Various Egusi soups are favorites in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with flour ground from seeds of a species of Cucurbitaceae (which includes gourds, melons, pumpkins, and squashes, […]
Made from the fruit of the African oil palm, Mbanga soup is Cameroon’s version of West Africa’s palm nut (or palm butter) soup. In Africa, use fresh […]
Ndolé (or N’Dolé, or Ndole) is a hearty soup from Cameroon. It is made from a variety of ingredients that, for the non-African, might seem to be an […]
This recipe, which is popular in Nigeria and its neighbors, uses ogbono (sometimes spelled agbono, and also called apon) as the soup thickener. Ogbono is the kernels (whole or […]
One often hears that Jollof Rice (or Jolof Rice, Djolof Rice) is a Nigerian dish; indeed it is often made by Nigerians. However, it has its origins among the […]
A traditional chicken dish from the Casamance region of Senegal, Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa), is one of the most famous African recipes and is found in Senegalese restaurants the […]
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 […]
Coupé-Coupé (from the French couper, meaning to cut or to slice) is Central Africa’s version of barbecue, perhaps a distant relation of the famous South Carolina and Texas barbecues. Beef, […]