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🍲 West & East African recipes

Jollof, stews, injera and peanut sauces. 100 recipes, each written in our own words with prep and cook times.

Mains

• 🍠 Asaro (Yam Porridge)50 min · serves 4
• 🫘 Beans Porridge (Ewa Riro)1 h 25 min · serves 6
• 🥩 Beef Tibs30 min · serves 4
• 🥧 Bobotie1 h 30 min · serves 6
• 🍞 Bunny Chow1 h 10 min · serves 4
• 🍋 Chicken Yassa1 h 20 min · serves 4
• 🍲 Doro Wat2 h 20 min · serves 6
• 🥬 Efo Riro (Spinach Stew)1 h 15 min · serves 5
• 🫘 Ewa Agoyin (Mashed Beans with Pepper Sauce)2 h 15 min · serves 5
• 🍛 Ghanaian Jollof Rice1 h 20 min · serves 6
• 🌽 Githeri (Corn and Bean Stew)30 min · serves 4
• 🍲 Kedjenou (Ivorian Chicken Stew)1 h 20 min · serves 4
• 🍚 Kenyan Beef Pilau1 h 30 min · serves 6
• 🥬 Kontomire Stew (Palava Sauce)55 min · serves 4
• 🥥 Kuku Paka (Coconut Chicken Curry)1 h 5 min · serves 4
• 🥜 Mafé (Peanut Stew)2 h · serves 6
• 🍌 Matoke with Beans50 min · serves 4
• 🐟 Mchuzi wa Samaki (Swahili Fish Curry)45 min · serves 4
• 🫘 Misir Wat55 min · serves 4
• 🍗 Moambe Chicken (Poulet Moambé)1 h 15 min · serves 6
• 🥜 Ndolé1 h 45 min · serves 6
• 🍗 Nigerian Chicken Stew1 h 30 min · serves 6
• 🐟 Nigerian Fish Stew (Obe Eja)1 h 10 min · serves 4
• 🍚 Nigerian Fried Rice1 h · serves 6
• 🍚 Nigerian Jollof Rice1 h 15 min · serves 6
• 🍖 Nyama Choma (Grilled Meat)45 min · serves 4
• 🫑 Ofada Stew (Ayamase)1 h 30 min · serves 5
• 🌶️ Peri-Peri Chicken1 h · serves 4
• 🍗 Poulet DG1 h 30 min · serves 6
• 🫘 Red Red (Bean Stew with Fried Plantain)1 h 30 min · serves 4
• 🥣 Shiro Wat30 min · serves 4
• 🍢 Sosaties (Cape Malay Lamb Skewers)55 min · serves 6
• 🐟 Thieboudienne (Rice and Fish)2 h · serves 6
• 🌽 Umngqusho (Samp and Beans)2 h 45 min · serves 6
• 🍛 Waakye (Rice and Beans)1 h 25 min · serves 6

Soups

• 🌴 Banga Soup (Palm Nut Soup)1 h 20 min · serves 6
• 🌶️ Chicken Pepper Soup1 h 5 min · serves 6
• 🥬 Edikang Ikong (Nigerian Vegetable Soup)1 h · serves 8
• 🍲 Egusi Soup1 h 20 min · serves 6
• 🍲 Ghanaian Light Soup (Chicken)1 h 10 min · serves 6
• 🥜 Groundnut Soup (Nkate Nkwan)1 h 15 min · serves 6
• 🟡 Kik Alicha (Yellow Split Pea Stew)1 h 5 min · serves 6
• 🥥 Maharage ya Nazi (Coconut Beans)35 min · serves 4
• 🥣 Ogbono Soup45 min · serves 6
• 🥒 Okra Soup (Okro)1 h 20 min · serves 6

Sides & salads

• 🥕 Atakilt Wat (Cabbage, Carrot & Potato)35 min · serves 4
• 🥕 Chakalaka30 min · serves 6
• 🍌 Dodo (Fried Plantain)20 min · serves 4
• 🍌 Gizdodo (Peppered Gizzards & Plantain)1 h · serves 4
• 🥬 Gomen (Ethiopian Collard Greens)40 min · serves 4
• 🥔 Irio (Kenyan Mashed Potatoes with Peas & Corn)35 min · serves 4
• 🍅 Kachumbari15 min · serves 4
• 🥥 Muhogo wa Nazi (Cassava in Coconut)45 min · serves 4
• 🥗 Nigerian Salad30 min · serves 6
• 🌶️ Shito (Ghanaian Black Pepper Sauce)1 h 15 min · serves 16
• 🥬 Sukuma Wiki25 min · serves 4
• 🌽 Ugali17 min · serves 4

Snacks & street food

• 🍢 Beef Suya30 min · serves 4
• 🍌 Boli (Roasted Plantain)30 min · serves 4
• 🍪 Chin Chin50 min · serves 10
• 🥟 Fataya (Senegalese Fish Pastries)1 h 15 min · serves 6
• 🍌 Kelewele (Spicy Fried Plantain)30 min · serves 4
• 🥟 Lentil Sambusa1 h 15 min · serves 6
• 🍟 Masala Chips40 min · serves 3
• 🫘 Moi Moi (Steamed Bean Pudding)1 h 40 min · serves 8
• 🥟 Nigerian Meat Pie1 h 45 min · serves 12
• 🥚 Nigerian Scotch Eggs55 min · serves 6
• 🍌 Plantain Chips25 min · serves 4
• 🥔 Viazi Karai (Battered Spiced Potatoes)50 min · serves 6

Breakfast

• 🧆 Akara (Bean Fritters)55 min · serves 4
• 🥖 Buttermilk Rusks1 h 20 min · serves 40
• 🍳 Egg Sauce25 min · serves 4
• 🍩 Mandazi45 min · serves 8
• 🥥 Mbaazi wa Nazi (Pigeon Peas in Coconut)25 min · serves 4
• 🥞 Nigerian Pancakes30 min · serves 4
• 🌯 Rolex (Ugandan Egg & Chapati Roll)20 min · serves 2
• 🥣 Uji (Millet Porridge)14 min · serves 2

Desserts

• 🥥 Coconut Candy45 min · serves 10
• 🥥 Hertzoggies (Jam & Coconut Tartlets)55 min · serves 24
• 🍯 Kaimati (Swahili Sweet Dumplings)45 min · serves 6
• 🥨 Koeksisters1 h 25 min · serves 12
• 🍮 Malva Pudding1 h · serves 8
• 🥧 Melktert (Milk Tart)1 h 15 min · serves 10
• 🍩 Nigerian Buns40 min · serves 8
• 🍫 Peppermint Crisp Tart20 min · serves 12
• 🍩 Puff-Puff30 min · serves 6
• 🥣 Thiakry (Sweet Couscous and Yogurt Pudding)20 min · serves 6

Breads

• 🫓 Injera45 min · serves 8
• 🫓 Kenyan Chapati55 min · serves 8
• 🌽 Mealie Bread55 min · serves 12
• 🥯 Vetkoek50 min · serves 12
• 🍞 Yemarina Yewotet Dabo (Ethiopian Honey Bread)1 h 10 min · serves 10

Drinks

• ☕ Café Touba (Senegalese Spiced Coffee)15 min · serves 4
• 🍹 Chapman10 min · serves 6
• 🍵 Kenyan Chai12 min · serves 4
• 🥛 Kunun Aya (Tiger Nut Milk)20 min · serves 6
• 🍍 Pineapple Ginger Juice15 min · serves 6
• 🍹 Rooibos Iced Tea10 min · serves 6
• 🫚 South African Ginger Beer20 min · serves 12
• 🌺 Zobo (Hibiscus Drink)35 min · serves 8

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