Burkina Faso

Ask what Burkina Faso eats and the answer starts with this: sahelian millet tô with okra and leaf sauces, grilled poulet bicyclette, riz gras, and millet drinks. Look for Tô (millet or sorghum paste with okra, baobab-leaf or kapok sauces), Riz gras (rich one-pot rice cooked in tomato broth with meat and vegetables) and Babenda (rice cooked down with fermented greens, fish powder and peanut). The Sahelian staple of millet or sorghum flour stirred stiff, eaten by hand with sauce, and the daily bread of Mossi farming households. This atlas has 25 Burkina Faso dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.