Tag Archive for: African Cuisine

Madagascar – Foza sy hena-kisoa (Seafood Platter)

Among the best cuisines from Madagascar is this one, being prepared with the fusion of stir-fried pork, crab, and lobster roast. All these are sea food that are largely found around Madagascar coasts and easy to get.

Cameroon – Okok

Okok is a meal or a traditional Cameroonian dish from the central region of Cameroon. It is mostly called “Yaoundé chop” because the people from this area adores this dish. Okok is eru leaves in the Yaoundé dialect, it thus takes its name from this vegetable bearing the name okok. To the Yaoundé people they believe that the beauty of okok has not been felt until it is served with a bottle of red wine.

Burkina Faso – Babenda

Welcome to Burkina faso where the traditional taste is preserved with traditional dishes. Babenda is among the loved and respected dishes in the country. It has been prepared far more than a meal but a medicine and nutritional agent especially for men. You can’t speak about Burkina Faso cuisines without mentioning the Babenda dish.

Nigeria – Egusi Sauce and Snails With Ripe Plantains

A snail is one of the oldest mollusks to have existed. Some will say they can’t consume such, but after tasting it for the first time with some pepper, the story will be told different. Probably after reading this, you may want to prepare Egusi sauce and snails.

Senegal – Lakhou Bissap

Lakhou Bissap is recipe most known in northen and central zone of Senegal city. Most people do take it for meal almost of any kind because it fits all of them, consider it as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Somali – Cambuulo Iyo Maraq

Cambuulo Iyo Maraq is a cuisine from Somali with rice mixed with adzuki beans and a top up of tomato soup (maraq). Although is easy to prepare Cambuulo Iyo Maraq, still the meal takes some time to cook especially with adzuki beans.

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.

Cameroon – Brown Fish Soup With Brown Pounded Brown Coco

Brown fish soup is a soup having a brown color, reason why it is being called brown soup due to the browness in color. This food comes from Bamenka, the Western region of Cameroon. But now, it has gone to all the zones of Cameroon, the center region, the North region, the Littoral.

Egypt – Fattah

This is an Egyptian dish that is always celebrated, especially during Eid al-Adha when the lamb boards remind us of it. In Arabic, the word “Fattah” means “particle”. The Fattah is also the Lebanese breakfast king.

Algeria – Chorba Frik

Algeria is a country located in northern Africa, is bordered by the Western Sahara to the west, Mauritania to the south as well as Tunisia to the northeast. Algeria is dominated by Muslims, who has a longer religious fasting period called Ramadan. This is where our cuisine spot. Almost in every table at the time of breaking the fast, Chorba frik must be on the table too.