The Congo Cookbook

a collection of African recipes from all over Africa

Category: Staple

 
Ugali

Eastern Africa’s Ugali (similar to Southern Africa’s Mealie-meal,Nshima, and Sadza) is usually made from maize (corn) which was brought from the Americas to Africa by Europeans; previously it was […]

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Yam

Yams (Dioscorea batatas, and other species of Dioscorea) are common throughout the world’s tropical areas. The yams most commonly cultivated in Africa may have come from Asia […]

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