DODO (FRIED SWEET PLANTAINS)

I challenge you to try frying the whole batch without eating any along the way! Ha!

African, Afro Latin, Caribbean, Nigerian, West AfricanAdunni OgunlanohJune 20, 2026plantain, dodo, maduros, fried plantain

PAN DE BONIATO

I was first introduced to this bread at Ms. Omayra’s farm in Soroa, Cuba. It was soooo delicious and she made it without any electricity so I tried to replicate it as best I could. This is my first attempt at figuring out the recipe and I did end up using some electricity. It’s a fire-roasted boniato bread wrapped in banana leaves with coconut, warm spices, and rum. Dense, moist, rich, and somewhere between banana bread and bread pudding if they had a baby…

YELLOW RICE

My version of classic restaurant style Yellow rice…

Afro LatinAdunni OgunlanohMay 1, 2026recipe, onion, garlic, seasoning, rice, plant based, plant-based, vegan, yellow riceComment

AGBALUMO & CARDAMOM ROLLS with MIEL y MELAO MASCARPONE ICING

West African and Cuban ingredient fusion in a delectable dessert. I just wanted to use the goodies I ordered from Nigeria and brought back from my trip to Cuba all at once y’all!

TAPADO GARIFUNA

I met my bestie as a freshman in college. The first time I heard her talk to her mom on the phone and she started speaking Spanish I was shocked! I said, “black people speak Spanish?!” Spanish is her first language and she was my first exposure to Afro-Latin and Garifuna culture. This is my bestie's mom's recipe for a rich Honduran seafood stew made with fish, shrimp, coconut milk, green plantains, and aromatic herbs, simmered to a comforting, tropical depth of flavor.