The Congo Cookbook

a collection of African recipes from all over Africa

Tag: lime juice

 
Peri-Peri Marinade

The words Pili-Pili, Piri-Piri, and Peri-Peri all refer to hot chile peppers, sauces and marinades made from them, and foods cooked with those sauces and marinades. This spicy hot […]

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Biriani

Various Biriani rice dishes are common in the cuisine of India and neighboring countries. Swahili cuisine has both Biriani and Pilau, showing influences from both Arabia and India. Biriani rice […]

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Piri-Piri Chicken

Piri-Piri Chicken, Peri-Peri Chicken, Frango Piri-Piri, and Galinha à Piri-Piri are all basically the same dish: chicken, marinated in a hot chile pepper marinade, then grilled. The dish’s African […]

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Beef in Cumin Sauce

Cumin has been used for centuries in the cuisines of Northern Africa, Arabia, and India, where it is usually mixed with other spices. When cumin […]

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Brochettes

Kebabs, kabobs, or shish kebabs (from the Turkish, siskebabi, roasted meat) are popular all over the world. What could be more basic than roasting meat on a […]

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