Recipe: Perfect Northern Nigerian Moringa Salad

Northern Nigerian Moringa Salad. Moringa Salad This delicious salad is super easy to throw together and so bright and colorful. Start by harvesting some fresh moringa leaves. I put together a quick video tutorial on how to prune your moringa and harvest the leaves.

Some people add tomatoes to their own, but to me I feel it's not really necessary because the tomatoes can make it a bit watery, and we don't want that. Nigerian Salad also known as "Nigerian mixed vegetable Salad" is one of the richest salad recipes you can ever find. It is prepared with more than five vegetables, combined together and enriched with the classic Baked Beans and Cream. You can have Northern Nigerian Moringa Salad using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Northern Nigerian Moringa Salad

1. You need 10 of hand full moringa leaves (fresh).
2. You need 5 tablespoons of kuli kuli Powder (groundnut cake powder).
3. You need 1 of medium onion.
4. It's 2 tablespoons of oil.
5. You need 1 of egg (optional).
6. You need 2 of tomatoes.
7. Prepare 1 of Maggi (stock cube).
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of yaji (ground chili pepper).
9. It's 1 of atarugu (scotch bonnet pepper) for garnishing.

Believe me, this Salad is not complete wit. MORINGA SALAD PREPARATION The first think to do is to pick the moringa from the stalk into a bowl and wash well. Wash and slice the onions into a suitable plate and set aside. Zogale (Moringa salad) from the Northern part of Nigeria is one of such nutritious meals with extraordinary taste and amazing health benefits.

Northern Nigerian Moringa Salad step by step

1. Pluck leaves from stalk. Don't worry if a little stalk remain behind.
2. Boil for about 20 minutes or until tender. But don't let it over cook (get too soft) so as to still retain its medicinal value. And drain in a colander.
3. Mix all ingredients together after dicing onion and tomatoes.
4. Viola! Your salad is ready! Healthy and delicious! Don't forget to share your salad with someone you love....*wink..

It is rich in antioxidants, lowers blood sugar levels and cholesterol amongst other amazing health benefits. To prepare this recipe, you will be needing the main ingredient which is the Moringa, grounded kuli kuli, onions, peppers, seasoning cubes and salt. Instead of fresh pepper, you can also use Mixed. Moringa Leaf is high in Vitamins and Minerals. It's highly recommended for women especially who are pregnant.