How to Order Suya in Pidgin Without Getting Shortchanged (Recipe Inside!)
By: Chimdindu Ken-Anaukwu
If you ever find yourself under that roadside umbrella, surrounded by smoke, spice, and swagger, you already know say suya no be ordinary meat – na national treasure. But as the saying go: "if you no sharp, dem go cut your own like sacrifice." This guide go teach you how to order suya like pro, in full Nigerian Pidgin, and we go even give you the sacred suya recipe. Make hunger no blind you again!
Street Smart Suya Ordering in Pidgin
1. Know Your Measurement Levels
"Give me 200 naira suya": Starter pack. Just to hold stomach small.
"Abeg cut 1k suya for me, sharp sharp": You mean business.
"Oya arrange 2k own, with correct pepper": Suya and chill mood activated.
2. Pepper Control is Key
"No too put pepper o, my chest dey quick vex": For the soft life gang.
"Scatter am with pepper, make I feel something!": Hardcore levels.
3. Secure the Extras
"Where the onions and tomatoes na? Add reach now!"
"Make you give me that newspaper wrapper, the clean one!"
4. No Dull Yourself
"Abeg cut that big meat for back, I don dey eye am since"
"Wetin be this? Na toothpick you cut? Put better meat abeg!"
5. Be Friendly But Firm
Greet the mai suya (suya man): "How your night? You dey chop life sha!"
Use confidence voice: "I be regular here, no do me wayo."
How to Make Suya at Home (Because Sometimes Suya Man Go Whine You)
Ingredients:
1kg beef (thinly sliced)
4 tbsp yaji (suya spice mix: ground peanuts, pepper, ginger, garlic, Maggi)
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt to taste
Onion slices (for garnish)
Yaji Mix ingredients
Steps:
Soak wooden skewers in water (if using).
Rub oil and salt lightly on meat.
Coat meat generously with yaji mix.
Skewer and grill on charcoal or oven (200°C/400°F) for 15-20 mins.
Flip occasionally. Sprinkle extra yaji if you get liver.
Serve with onions, tomatoes, and cold drink.
Bonus Tips
Never go suya spot when you too hungry – desperation dey show.
If the meat dey shine too much, e fit be yesterday own.
Always collect change with smile but count am well.
Final Yarn
Suya no be ordinary food, na experience. With these Pidgin lines and coded moves, you go order like local champion and chop like king. Whether na roadside suya or your own kitchen version, just remember: life sweet pass when meat dey your hand.
