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Suya
Kwara State, Nigeria · Africa
About Suya
Suya sits on the route: 20 minutes from Kosubosu.
Suya is in Kwara State, Nigeria, with about 7,900 people. The nearest town is Kosubosu, about 10 km away.
Suya, also known as Tsire, is a traditional Hausa (Nigerian) smoke-grilled spiced meat on skewer. Suya is generally made with thin-sliced spiced beef, lamb, goat, ram, or chicken arranged on wooden skewers. Organ meats such as kidney, liver and tripe as well as other types of meats and seafood (shrimp) are alsoRead more
sometimes used. Suya is most popular as evening street food or snack, restaurant appetizer, and as accompaniment with drinks at bars and night spots.
Suya meat is thinly sliced and then marinated in a traditional Hausa spice mix called 'Yaji' which consists of dry hot chili & cayenne peppers, ginger, dried onion, ground peanut cake ('Kuli-Kuli'), salt and other spices. The skewered meats are doused with vegetable oil before they are cooked on the grill.
As with curry, there is no standard recipe for composing the complex Yaji spice mix mixture of spices and additives which make up the Suya marinade and dry toppings served alongside it. Ingredients vary according to personal and regional preferences.
The cooked suya is usually sliced off the skewers and cut into bite-size bits. It is often served with an extra topping or side helping of yaji pepper mix as well as sliced onions and tomatoes, which may be requested grilled or raw as preferred. In traditional Hausa culture, a side serving of Hausa masa (soaked rice/grain/corn cakes) is common. Suya can also be eaten with rice, kosai, garri or ogi.
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Suya is in Kwara State, Nigeria, about 10 km from Kosubosu.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,936
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Nigeria
- Region
- Kwara State
- Timezone
- Africa/Lagos
- Coordinates
- 9.4688, 3.1833
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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