Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Gambia

29 dishes.

AbalaSteamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leavesAfrachopped grilled meat with raw onion, mustard and pepper; nightlife ritualAkaraBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oilAttayalong social brewing of green tea, poured frothy in small glassesBase nyebbeblack-eyed peas stewed with tomato, onion and fish, served over riceBenachinone-pot jollof-style rice cooked with fish or meat and vegetablesBuicreamy baobab-fruit drink, tangy and pale, served over iceChakerysweet millet couscous stirred into yogurt and soured creamCherehsteamed millet couscous eaten with sauce or with soured milkChewi kongCatfish stewed with cabbage, carrot and cassava, served over riceChura gertehmillet porridge with peanut paste and sour milk, eaten from a bowlDomodatangy peanut stew of meat or fish with tomato over rice; national dishEbbehspicy tangy bowl of boiled cassava, smoked fish, lime and chili brothFish cakesFried dough rounds bound with fish, served with peppery onion sauceGinger juiceSweet-spicy fresh ginger drinkMbahalrice cooked with dried fish, netetou, beans and bitter tomatoMonoPlain millet porridge eaten hot, sweetened with sugar or sour milkNan mburuChilled rice pudding mixed with baobab juice and sweetened milkNététoufermented locust-bean seeds pounded into sauces for salty depthNyambeh nyebehBoiled cassava with black-eyed peas, topped with onion and tomato stewwine & spiritPalm wineSweet-then-sour sap tapped from the oil palm, drunk the day it runsPem bemJola fish stew simmered with onion, chilli and palm oilPlasasgreens simmered in palm oil with smoked fish and meatSenfurrLight yeast-leavened loaf sold beside the denser tapalapacharcuterie & curedSmoked bongabonga shad hot-smoked whole and dried, flaked into stewsSuperkanjaokra, palm oil, fish and greens stew served over riceTapalapadense chewy village baguette baked in clay ovensWonjosweet crimson hibiscus juice, served chilledYassachicken marinated in lime, onion and mustard, grilled then stewed

  • Abala

    Steamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leaves. Ready in 30 min prep and 45…

  • Akara

    Black-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil. Ready in 25 min prep and 20 min cooking. About 18 fritters. A…

  • Attaya

    Long social brewing of green tea, poured frothy in small glasses. Ready in 10 min prep and 1 hr 30…

  • Base nyebbe

    Black-eyed peas stewed with tomato, onion and fish, served over rice. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 1 hour 30…

  • Bui

    Creamy baobab-fruit drink, tangy and pale, served over ice. Ready in 20 min prep and none cooking. 6 glasses. A…

  • Chakery

    Sweet millet couscous stirred into yogurt and soured cream. Ready in 20 min prep and 45 min cooking. 8 servings.…

  • Chewi kong

    Catfish stewed with cabbage, carrot and cassava, served over rice. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 50 minutes cooking. Serves…

  • Chereh

    Steamed millet couscous eaten with sauce or with soured milk. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr cooking. 6…

  • Chura gerteh

    Millet porridge with peanut paste and sour milk, eaten from a bowl. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 40 minutes…

  • Ebbeh

    Spicy tangy bowl of boiled cassava, smoked fish, lime and chili broth. Ready in 25 minutes prep and 35 minutes…