recipes categorized by ingredient
The Congo Cookbook is collection of recipes from Africa with observations about African food and cooking. Please see the Sitemap for a list of African recipes categorized by type (chicken, fish, etc.). See the Rare Recipes and The Congo Cookbook Guestbook and African Food Discussion pages for recipes not indexed on this page.
This page contains a list of ingredients in alphabetical order. Under the name of each ingredient are links to every recipe in which that ingredient is used.
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Afang Soup
Berberé
Mandazi
see: ogbono
Zanzibar Pilau
South African Malay Curry
South African Malay Curry
see: eggplant
Fruit Salad
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Fritters
Mandazi
Adalu
Coconut Pie
Dongo-Dongo
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Plasas
Saka-Madesu (Cassava Leaves & Beans)
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Fool
Fritters
Fruit Salad
Mtori
Banku & Kenkey
Baton de Manioc & Chikwangue
Koki
Liboké de Poisson (Fish in Banana-Leaf)
Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
Mbika with Meat
Oluwombo
Ngalakh
Benachin
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Fish with Sorrel
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kedjenou
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Ndizi na Nyama (Plantains with Meat)
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Tomato Sauce
see also: meat suitable for roasting ; and meat, any ; etc.
Beef & Greens in Peanut Sauce
Beef in Cumin Sauce
Beef in Wild Mango Kernel Sauce
Brochettes
Coupé-Coupé (Central African barbecue)
Egusi Soup
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kitoza
Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
Matoke
Mishkaki
Moambé Stew
Ndizi na Nyama (Plantains with Meat)
Oluwombo
South African Malay Curry
Suya
Tanzanian Meat Stew
Afang Soup
Domoda
Elephant Soup
Jollof Rice
Mafé
Matoke
Mtori
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Palaver 'Sauce'
Pepper Soup
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
South African Malay Curry
Mtori
Nyama Choma (Roasted Meat)
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
see: sweet green pepper & sweet red pepper
Dabo Kolo
Doro Wat
Elephant Soup
see also: greens
Egusi Soup
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Ogbono Soup
Palaver 'Sauce'
Pepper Soup
Plasas
Piri-Piri Chicken
Biriani
Zanzibar Pilau
see: cowpeas
Benachin
Domoda
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Oluwombo
Plasas
Red-Red
Superkanja
Bunny Chow
Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup)
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Breadfruit
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Boko-Boko
Boko-Boko
Caakiri
Coconut Pie
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Couscous
Dabo Kolo
Doro Wat
Elephant Soup
Kuku Paka
Mandazi
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Mtori
Ngalakh
Niter Kibbeh
Oysters Mombasa
Piri-Piri Chicken
Plantains in Coconut Milk
Rice
Biriani
Caakiri
South African Malay Curry
Benachin
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Ifisashi
Jollof Rice
Kachumbari
Mafé
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
see: fish, nile perch
Kahawa (coffee)
Niter Kibbeh
Berberé
Biriani
Cardamom Tea
Chai
Doro Wat
Kahawa (coffee)
Kashata
Maharagwe (Red Beans)
Mandazi
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Zanzibar Pilau
Benachin
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Jollof Rice
Mafé
Moyin-Moyin
Pastels
Peanut Soup
Poulet DG (Poulet Directeur Général)
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Tanzanian Meat Stew
see also: greens
Beef & Greens in Peanut Sauce
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Kpwem (Feuilles de Manioc)
Saka-Madesu (Cassava Leaves & Beans)
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
Banku & Kenkey
Baton de Manioc & Chikwangue
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Cassava Tuber
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Mafé
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Adalu
Akara (Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Baked Fish & Eggplant
Beans and Rice
Beef & Greens in Peanut Sauce
Beef in Cumin Sauce
Beef in Wild Mango Kernel Sauce
Benachin
Berberé
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Brochettes
Calalu
Chicken in Cumin Sauce
Chicken in Peanut-Tomato Sauce
Chicken with Egusi
Coupé-Coupé (Central African barbecue)
Dahomey Fish Stew
Domoda
Doro Wat
Egusi Sauce
Egusi Soup
Fish & Greens
Fish & Onions in Tomato Sauce
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Greens in Peanut Sauce
Greens with Green Pepper
Grilled Tilapia
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kelewele (Spicy Fried Plantains)
Liboké de Poisson (Fish in Banana-Leaf)
Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
Mafé
Matoke
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Moambé Stew
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Moyin-Moyin
Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken Soup)
Ndizi na Nyama (Plantains with Meat)
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Njamma-jamma
Ogbono Soup
Okra & Greens
Oysters Mombasa
Palaver 'Sauce'
Palm-Oil Chop
Pastels
Peanut Sauce
Peanut Soup
Peri-Peri Marinade
Piri-Piri Chicken
Plasas
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Poulet Moambé / Poulet Nyembwe
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Red-Red
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
Sardines & Greens Stew
Sauce aux Crevettes (Shrimp Sauce)
Sukuma Wiki
Superkanja
Suya
Tomato Sauce
see: lentils
Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup)
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Ashanti Chicken
Boko-Boko
Chicken in Cumin Sauce
Chicken in Peanut-Tomato Sauce
Chicken with Egusi
Doro Wat
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kedjenou
Kuku Paka
Mishkaki
Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken Soup)
Muamba de Galinha
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Oluwombo
Palaver 'Sauce'
Palm Butter Soup
Palm-Oil Chop
Piri-Piri Chicken
Poulet Moambé / Poulet Nyembwe
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Suya
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Chicken with Egusi
Couscous
Doro Wat
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kedjenou
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Moroko
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Njamma-jamma
Palaver 'Sauce'
Peanut Sauce
Peanut Soup
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Ashanti Chicken
Piri-Piri Chicken
Afang Soup
African Hot Sauce & Pili-Pili Sauce
Akara (Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
Aloco
Beef in Cumin Sauce
Benachin
Brochettes
Calalu
Capitaine & Pili-Pili in Palm Oil
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Domoda
Dongo-Dongo
Egusi Sauce
Egusi Soup
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Fish with Sorrel
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kachumbari
Kedjenou
Koki
Kosheri
Kpwem (Feuilles de Manioc)
LM Prawns
Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)
Mafé
Maharagwe (Red Beans)
Matoke
Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Milk)
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Mbika with Meat
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Moambé Stew
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Moyin-Moyin
Mtori
Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken Soup)
Muamba de Galinha
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Ogbono Soup
Okra & Greens
Palaver 'Sauce'
Palm Butter Soup
Palm-Oil Chop
Pastels
Peanut Sauce
Peanut Soup
Pepper Soup
Peri-Peri Marinade
Piri-Piri Chicken
Plantains in Palm Oil
Plasas
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Poulet Moambé / Poulet Nyembwe
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
South African Malay Curry
Sukuma Wiki
Superkanja
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Shitor Din
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
LM Prawns
Piri-Piri Chicken
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Kachumbari
Kuku Paka
LM Prawns
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Oysters Mombasa
Berberé
Biriani
Boko-Boko
Futari
Ginger Beer
Jollof Rice
Kashata
Mandazi
Ngalakh
Niter Kibbeh
Palm-Oil Chop
Piri-Piri Chicken
Plantains in Coconut Milk
South African Malay Curry
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Zanzibar Pilau
Berberé
Biriani
Futari
Ginger Beer
Kuku Paka
Niter Kibbeh
Plantains in Coconut Milk
South African Malay Curry
Zanzibar Pilau
Coconut Pie
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Fruit Salad
Kashata
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Fool
Futari
Kuku Paka
Maharagwe (Red Beans)
Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Milk)
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Mchuzi wa Samaki (Fish Curry)
Mtori
Ndizi na Nyama (Plantains with Meat)
Plantains in Coconut Milk
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
Wali wa Nazi (Coconut Rice)
Pombe, Tembo, and Máwá (traditional beer and wine)
Coconut Juice
see: taro
Kahawa (coffee)
see also: greens
Ifisashi
Sukuma Wiki
Berberé
Biriani
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Groundnut Stew
Matoke
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Nyama Choma (Roasted Meat)
Piri-Piri Chicken
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
South African Malay Curry
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
see: maize
Banku & Kenkey
Nshima
Sadza
Tô
Ugali
Banku & Kenkey
Maize (Corn)
Githeri
Moyin-Moyin
Banku & Kenkey
Nshima
Pombe, Tembo, and Máwá (traditional beer and wine)
Sadza
Ugali
Caakiri
Couscous
Ngalakh
Adalu
Akara (Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Koki
Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Milk)
Moyin-Moyin
Red-Red
Umngqusho
Palm Butter Soup
Boko-Boko
Caakiri
Elephant Soup
Kachumbari
Beef in Cumin Sauce
Berberé
Biriani
Boko-Boko
Brochettes
Chicken in Cumin Sauce
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup)
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
South African Malay Curry
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Zanzibar Pilau
Bunny Chow
Jollof Rice
Kuku Paka
Maharagwe (Red Beans)
Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut Milk)
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Mchuzi wa Samaki (Fish Curry)
Ndizi na Nyama (Plantains with Meat)
Ngege (Tilapia) with Groundnut Sauce
Nyama Choma (Roasted Meat)
Plantains in Coconut Milk
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
South African Malay Curry
Tanzanian Meat Stew
Coconut Pie
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Fool
Fritters
Gari Foto
Mandazi
Pastels
Doro Wat
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Moyin-Moyin
Baked Fish & Eggplant
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Domoda
Groundnut Stew
Kedjenou
Mafé
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Muamba de Galinha
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
South African Malay Curry
Chicken with Egusi
Egusi Sauce
Egusi Soup
Mbika with Meat
Palaver 'Sauce'
Plasas
Caakiri
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Berberé
Doro Wat
Niter Kibbeh
see also: cassava leaves and greens
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Baked Fish & Eggplant
Benachin
Capitaine & Pili-Pili in Palm Oil
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Dahomey Fish Stew
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Fish & Greens
Fish & Onions in Tomato Sauce
Fish with Sorrel
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Grilled Tilapia
Liboké de Poisson (Fish in Banana-Leaf)
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Mchuzi wa Samaki (Fish Curry)
Ngege (Tilapia) with Groundnut Sauce
Palm Butter Soup
Pastels
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
Superkanja
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Dahomey Fish Stew
Adalu
Afang Soup
Benachin
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Dongo-Dongo
Egusi Soup
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Mfumbwa
Moyin-Moyin
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Ogbono Soup
Palaver 'Sauce'
Palm Butter Soup
Plasas
Red-Red
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
Sardines & Greens Stew
Superkanja
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Palm Butter Soup
Capitaine & Pili-Pili in Palm Oil
Dahomey Fish Stew
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Dongo-Dongo
Egusi Soup
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Mfumbwa
Moyin-Moyin
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Palaver 'Sauce'
Plasas
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
Sardines & Greens Stew
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Adalu
Boiled and Mashed Vegetables
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Dongo-Dongo
Egusi Soup
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Mfumbwa
Moyin-Moyin
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Oluwombo
Palaver 'Sauce'
Plasas
Red-Red
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
Sardines & Greens Stew
Superkanja
Sweet Potato Greens with Fish and Shrimp
Grilled Tilapia
Ngege (Tilapia) with Groundnut Sauce
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Chapati
Congo Bars - Congo Squares
Dabo Kolo
Dahomey Fish Stew
Fritters
Kashata
Mandazi
Pastels
Sukuma Wiki
Fritters
see also: greens
Mfumbwa
Mchuzi wa Samaki (Fish Curry)
Gari Foto
African Hot Sauce & Pili-Pili Sauce
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Beef in Cumin Sauce
Benachin
Berberé
Biriani
Brochettes
Calalu
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)
Chicken in Cumin Sauce
Chicken in Peanut-Tomato Sauce
Domoda
Dongo-Dongo
Doro Wat
Feuilles de Manioc (Cassava Leaves)
Fish & Greens
Fish with Sorrel
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Gari Foto
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kedjenou
Kosheri
Kpwem (Feuilles de Manioc)
Kuku Paka
LM Prawns
Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup)
Maharagwe (Red Beans)
Matoke
Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Mchuzi wa Samaki (Fish Curry)
Mishkaki
Molokhia (Egyptian Greens Soup)
Mtori
Muamba de Galinha
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Niter Kibbeh
Njamma-jamma
Nyama Choma (Roasted Meat)
Oysters Mombasa
Pastels
Peanut Soup
Peri-Peri Marinade
Piri-Piri Chicken
Poisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
Poulet DG (Poulet Directeur Général)
Poulet Moambé / Poulet Nyembwe
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)
Ribs & Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
Riz Senegalais (Senegalese Rice)
Saka-Saka (Cassava Leaves)
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
Sardines & Greens Stew
South African Malay Curry
Suya
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Zanzibar Pilau
Boko-Boko
Akara (Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Berberé
Biriani
Brochettes
Doro Wat
Ginger Beer
Jus de Bissap
Kedjenou
Kpwem (Feuilles de Manioc)
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Mishkaki
Palaver 'Sauce'
Samaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
South African Malay Curry
Zanzibar Pilau
Kelewele (Spicy Fried Plantains)
Poulet DG (Poulet Directeur Général)
Niter Kibbeh
Akara (Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk)
Berberé
Chai
Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce
Groundnut Stew
Jollof Rice
Kahawa (coffee)
Kuku Paka
Mandazi
Mchuzi wa Biringani (Eggplant Curry)
Ndolé (Bitterleaf) Soup
Palaver 'Sauce'
Palm-Oil Chop
Piri-Piri Chicken
Suya
Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, & Olives
Koko na Nyama
Mfumbwa
Brochettes
Egusi Soup
Oluwombo
Pepper Soup
Fruit Salad
Jollof Rice
Poulet DG (Poulet Directeur Général)
Fool Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Mulet Farci à la Saint-Louisienne
Green Tea with Mint
bitterleaf, calalu, cassava, collards, kale, kontomire, mustard, pumpkin, sorrel, sweet potato, swiss chard, taro, turnip, etc.
Afang Soup
Beef & Greens in Peanut Sauce
Calalu
Egusi Soup
Fish & Greens
Greens in Peanut Sauce
Greens with Green Pepper<
