Mpouh fish is a creamy white flavouredful sauce with the main ingredient being fish and njansang. Mpouh fish originated from the people of lebialem in the south west region of Cameroon. One funny aspect about this dish is that mpouh is plantain flour and it is eaten with plantain hummmmm what a wonderful dish.
Food is life and we eat to live as stipulated by some school of thoughts. Roasted beef and cassava or baton is eye catching and mouthwatering, the sight of this meal will make you ask for more. This dish is loved by many and of course because it is delicious it is termed a high profile meal in restaurants and food for the rich when prepared in homes.
Banana melaxe is a meal gotten from unripe bananas and enough ground groundnut. Banana melaxe is a dish which is very common with Bamlike people from the west region of Cameroon. Banana melaxe is good for breast feeding mothers as it is believed that it helps in producing enough breast milk.
Cabbage is very common in Cameroon and due to this fact, it is being prepared in so many different ways and styles. Sauté cabbage is fried cabbage which is prepared in a modern way and is either eaten with ripe plantains or unripe plantains. Santa in the North West region of Cameroon produces the highest quantity of cabbage in Cameroon.
ounded coco yams is a meal eaten in almost all regions in Cameroon. Although eaten in almost all the regions in Cameroon, some of the villages who consider pounded coco yams as their first or best meal. All of these villages are found in the North West region.
Moubora is a dish made from pumpkin leaves and fried groundnut. Pumpkin leaves commonly known as “nchi” in my locality is a plant vegetable which is very common in backyard gardens in most village settings. This dish is a delicacy of the Bangwa people of the south west region of Cameroon.
Naangtarre is meal gotten from cocoyam and palm oil. Naangtarre as most people call it is a delicacy to the people of the North West region of Cameroon precisely the inhabitants of the metah and mankon clan.
Okok is a mixture of eru leaves and water leaves. This is a staple eaten all over the Cameroon’s national territory. It is referred to as eru in the south west region, North West region and west region while those from the littoral, center region and the east region call it okok.
Koki beans is a deliciuous meal which is gotten from a special specie of beans called black-eyed-peas. This beans is cultivated mostly in some villages in the north west region like in Ndu and Ntui and in the south west region in meme division particularly in Mbonge , ekombe bonji and ekondo titi. Here in Cameroon you will hear names like “mami koki” referring to women who sell koki for a livelihood.
Accra banana is a snack made from grated cassava and ripe bananas. Accra banana has a long history as our great grandparents discovered this snack, passed it down to our grandparents then to our parents. In almost all occasions now, Accra banana is always seen on the table and it is very economical as it can serve a large number of people. It has become a source of income to many people and has also become very popular and on high demand.