Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Sierra Leone

28 dishes.

street foodAkarasweet fried rice-flour and banana cakes; street breakfastAttayalong social brewing of green tea, poured frothy in small glassesAttiékéTangy fermented cassava couscous served with grilled fish and pepper relishsnackBenne cakestoasted sesame seeds set in caramelised sugar and cut into squaressoup & stewBitterleaf soupwashed bitterleaf cooked down with palm oil, fish and meatCassava breadKalinago flat cassava loaves baked on griddlessoup & stewCassava leavespounded cassava leaves cooked down with palm oil, peanut, fish and meatsnackCoconut cookiesCrisp fried rounds of flour, coconut and sugar, sold in stackssoup & stewEgusi soupMelon-seed soup with bitterleaf and assorted meats, eaten with pounded yammainFoofoosour fermented cassava dough eaten with bitterleaf or okra saucesstreet foodFry fryPlate of fried potato, plantain, bean akara and fish balls with gravysalad & sideGariToasted cassava granules soaked in water or sprinkled over beansGinger beerSharp homemade drink of pounded fresh ginger, lime and sugarGroundnut soupPeanut soup with chicken, ladled over fufu or omo tuoJollof riceRice steamed in smoky tomato-pepper stew base; fierce national pridesnackKanyapressed peanut, rice and sugar bars; crumbly Krio sweetKola nutBitter caffeine-rich seed chewed slowly and offered to guests on arrivalsoup & stewKrain krainslippery jute-leaf sauce with smoked fish and palm oilfermented & pickledOgiriAsh-grey paste of fermented melon or castor seeds, ferociously pungent in soupssnackOlelehsteamed black-eyed-pea and palm-oil pudding wrapped in leaveswine & spiritOmoleraw spirit distilled from palm wine in village stills, cloudy and strongPepper soupfiery clear broth of goat or fish with country pepperssoup & stewPotato leavesSweet potato leaves pounded and stewed in palm oil with fish and meatPoyocloudy fresh palm wine from roadside tappers; the social drinksauce & condimentRed palm oildeep orange unrefined palm oil, the cooking fat of every stewRice breaddense sweet loaf of rice flour and mashed bananabreakfastRice papthin sour porridge of fermented rice, drunk hot with sugar and milkwine & spiritStar beerpale lager brewed in Freetown, the country's national beer

  • Akara

    Sweet fried rice-flour and banana cakes; street breakfast. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. Makes about 20.…

  • Egusi soup

    Melon-seed soup with bitterleaf and assorted meats, eaten with pounded yam. Ready in 35 min prep and 1 hr 45…

  • Poyo

    Cloudy fresh palm wine from roadside tappers; the social drink. Ready in 1 hr for the tapper prep and 2…

  • Attaya

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

  • Benne cakes

    Toasted sesame seeds set in caramelised sugar and cut into squares. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking.…

  • Bitterleaf soup

    Washed bitterleaf cooked down with palm oil, fish and meat. Ready in 45 minutes, mostly washing prep and 1 hour…

  • Cassava bread

    Kalinago flat cassava loaves baked on griddles. Ready in 3 hr prep and 1 hr cooking. 6 loaves. A bread…

  • Coconut cookies

    Crisp fried rounds of flour, coconut and sugar, sold in stacks. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 25 minutes cooking.…

  • Foofoo

    Sour fermented cassava dough eaten with bitterleaf or okra sauces. Ready in 1 hr prep and 40 min cooking. 4…

  • Fry fry

    Plate of fried potato, plantain, bean akara and fish balls with gravy. Ready in 45 minutes prep and 45 minutes…