While the raw aroma can be intense, once iru is cooked in soups or stews, the sharpness mellows into a savoury fragrance that transforms the entire dish. Iru or African locust bean is one of West ...

Some years ago, I bought locust beans (Iru) in Lagos a couple of times but I had to stop because they were badly made. Now, my mother helps to buy the seeds and she gives them to a woman who knows how ...