Egusi soup is a thick, deeply savoury West African stew built on ground melon seeds, egusi, simmered with palm oil, peppers, onion and leafy greens, usually alongside meat or fish. It is one of Nigeria's most widely cooked dishes, eaten with a soft "swallow" such as pounded yam, eba, fufu or amala. At Jollof Bistro — The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, in Remera, it is on the menu for dine-in, pickup or delivery across Kigali. What egusi actually is Egusi are the shelled seeds of a West African melon grown less for its flesh than for what is inside it. Dried and hulled, the seeds look like pale, flat almonds; ground, they become a soft, oily meal that behaves...
The easiest place to buy Nigerian food ingredients in Kigali is Jollof Bistro — The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, a Nigerian restaurant and African grocery in Remera. The shelves carry the staples West African cooking runs on: garri, palm oil, elubo (amala flour), brown and honey beans, acha (fonio) and dried ugwu leaf, priced in RWF by the pack or the kilo. Shop in person in Remera, order online for pickup, or have your ingredients delivered across Kigali. What counts as a "Nigerian food ingredient"? Nigerian home cooking leans on a compact pantry that does an enormous amount of work. Break it into four groups and shopping gets simple. Starches and flours are the base of almost every meal:...
Jollof rice is a West African one-pot rice dish cooked in a base of blended tomatoes, red peppers and onions, simmered until every grain turns deep orange and drinks up the sauce. In Nigeria it is the centrepiece of parties, holidays and Sunday tables, usually eaten with chicken, beef, fish or fried plantain. At Jollof Bistro — The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, we cook ours the traditional smoky way in Remera, for dine-in, pickup or delivery across Kigali. What jollof rice actually is The name traces back to the Wolof (or Jolof) people of the Senegambia region, where a rice-and-tomato dish cooked in one pot travelled outward along trade routes and settled into kitchens across West Africa. Every country...
Zobo is a deep-red Nigerian drink brewed from the dried calyces of the hibiscus flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa), steeped with spices such as ginger and cloves, sweetened to taste and served cold. It is naturally caffeine-free and non-alcoholic, with a bright, tart flavour somewhere between cranberry and sour cherry, and it is traditionally enjoyed across West Africa as an everyday cooler and as the drink that shows up at every celebration. At Jollof Bistro — The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, you will find it on the drinks list at our place in Remera, alongside the rice dishes and soups. What is zobo, exactly? The name comes from zoborodo, the Hausa word for the hibiscus plant used to make it. You...
If you have been eating with us as The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, here is the only thing you really need to know: nothing on your plate has changed. Same kitchen in Remera, same women running it, same recipes, same prices in RWF. We are simply putting one name on the front door and on every menu: Jollof Bistro — The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali. Why now Over the years we ended up living under two names. Some of you found us as The Best Nigerian Food in Kigali, others already know us as Jollof Bistro, which is the name on our Google listing, our Facebook page and our Instagram. Two names meant two sets of directions, two...
