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Stocking an African Pantry from Scratch
18 June 2026 · 7 min read · ANTOA Editorial
Ten items that unlock a hundred dishes, whether you're cooking for one or for a crowd.
If you are starting from nothing, buy in this order: crayfish, iru, palm oil, egusi, ogbono, garri, yaji, dried pepper, stockfish, hibiscus.
Those ten will get you through soups, stews, snacks and drinks. Everything else is refinement.
Cook it with the real thing
Every ingredient mentioned here is in our pantry, sourced directly from West Africa.
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