Tag Archive for: Cameroon Cuisine

Cameroon – Bakossi Stewed Chicken

A rich land merits so much respect like the case of this special food, stewed chicken. Bakossi stewed chicken is a form of chicken prepared after an incantation, that is the fowl that has been used for a sacrifice for a particular reason or a particular situation.

Cameroon – Dahyi and Contri Red Soup

Dahyi is a traditional meal common in the North West region of Cameroon and frequently prepared by the people of bamungo in the ngoketunjia division of North West region of Cameroon. Dahyi looks more like achu but it is hard as little or no water is used during pounding.

Cameroon – Puff Puff

Puff puff is one of west Africa breakfast delicacy. This is usually eating most at times during breakfast. With tea or pap. In Cameroon, during the rush hour mornings, many people leave their homes hurrying to work without eating at home.

Cameroon – Pumpkin Leaves

Pumpkin leaves is such a delicious meal which many people fail to understand or neglect this meal. Pumpkin leaves is very nutritive and cheap to get. This meal is good for convalescence, breastfeeding mothers and the aging ones.

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 – White Yam and Egussi Stew

White yam and egussi stew is a delicious meal which is at the same time very nutritious. White yam and egussi sauce is a typical delicacy to the southwest people because they have the raw materials available often. It should be noted that yam and egussi stew is loved nationwide and prepared in every part of the country as well.

Cameroon, Nigeria – Egusi Soup/Stew with Rice or Ripe Plantains or White Yams

Egusi soup is made from melon seeds. The melon is harvested when it is matures, it cracked open and the seeds removed and dried. The seeds are collected and dried well using just sun light. (the African way).

Cameroon – Chicken Green Soup

Chicken green soup is a soup made most of chicken. In this case, the chicken will not be cut in many portions, but a just some few parts. This is a kind of tradition that has been followed for decades now and cannot be stopped just like that. Chicken green soup is being prepared in the region of Baku in the West of Cameroon.

Bakweri Specia, Cameroon – Kwacoco and Banga soup

In Africa, and Cameroon to be précised, our women must know how to cook. That is an extra and wonderful boost for her finding a man she could get married to.

Cameroon – Okereke Red Beans and Black Beans With Boiled Plantains

Red beans and black beans cooked together is a mixture that is very rare in cooking beans. In this case, it is a combination of the black beans and the red beans altogether that are being joined to give the name Okereke red and black beans with boiled plantains. Okereke red beans and black beans coming from Nunu inhabitants from the North West region precisely under the Bui Division locality in Cameroon.