Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Africa

Every dish the atlas documents for Africa — 1,438 of them, from 54 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.

1,408 dishes.

2M2MCrisp pale lager poured with grilled prawns and piri-piri chickenAbacate recheado com atumAbacate recheado com atumHalved avocado filled with tuna, lime and grated coconutAbachaAbachaShredded dried cassava tossed with ugba, palm oil and garden eggsAbalaAbalaSteamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leavesAbloAbloSteamed sweet fermented rice cakes sold with fried fishAboboeAboboeBoiled bambara beans doused in palm oil and pepper, sold in bowlsAboloAboloSoft steamed cakes of fermented maize batter, faintly sweet, sold with fried fishAbrehAbrehFermented sorghum batter dried into thin flakes and stored for drinksAccaraAccarablack-eyed-pea fritters with spicy kaani tomato sauce, often in baguetteAchardAchardmustard-dressed pickled vegetables eaten with breadAchardsAchardsShredded vegetables or green mango salted and steeped in spiced oilAchari ya embeAchari ya embeGreen mango cured with salt, chilli and spices until soft and sourAchuAchuPounded cocoyam with spicy yellow palm-oil soup, western Grassfields prideAdémè dessiAdémè dessiSilky jute-leaf sauce eaten with akouméAfang soupAfang soupEfik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinklesAfitinAfitinFermented African locust bean seeds, dark and pungent, dropped whole into saucesAfraAfrachopped grilled meat with raw onion, mustard and pepper; nightlife ritualAgasheAgasheSkewered meat crusted in peanut-chili spice, grilledAgatogoAgatogoplantains stewed with meat or tripe and vegetables in one potAgbelimaAgbelimaSour fermented cassava dough, the tangy base worked into banku and akpleAgege breadAgege breadSoft sweet white loaf torn by hand and eaten with ewa agoyin or akaraAgua de cocoAgua de cocoGreen coconut split open at the roadside and drunk straight from the shellAguardente de cajuAguardente de cajuClear spirit distilled from fermented cashew apples, sharp and fruityAish shamsiAish shamsisun-risen Upper Egyptian sourdough baked in domed clay ovensAkabangaAkabangaSearing habanero chili oil sold in tiny yellow dropper bottlesAkabenzAkabenzcrispy fried pork chunks, beloved bar food with plantains and chiliAkaraAkaraBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oilAkaraAkarasweet fried rice-flour and banana cakes; street breakfastAkassaAkassaTangy fermented corn dough wrapped in leaves, base for saucesAkluiAkluiGranular millet porridge taken with sugar or soured milkAkoho sy voanioAkoho sy voaniochicken simmered in coconut milk with ginger, northern classicAkouméAkouméFermented corn dough swallow, the daily stapleAkpanAkpanTart fermented maize drink thinned with water and sugared over iceAkpeteshieAkpeteshieFiery clear spirit distilled from palm wine or sugarcaneAkpuAkpuCassava steeped under water until soft and sour, then cooked and pounded into swallowAkwaduAkwaduBaked banana with coconut and citrus