging to be eaten?

8. This zobo-red garri that just makes you happy

9. This garri pack that’s easy to sneak into the office

Shola

January 27, 2017

Oldies

Funny, garri, Nigerians
1. When this garri and moi-moi became a cute couple.

2. This independent garri that don’t need no milk.

3. Can your favourite food look this good with okro?

4. When garri looked really peng together with coconut and milk.

5. This perfect eba and egusi

6. When you’re chairman and you know it!

7. Who knew eba could glo up like this?

8. Don’t lie, your mouth is really watering.

9. This is what true love really means.

10. Can your favourite food make this kind of pyramid?

Maryam

November 21, 2016

Oldies

eba, Food, garri
Farming isn’t something new to Nigerians, I mean, a lot of people own little gardens in their compounds. Which was why the viral gist of the Facebook user, Ogechukwu Kate, who processed her own garri was just eye roll inducing.
Getting it straight, farming on its own is necessary for the survival of any nation. In a post on her Facebook page, she stated she’ll rather go to the farm and process her own Garri than buy 13 cups for N400.

A post as such without doubt generated hilarious and even ridiculous reactions like this:

Okechukwu Kate (3)
The Most Expensive Wife Material ? Natural Beauty ? Educated ? Hardworking ? No filter FIN. pic.twitter.com/zpNck5LA7Y — Seraph (@Yommie_Scream) September 17, 2016
Let’s not forget that garri processing was only done to make life easier for the rest of us.

I’m going to ignore the wife material bullshit being peddled there and ask. Why do people think of costs in terms of a monetary value alone?
— Osarumen Osamuyi (@SkweiRd) September 18, 2016
Liking stress and ‘sufferhead’ doesn’t make anyone husband or wife material abeg.

And one bros is here 'tensioning' us with her as wife material. Somebody that obviously doesnt have one Naira sense. pic.twitter.com/rq66rlBw6Z
— motigbetional speaker (@Edgothboy) September 18, 2016

The time spent in processing her own garri from scratch is worth way more than N400, but let’s carry on sha.

https://twitter.com/ToluBablo/status/777124413850390528

Because harvesting cassava isn’t beans.

https://twitter.com/DuchesseGingham/status/777245749432164352

How much garri is she eating sef?

How is 13 cups at 400 expensive! How much garri are you consuming 😩
— Ikuku Uwa Nile 🧖🏾‍♀️🌎 (@chefobubu) September 17, 2016

Let’s sha hope she isn’t eating all that cassava but actually making money from all the wahala she’s putting herself through in the name of saving cost.

Maryam

September 20, 2016

Gist

cassava, Facebook, farm, garri, Nigeria
On account of the 2016 break out of Lassa fever, certain preventive measures have been passed across to Nigerians to help control the spread of the virus.

Not less than 63 Nigerian lives have been claimed by the virus since its recent breakout.
The Mastomy rat is said to be the sole carrier of the Lassa virus.

Because ingestion of food contaminated by these rats aids transmission of the Lassa virus disease, the Chairman of Rivers state branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Furo Green advised Nigerians against drinking garri.
And as always, Nigerians will find hilarity in every situation. This man shared his safe way to drink garri on his Facebook page.

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I have discovered a way to drink Garri this Lassa season.1. Put the garri in a dry frying pan/pot.2. Place it on the…
Posted by Ezeogu Chijindu Chinedu on Friday, January 29, 2016
I have discovered a way to drink Garri this Lassa season. 1. Put the garri in a dry frying pan/pot. 2. Place it on the fire and allow it to fry for 10mins so that the heat will kill the Lassa virus. 3. Pour the garri out on a wide tray & allow it to get cold. Make sure ur eyes are on the garri to avoid the virus coming back cos if it does hmmmm, e go worse pass the 1st tym oh. 4. Put the garri on a plate and add the necessary (sugar, salt, glucose, powder, honey, milk, Milo, groundnut, aki, water etc). This is strictly base on ur choice but if u want to add all, no problem. Then ur delicious and tasty drinking garri is ready for consumption… Thank me later… #LassaFever_Gbakwa_Oku ?
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Maryam

February 5, 2016

Gist

Facebook, funny nigerians, garri, lassa disease, Lassa fever, rat, virus
Some people have decided to never eat garri in their lives again!
https://twitter.com/SageSeid/status/662209994734084097

We feel very sorry for them. Garri is the most awesome food in the world! And we have the pictures to prove it.
1. This is classic garri!!! ?

https://instagram.com/p/5faj6dlmpi/?tagged=garri

2. This is garri, the food of champions.

https://instagram.com/p/9oReuTxv98/?tagged=garri

3. This is garri with a fake foné.

https://instagram.com/p/9eEMoUNmTH/?tagged=garri

4. This is garri with kuli kuli.

https://instagram.com/p/7Z6IQNwdNq/?tagged=garri

5. This is garri as a balanced diet (with coconut, milk, sugar and water)… Your five a day.

https://instagram.com/p/6vcMLrJCGD/?tagged=garri

6. This one is big man’s garri.

https://instagram.com/p/1-EZcGLpnR/?tagged=garri

7. This is garri and akara. So divine!

https://instagram.com/p/83uMQnQPbB/?tagged=garri

8. This is garri as a topping for moin-moin.

https://instagram.com/p/9gCEkYkwfQ/?tagged=garri

9. This is decorated garri.

https://instagram.com/p/6tHJxMiXGf/?tagged=garri

10. This is combination garri. If you’re not counting calories you can have a combination of different foods with your garri.

https://instagram.com/p/8lgsawjuEI/?tagged=garri

11. This is garri as an instant garri mix! All our problems are solved.

https://instagram.com/p/9J1tiAuu3V/?tagged=garri

12. This is garri with tomato sauce and dodo. LOL this might be too much garri sha! Check out the massive bucket.

https://instagram.com/p/9RxIQPjO2E/?tagged=garri

13. This one is ijekuje waiting to happen.

https://instagram.com/p/6i75IByieS/?tagged=garri

14. This one is oversabi garri.

https://instagram.com/p/6n84ZhSiWd/?tagged=garri

15. This garri went to graduate school.

https://instagram.com/p/4liXkgworq/?tagged=garri

16. This is garri with classic vegetable soup.

https://instagram.com/p/9cMs-BnPCa/?tagged=garri

17. With sea food vegetable soup.

https://instagram.com/p/64k_NlgnXB/?tagged=garri

18. With Okro soup.

https://instagram.com/p/9OCCcqSSOV/?tagged=garri

19. With Egusi soup.

https://instagram.com/p/9ORIWOj9U0/?tagged=garri

20. Or with Ogbono soup. Just to mention a few.

https://instagram.com/p/9L11Eyj9SW/?tagged=garri

21. This garri has a PhD from Cairo University in Egypt.

https://instagram.com/p/8nO8cDDRzh/?tagged=garri

So, how do you like your garri?

chioma

November 5, 2015

Chopist

eba, garri