Popular African Dishes
East
African
- Sweet
Pea Soup
- Chapatti
- Swahili
peanut kashata
- Swahili
Pudding
North
African
- Carthagenian
Flank Steak
- Chicken
Couscous
- West
African
- Basque
Chicken Yassa
(lemon-vinegar chicken dish)
- Groundnut
stew
Benne Cakes
Algerian
- Shorba
(Chicken Soup)
- Cooked
carrot salad
- Fish
Soup
- Bourek-Beef
Stuffed Pastry Rolls
- L'Ham
El HLou
- Chlada
Fakya (Fruit Salad served with whipped cream)
- Benin
- Rice
and Beans,
- Peanut
Sauce,
- Ingame
Pilé,
- Pâte
Rouge,
- Pâge
Blanche,
- Ingame
Pilé,
- Sauce
Legume,
- Tapicoa,
- Klui
Klui,
- Fried
Plantains
- Cameroon
- Banana
Bread
- Fried
Sweet Potatoes or Plantains
- Zom
(Spinach with meat)
- Folon
a la Georges
- Beef
with pineapple and coconut
- Cape
Verdian
Carne Gizado - Stewed Meat & Vegetables
Polvo a modo ze de Lino - Octopus Stew
Cachupinha
Supida de Xerem - Ground coen with Vegetables & Meat
Coconut Candy
Papaya Candy
Pudim de Qyeijo - Cheese Pudding
Xerem de Festa - a Wedding Dish
Caldo de Pexe - fish soup
- Cachupa
rice
- Cania
de Galinha - thick chicken rice soup
Côte
d'Ivoire
- Egyptian
Ful Nabed - Egyptian Bean and Vegetable Soup- Koushari
(Lentils, Macaroni and Rice In Oil
- Moussaka
- Egyptian
Red Snapper in Red Pepper-Mint Sauce
- Ethiopian
Doro Alicha - mild Ethiopian chicken dish
Doro Wat - A spicy Ethiopian chicken dish
Tibs Wet- A very spicy (and fatty!) meat dish from Ethiopia
Injera- A very simple recipe for injera, the pancake-spongy bread
that accompanies Ethiopian food.
Yekik Alich'a- An Ethiopian split pea dish, with a mild sauce.
Spiced butter A recipe for clarified, herbed butter, a basic ingredient
in Ethiopian cuisine
Berbere - A red pepper based spice mixture, used in Ethiopian dishes
- Ghana
Ghana Jollof Rice
- Ashanti
Chicken
- Avocado
with smoked fish
- Fresh
Fish Stew
- Plain
Soup
- Ghanaian
Groundnut Soup
- Kele
Wele - served as a dessert
Kenya
Liberia
Beef Internal Soup
Jollof Rice
Monrovian Collards & Cabbage
Liberian Sweet Potato Pone
Ginger Beer
Stewed Mangos with Cloves
Madagascar
Lasary Voatabia - Tomato and Scallion Salad
Malawian
Nsima- Staple Food
Mbatata Biscuits- sweet potato
Malawian Desserts - recipes including
Nthochi (banana) Bread
Mbatata (sweet potato) Cookies
Mtedza (peanut) Puffs
Zitumbuwa (banana fritters)
Mauritius
Salade Chouchou - Choko Salad
Mauritian Mayonnaise
Fricasse Le Chou - Buttered White Cabbage
Gratin de Morue - Salt Cod with Mashed Potatoes
Hakien - Pork & Prawn Bean Curd Rolls
Carrie Tripes Gros Pois- Tripes with Lima Beans in Curry Sauce
Poisson Sale - Fried Salt Fish with Onions
Mauritian Cassoulet
Swimmer Crabs Bouillon
Mulku (Murukku)
Gigot de Mouton- Lamb Roast
- Moroccan
Moroccan Chick Pea Soup
Moroccan chicken tagine with honey & apricots
Moroccan Vegetarian Sweet Potato Stew
Chicken and Carrot Tagine
- Chicken
with prunes, honey, toasted almonds and cinammon
Mozambique
Nigerian
Pepper
Soup
Suya - chicken, beef, shrimp or veal
Senegal
- Senegalese
Lemon Soup
Tiebou Dienne - cheb-oo-jen - sometimes called the national dish
of Sénégal.
- Senegal
Seafood Stew
Ngalax- a delightful dessert
South
Africa
Sosaties - Grilled Marinated Meat with Apricots
Cape Kidgeree - Fish and Rice
Klappertert - Coconut Pie Dessert
Bobotie - Baked Beef Curry With Custard Topping
Cape Boboti & Brandy Pudding
South African Biltong - beef jerky
Boerwors
Sudan
Shata - Hot Spice Accompaniment
Shorba - Puree of Lamb
Maschii - Stuffed Tomato with Chopped Beef
Tanzania
Beans with coconut and cilantro - a vegetarian dish
Ndizi Na Nyama - Banana curry with Beef
Kuku Wa Kupaka - Chicken in Coconut
Samaki Wa Nazi - Fish with chili and coconut
Maharaga Ya Naz - White Beans in coconut milk
Kabichi - Stir fried Cabbage with pepper
Ugali - Maze Pudding
- Uganda
- Smoked
fish stew
- Sim-sim
cookies
- Zanzibar
Beans and groundnut relish
- Supu
Ya Kuku - Chicken Soup
- Zahn
Ze Bar - Zanzibar Duck
- M'Chuzi
wa Nyama - Curry of Beef Zanziba
- Mango
Tartlets with Lime Curd and Tropical Nut Crust
- Zimbabwe
Salted Groundnuts,
- Corn
Meal with Pumpkin,
- Peanut
Butter Stew
Sadza (like a cornbread dumpling)
- Dovi
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