palm oil
188 dishes.
Caldo de mancarrachicken simmered in thick roasted-peanut sauce, served over rice
Caluludried fish layered with greens, okra and palm oil
CaracolesGiant land snails grilled or stewed with tomato and hot pepper
Carne de monteSmoked forest game stewed with palm oil and chili, sold at Malabo markets
Cassava leaffinely pounded cassava leaves with palm oil, meat and dried fish
Cassava leaf stewPounded cassava leaves with palm oil and smoked fish
Cassava leavespounded cassava leaves cooked down with palm oil, peanut, fish and meat
Check ricerice cooked flecked with greens, eaten under gravies
ChenillesForest caterpillars dried or fried, eaten by the handful with cassava
Chicken in peanut sauceChicken simmered in groundnut sauce, served with rice or yuca
Chipsi mayaiFrench-fry omelette doused in chili sauce, beloved everywhere
ClacloSweet fried ripe-plantain dough balls spiced with ginger and chili
Corn chaffBoiled corn and beans stewed with palm oil and spices
Corn fufu and njama njamaGrassfields corn dough with sautéed huckleberry greens
Country chopmixed greens, meat and fish cooked down together in palm oil, over rice
DjenkouméTomato-red cornmeal dough classically served with grilled chicken
Dongo-dongoSilky okra sauce with fish
Ebbehspicy tangy bowl of boiled cassava, smoked fish, lime and chili broth
Edikang ikongRich Calabar vegetable soup of pumpkin leaves and waterleaf
Efo riroYoruba spinach stew in palm oil with locust bean and assorted meat
Egusi puddingGround melon seeds steamed in banana leaves into a firm savoury cake
Egusi soupMelon-seed soup with bitterleaf and assorted meats, eaten with pounded yam
EkwangGrated cocoyam parcels in leaves, simmered with palm oil and smoked fish
EruShredded eru leaves with waterleaf, palm oil, smoked fish; eaten with waterfufu
Ewa agoyinMashed beans under scorched-pepper palm-oil sauce, scooped with agege bread
Feijão de óleo de palmaBeans stewed in red palm oil with smoked fish, served with funge
Fetri dessiLong-drawn okra sauce with smoked fish, eaten with akoumé
FolonAmaranth leaves stewed with palm oil and smoked fish
FoutiRice cooked with okra, aubergine and peppers, finished with fried onion
Fried bananaRipe bananas or plantains fried golden, everyday treat
Fried plantainsGolden plantain slices served beside stews
FufuStiff cassava-corn flour swallow rolled to scoop stews
FumbwaWild fumbwa leaves in peanut-palm sauce with smoked fish
Gboma dessiAfrican nightshade leaves stewed in palm oil with tomatoes and fish
GimboaTender leafy green stewed with onion, palm oil and dried fish
GindungoFiery chili and garlic sauce set on every Angolan table-
Aboboe
Boiled bambara beans doused in palm oil and pepper, sold in bowls. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 2 hours…
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Abala
Steamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leaves. Ready in 30 min prep and 45…
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Abacha
Shredded dried cassava tossed with ugba, palm oil and garden eggs. Ready in 30 min prep and 20 min cooking.…
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Acarajé
Bahian black-eyed-pea fritter fried in dendê, stuffed with vatapá, shrimp. Ready in 30 min prep and 25 min cooking. 12…