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Suya

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Suya is a traditional smoke-grilled spiced meat on a skewer, prepared originally by the Hausa people of northern Nigeria and now recognized as a national dish of Nigeria. Thin slices of meat, most often beef, though also lamb, goat, chicken or organ meat, are coated in vegetable oil and marinated in a spice blend called yaji, made from dry hot chili and cayenne pepper, ginger, dried onion, ground peanut cake known as kuli-kuli, salt and other spices, before being grilled over an open flame. After cooking, the meat is cut into bite-sized pieces and served with extra yaji, sliced onion and tomato, and accompaniments such as rice, plantain or Hausa masa; vendors known as mai suya sell it as street food, a restaurant appetizer and a common accompaniment to drinks at bars and night spots, and the dish has spread throughout West Africa and its diaspora.

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Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own account
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account
Northern Nigeria (Hausa) 1
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Source Suya (Wikipedia)
Source Suya (Wikipedia)

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Peanut, Ingredients
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1. Suya (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Body text
    Originating from Nigeria but popular across West Africa and its diaspora, suya is a large part of Hausa culture and food.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suya (dietary-suitability)
    Suya, also known as Tsire, is a traditional Hausa (Nigerian) smoke-grilled spiced meat on skewer.
  • Expresses Tradition: Street Food Culture, lead paragraph
    Suya is most popular as evening street food or snack, restaurant appetizer, and as accompaniment with drinks at bars and night spots.
  • Expresses Tradition: Halal (Islamic Dietary Law), lead paragraph
    Halal meat preparation methods are normally used, especially in the northern parts of Nigeria where it originates as is customary with traditional Hausa foods, where the suspicion of nonconformity to Muslim dietary prohibitions in Suya preparation has been known to cause riots.
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Wikidata: Suya
Wikidata Q7650627, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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