Tag Archive for: African Cuisine

Ghanaia – Ghanaian Goat Soup

Ghanaian Goat Soup is a throughout the nation preferred recipe, which stemmed with the Ewes in the Northern Volta Location of Ghana. It can be made with numerous other meats, such as beef or lamb, as well as also fish and also shellfish. Standard Goat Soup uses goat meat.

Africa – Makande

Makande is type of food found in almost every part of Africa. This is due to availability of it’s resources, maize and beans.

Uganda – Vegetable Potatoes Roast (Vegetable Mix)

Vegetable mixing is a style used by most of people in Africa, especially places with vegetable cultivation favourable environment and climate.

Tanzania – Rice Porridge

Egypt, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria are the most known countries to cultivate rice in Africa. Shinyanga, Tabora, Mwanza, Mbeya, Rukwa and Morogoro are the most known areas in Tanzania to cultivate rice, however today we will prepare our local cuisine of rice porridge from Mbeya, Tanzania. Let us roll in.

Madagascar – Romazava (Beef and Vegetable Stew)

Romazava is a stew of meat and vegetables being cooked well to give a unique taste. It’s a national dish in Madagascar that is taken with a varieties of side dishes like rice or bread.

Tunisian, Algerian – Chicken Chorba

Chorba or Shorba is an Arabic word which means soup or stew. It is a soup which is made by adding chicken to a base of tomatoes, onions, ginger and many other spices. It is said during the Ottoman Empire period this dish was invented by the people. It is also said that during the winter days a family which was very poor made this soup to keep them warm and also to keep their children warm.

Cameroon – White Coco Yams With White Groundnut Soup

White coco yams with white soup is a local cuisine better called whitty whitty due to the white nature it possesses both in the soup and in the compliment, which is the white coco yams. This local cuisine has its origin back in the Bamileke land, from the Bafang inhabitants.

Nigeria – Abak Atama Soup

Today, you will be reading about Abak Atama Soup. This is a delicious soup popular amongst the Ibibios of Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria. Unlike some other soups, this meal got its names from the ingredient used for preparation.

Cameroon – Fried Plaintain With Crayfish, Chicken and Beef

Eating fried plantains with crayfish, chicken and beef may seem crazy to some people, to others it is what they want and no one can stop them from doing so. People even go to the extent of organizing challenges to know new types of food and who can eat the highest. This is case with the Ndopmbi food challenge. Fried plantain with crayfish, chicken and beef is being prepared in Littoral region of Cameroon.

Cameroon – Riz amerounais avec le manioc and cabbage

Riz camerounais is a type of rice made in Cameroon with the specificities that it is locally grown and the size of the grains are big. Riz Cameroonais saw the day in order to fight the importation of other types of rice from other countries and encourage local development, creating jobs and curbing the increasing rate of poverty and famine. Originally, the cooking of this meal began in Ndop, a village under the regional capital of Bamenda.