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Where every bite is a sweet memory
Aleerah Sugar & Spice

From jollof
to masa.

Halal Nigerian catering and food delivery across Hertfordshire, Cambridge and London. Weddings, Eid and naming ceremonies, a fresh weekend menu every week, and frozen boxes posted UK-wide.

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100 percent halal, certified suppliers Family-run, cooked by hand Order by WhatsApp and Instagram

We cook the food we grew up on. Both sides of it.

The jollof and small chops everyone knows, and the northern dishes that are hard to find over here: masa, vegetable stew, the food of an Eid morning. Every dish 100 percent halal, every dish made by hand, by us.

The road the recipes travelled

From Abuja to Letchworth.

Every dish on this page made the same trip: learned in a family kitchen in Nigeria, carried over, and cooked here by hand until it tasted like home again.

Three ways to eat with us
For your big day

Event catering

Weddings, naming ceremonies, Eid, birthdays and corporate gatherings. Cooked by us, served the way your people expect: plenty of it, and well seasoned.

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For your weekend

Weekend menu

A fresh, short menu drops every Monday. Order by Thursday 9pm and it reaches your door over the weekend.

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For your freezer

Frozen boxes

Our most-loved dishes frozen at their best and posted UK-wide, including the masa box you cannot find anywhere else.

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The food people remember

The dishes, passing like a reel.

Party jollof rice with grilled chicken

Party Jollof & Grilled Chicken

Smoky party rice with chargrilled chicken: the dish a celebration is judged by.

Suya with onions and yaji

Suya

Beef chargrilled and dusted in yaji, sliced with onions and pepper.

Contains peanuts (yaji)
Moi moi steamed bean pudding

Moi Moi

Steamed bean pudding, soft and savoury.

May contain crayfish, fish: verify
Fried yam with egg sauce and wings

Yam, Egg Sauce & Wings

Golden fried yam, a rich egg sauce and chicken wings.

Oxtail pepper soup

Oxtail Pepper Soup

Slow-simmered and deeply spiced, the way it should be.

May contain crayfish, fish: verify
Grilled fish with wedges

Grilled Fish & Wedges

Whole fish grilled with peppers, with seasoned wedges.

Fish
Mac and cheese with ribs

Mac & Cheese with Ribs

Creamy baked mac and cheese with tender ribs.

Biscoff cheesecake

Biscoff Cheesecake

The dessert people ask for by name. No alcohol, fully halal.

Masa with vegetable stew and yaji
Our signature

Masa. Northern Nigeria's best-kept secret.

Soft, golden rice cakes: crisp outside, pillowy inside, with the faint sourdough tang that comes from a proper slow ferment. Breakfast on Eid morning, the food of welcome at a naming ceremony, and almost impossible to find made properly in the UK. That gap is exactly why we make it.

20 pieces 18 · 40 pieces 34 · 80 pieces 62

Served with yaji, which contains peanuts. Always tell us about allergies.

For your biggest days

Three ways to cater a celebration.

Buffets only, done beautifully: drop-off, or delivered and fully set up. Prices per head are a guide; message us your date and numbers for a proper quote.

Party Trays & Platters

From 80, priced by tray

Trays of your favourites for collection or delivery: perfect for a smaller gathering, or topping up your own spread.

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Most popular

The Celebration

40 to 120 guests · 18.50 to 21.50 per head

We deliver, style the whole buffet on site with chafing dishes and clear allergen labels, and leave it set up and ready for your guests.

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The Gathering

20 to 80 guests · 13.50 to 15.50 per head

A drop-off buffet delivered hot in ready-to-serve trays, with disposable serveware and a simple heating and serving guide.

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1. Message us

Your date, rough numbers and venue. Takes two minutes.

2. Three options

Within 24 hours: good, better and best, with clear prices.

3. Secure the date

A booking fee holds it. We take a small number of events each month.

4. Confirm details

Final numbers two weeks out, balance one week before.

5. We deliver

You enjoy your own celebration while we handle the food.

Booking terms, plainly: weddings 6 to 8 weeks' lead · delivery-and-setup 3 to 4 weeks · drop-off 2 weeks · trays 1 week. Booking fee 100 or 25 percent (whichever is greater), non-refundable, deducted from your balance. Numbers confirmed 14 days out. One free date change with 21 days' notice. Suya and masa use a peanut-based spice (yaji), packed separately; always tell us about allergies.
Weekend delivery

This weekend's menu.

A fresh, short menu every week, cooked at its best. No warming cabinet, no guesswork. Menu drops Monday; order by Thursday 9pm.

    Delivery: Hertfordshire and Cambridge on zoned Saturday and Sunday routes · minimum order 25 · delivery 3 to 6 by zone. London: one pre-ordered run each month, plus frozen courier any time.
    Order deadline: Thursday, 9pm
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    until this week's orders close

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    Frozen, delivered UK-wide

    The freezer shop.

    Taste of Naija Box

    49

    The starter kit: jollof base, assorted meat stew, meatpies and puff puff mix. A weekend of good eating in one box.

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    Suya & Small Chops Party Box

    55

    Suya (contains peanuts) and a mix of small chops: puff puff, samosa, spring roll, mini meatpie. For when people are coming over.

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    UK exclusive

    Masa Weekend Box

    42

    Masa, vegetable stew and yaji (contains peanuts): the only one of its kind in the UK. If you have been missing masa, this is the box.

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    Seasonal, opens mid-January

    Ramadan Freezer Fill

    85 to 95

    A freezer stocked for the month: enough variety to make iftar easy every night.

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    Dispatched Monday to Wednesday by next-day insulated courier with wool liners and ice packs, so your box travels cold and arrives freezer-ready. Free delivery over 60. Add a whole Biscoff cheesecake to any order for 42; it ships frozen beautifully. Every box includes a storage and reheating card.

    Fresh food from the Aleerah kitchen
    Our story, in her voice

    A home kitchen, opened up to yours.

    I am a Muslim woman in Hertfordshire, and Aleerah Sugar and Spice is my kitchen, opened up to yours. I cook the Nigerian food I grew up on, both sides of it: the jollof everyone loves, and the northern dishes that are harder to find here. When I could not find masa made properly anywhere near me, I started making it myself. People asked for more. That is really how all of this began.

    Halal is not a label for me; it is just how I cook, because it is how we eat at home. This is my work, with my husband behind me as support, and I only take a small number of events each month: I would rather cook for fewer people properly than for more people in a rush.

    When your trays arrive, they were made by me. Not bought in, not outsourced. I hope it tastes like someone cooked it for you. Because someone did.

    Aleerah

    Where every bite is a sweet memory.

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