The Congo Cookbook

a collection of African recipes from all over Africa

Tag: Steaming

 
Banku and Kenkey

Banku and Kenkey are two more Fufu-like staples from Western Africa, served with a soup or stew or sauce. They are particularly popular in Ghana. Both are usually made from […]

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Baton de Manioc and Chikwangue

The cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also called manioc, yuca, and yucca) is native to the American tropics and was brought by Europeans to Africa during the sixteenth century. All over […]

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Couscous

Couscous (Cous-cous or Cous cous) is a traditional staple food in North Africa; it is also common in Western Africa whence it has spread into Central Africa. Couscous […]

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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), […]

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