Tag Archive for: Cameroon Cuisine

Mbo, Cameroon – Cooking Ekusi Pudi

Ekusi pudi is a meal having its origin from the Mbo. It is a meal that portrays the history of the Mbo as there are groups of Mbo, the Mbo from the littoral and the Mbo from the Southwest. The Mbo from the SouthWest are the ones having ekusi pudi as a traditional meanl.

Cameroon – Bahana Burnt Plum With Boiled Native Cocoyams

Bahana burnt plum is a local cuisine known for the fact that it is being eaten at the sunset when the whole family is being gathered around a burning fire telling themselves stories of different kind from epic stories to comic stories with the whole family laughing cheerfully enjoying themselves. Bahana burnt plum with boiled native cocoyams is a tradition coming from the Bahana, a village locality found in the Western part of Cameroon.

Cameroon – Akra and Beans/Breakfast Cuisine

In Cameroon, along the road, you could see an aged lady that has been frying Akra for a very long time. It is like a profession for most people and a sauce of income. This helps the poor and at times the rich too. Akra is very important breakfast cuisine in Cameroon, made from white beans seeds.

Cameroon – Roasted Beef and Cassava/Baton

Food is life and we eat to live as stipulated by some school of thoughts. Roasted beef and cassava or baton is eye catching and mouthwatering, the sight of this meal will make you ask for more. This dish is loved by many and of course because it is delicious it is termed a high profile meal in restaurants and food for the rich when prepared in homes.

Cameroon – Pomme à la vapeur au poulet

Pomme à la vapeur avec poulet is a local cuisine having the taste of a hot steak that has just been prepared and removed from fire. This food originates from Cameroon precisely in Ebolowa locality, a town not that far from the Center region, which is Yaounde.

Cameroon – Okok With Cassava Stick

Okok is known by all Cameroonians and most like it due to the fact that it is very sweat in the mouth as a result of the ingredients they use in its preparation. . In the french language, Cassava stick means manioc and okok with cassava stick means l’okok avec le manioc.

Cameroon – Yam Tubers With Green Vegetable Leaves

Yam tubers with green vegetable leaves is a common meal in Cameroon. It is a common meal in that it tells the story of a people that live by Divine Instructions, tilting the soil. The people that eat this food do not care much about the taste but the wellbeing it offers them after they eat this food. This is story of the people of Nanga-Ebogo in Cameroon.

Cameroon – Gum Gum With Brown Fish Sauce

Gum Gum with brown fish sauce is cooked for various reasons like traditional reasons and domestic reasons for various purposes. Traditional reasons like the celebration of the intronisation of a new head of village or when the head of family is welcoming the delegation from the head of village into his house. Gum Gum with brown fish sauce is a traditional meal that is being prepared in the West part of Cameroon.

Cameroon – Djori Green Soup With Boiled Garri

Djori green soup is a kind of soup tasting like boiled groundnut in the mouth. The constant consumption and eating of the djori green soup helps in treating and relieving the pains associated in bones. Djori green soup with boiled garri is a local cuisine coming from locality of Dunga.

Cameroon – Black Soup With Kum Kum

Black soup with Kum Kum is a local cuisine being preprared solely during official occasions. Such special occasion is the case of mariages. In this case, inhabitants or people originating from Akum prepare the black soup with Kum Kum during marital ceremonies such as welcoming the groom into the bride’s family.