tomato – Page 3 – The Congo Cookbook

Ashanti Chicken

Can a recipe become extinct? If so, this one should be on the endangered recipe list. It is described in two historic texts (see below), […]

Chicken in Cumin Sauce

An easy-to-make chicken stew. Cumin is a popular spice in Africa. Serve with Baton de Manioc (also called Chikwangue), or Fufu, or Rice.

Chicken with Egusi

This chicken soup is thickened with flour ground from seeds of a melon or gourd (species of cucurbitaceae) called egusi. Look for egusi (also called agusi, agushi, egushi) in African […]

Doro Wat

One of the best-known of all African recipes, Doro Wat (Doro Watt, Doro Wot, Doro Wet, Doro We’t, Dorowat) is a spicy Ethiopian chicken dish made with Berberé (a spice mixture or spice paste) […]

Kedjenou

This slow-cooked chicken stew is a popular dish in the Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), where the less-than-tender poultry benefits from the long cooking time. It […]

Kuku Paka

Kuku Paka, a chicken-coconut curry, is a Swahili dish from the coast of Eastern Africa. It is also sometimes called an Ismaili dish, and it […]

Muamba de Galinha

Angola’s Muamba de Galinha (Chicken Muamba) is a relation of the Poulet Moambé and Moambé Stew of the Congo River region. It is made from chicken and a red palm oil […]

Poulet Moambé and Poulet Nyembwe

Moambé Sauce or Nyembwe Sauce is made from the ripe red fruit which surrounds the seed of the African oil palm. Poulet Moambé or Poulet a la Moambé (Chicken in […]

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 […]

Beef with Odika Sauce

Beef with Odika Sauce, or Beef in Wild Mango Kernel Sauce, is called Boeuf aux Mangues Sauvages in French-speaking central Africa. That might make you think of […]

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