Tag Archive for: African Cuisine

Nigeria – Banga Soup

The Banga Soup cuisine originates primarily in the south and mid-western parts of Nigeria. Many settlers from the area consumes it at large. It is tasty, smooth and lovely.

Cameroon – Pork Leg Sauce Sauter

Pork leg sauce sauter is a local cuisine cooked for the strengthening of the bones. It is not actually an initiation but there are some beliefs that you must first go a series of process for the first time you are eating the Pork leg sauce sauter. The dish is having its origins in the Western region of Cameroon, precisely Banu in Cameroon.

Cameroon – Roasted Potatoes With Macaroni

Roasted potatoes with macaroni is a meal cooked for special occasions on Sundays to welcome Sunday visitors at home or have a family meal together. This dish is a meal coming from the Savanes of Cameroon, precisely in East part of the country.

Senegal – Mafé

Mafé dish is originated from Mali specifically to Mandika and Bambara people, yet it became famous in the country because of the agricultural factor of cultivating it’s basics ingredients that is ground nuts.

Ghana – Waakye

This is the dish which is based on BEANS and RICE. This is one of the most famous breakfasts for GHANAIANS. The specialty of this dish is, you can serve its dish in BANANA LEAVES. The meaning of the word “WAAKYE” is BEAN. This word comes from the language of HAUSA. This dish was originated from CARRIBEAN and SOUTH AMERICA.

Cameroon – Ngwelle White Yams With White Beans

Ngwelle white yams with white beans talks of the hospitality the Ngwelles are known for. It is a very hospitable area and one of the ways visitors are being received is through a meal of White yams with white beans. It is very dear to heart for a Ngwelle man tp receive you in this manner. Ngwelle white yams with white beans is a meal found in Ngwelleland in Cameroon.

Nigeria – Obe Ishapa

Obe Ishapa is a Nigerian cuisine eating by those of western Nigeria. The cuisine is not so common but it eating so well by those who know of it and who can prepare it.

Cameroon – Plantain Casserole

Many people use plantains as accompaniment for most sauce or soup they cook. For example, egusi stew, egusi pudding, tomatoes sauce, Bongo Chubi, Etc. Those listed above are just a few of the many not listed LOL.

Cameroon – Dodo With Eggs

Dodo is a fast food which is easily prepared in a couple of minutes. Dodo here stands for fried ripe plantains. Dodo is a food that is generally eaten during morning hours, that is, it is being considered as breakfast.

Tunisia / Morocco / Algeria / Liberia – Maghrebi Mint Tea

Maghrebi mint tea or Tunisian mint tea is an green tea which is prepared with spearmint leaves and sugar. The best part of this tea is not its flavor but its essence. There are many stories regarding the origin of this tea but the story which is deemed to be true is the one which took place in the 19th century in Morocco. It is of a merchant who was British and he used to sell at those times a tea called the Gunpowder Tea.