Tag Archive for: African Cuisine

Moroccan / Tunisian / Algerian – Harira Soup

Harira soup is one of the best soups in the North African region. It has a silky texture which is why it is called Harira because when translated it means “silk”. It is a very popular soup for the winter season and mostly it is used in the month of Ramadan. The people from Morocco believe that the Harira is from the Fez. There are many variations for this soup.

Tunisian, Algerian, Moroccan – Tajine

This cuisine is at the very top of the entire African cuisines and is loved by everyone. It is basically a pie like dish which consists of chicken which is cooked firstly with spices and then is added to a batter of egg and cheese and baked in the end. Tajines history goes way back to the 9th century as it was written in a folktale collection book called One Thousand and One Nights. It was made on a wooden pot through which it got its name and went on generation to generation. It is considered to be the national dish of Tunisia , Algeria and Morocco and it lives up to the recognition it gets.

Angola – Goat Meat Stew (Caldeirada de Cabrito)

This Angolan dish is a popular traditional dish served on November 11 in many parts of the country to celebrate Angola’s Independence. It is among the respected dish because of it’s significance to the country.

Cameroon – Crayfish With Green Leaves and Prawns

Crayfish with green leaves and prawns is a food mixture that represents the Sawa culture, a locality that is being surrounded by a river, known as River Wouri.

Ghana – Tuo Zaafi

We leave to eat or we eat to leave? This a question many people answer it wrongly. Normally the answer is, we eat to leave. Food is very an important substance that sustain life on earth.

Cameroon – Corn Cake (Tenue Millitaire or Macabo Leaf Corn Cake)

Corn cake or tenue millitaire/macabo leaf corn cake is a kind of ‘’cake’’ which is gotten from corn paste either fresh or corn flour and vegetables like soft fresh macabo leaves mixed together and cooked. This dish is a typical delicacy of the people of Bayangam in the west region of Cameroon.

Cameroon – Mulu Kpat

Cameroon is blessed with uncountable traditional dishes which comes from the ten regions each with so many villages. One of these traditional meal is mulu kpat which is a traditional meal from lebialem in the south west region precisely typical of the bamumbu tribe. The main ingredient used in preparing this mouthwatering is a leaf called tarot leaf.

Ghana – Fufu and Goat Light Soup

Ghana is blessed with delicious dishes, especially Fufu, the most eaten and respected cuisine in Ghana. Taking Akan ethnic group whereby Fufu is considered to be the first lead over other foods.

Cameroon – Scotched Egg

Scotch egg is a wonderful meal. I don’t know if I should call it a meal or not, but just eating two or sometimes even one of a rich scotch egg, you may get full or satisfied.

South Africa – Chicken Biltong

Biltong are very famous bites in South Africa made from dried sliced meat. They are characterized by air dry with lemon, sugar, salt, pepper and other flavours to preserve taste and lower fats percent from it. It is traced from the abroads but still holds it’s value through the traditional way of drying meat for longer last.