palm oil
188 dishes.
breakfastOkpaDense steamed pudding of bambara nut flour, sold hot in leaf parcelssnackOlelehsteamed black-eyed-pea and palm-oil pudding wrapped in leavessauce & condimentOleo de palmaDeep orange unrefined palm oil, the fat behind calulu and most island stews
OtoMashed yam turned orange with palm oil, topped with boiled eggs
Pem bemJola fish stew simmered with onion, chilli and palm oil
PepesupFiery fish pepper soup, weekend and celebration staplemainPinonGari cooked in spicy red tomato broth, often with fried fish
PirarucuGiant Amazon fish, salted and dried or grilled fresh with cassavasauce & condimentPiri-piriCrushed malagueta chili in palm oil, set on the table with everything
Plantain chipsgreen plantain sliced thin and fried crisp, sold in bags
Plasasgreens simmered in palm oil with smoked fish and meat
Platano asadoRipe plantain roasted whole on a charcoal grill and eaten from the skin
PonduCassava-leaf stew with palm oil and fish or meat; ubiquitous
Porc-épicBrush-tailed porcupine smoked then stewed in bush-mango or palm sauce
Potato greenssweet-potato leaves fried with onions, peppers and meat; everyday favouritesoup & stewPotato leavesSweet potato leaves pounded and stewed in palm oil with fish and meat
Poulet moambéChicken stewed in moambé palm butter, with rice or chikwangue
Ragoût d’ignameYam simmered with tomato, onion and modest meat
Red redBlack-eyed pea palm-oil stew with fried ripe plantain
Rice breaddense sweet loaf of rice flour and mashed banana
Riz au grasparty rice cooked glossy in tomato and oil with meatsoup & stewSaka madesuCassava leaves stewed with beans and palm oil, eaten with chikwangue
Saka sakaPounded cassava leaves cooked with palm oil, peanut and smoked fish
SangaFresh corn mashed with huckleberry leaves and palm oil
Sauce arachideCreamy peanut sauce with chicken or beef, served over rice
Sauce djoumgbléSlippery okra sauce from the west, drawn out long with palm oil
Sauce feuillepounded potato-leaf sauce with palm oil, peanut and smoked fish, over rice
Sauce gomboSlippery okra sauce with crab or smoked fish
Sauce gouagouassouGarden-egg and tomato sauce simmered with smoked fish or beef
Sauce kplalaSlippery green leaf sauce, drawn and stretchy, poured over foutou or placali
SigaOkra and djagatu eggplant stewed in red palm oil with fish or meat
SombePounded cassava leaves cooked long with palm oil, groundnut and smoked fishsoup & stewSoupou kandiaokra and palm-oil stew with fish and seafood, over rice
SouroundouRice cooked with chicken or fish, tomato, pepper and potato in one pot
Superkanjaokra, palm oil, fish and greens stew served over rice
TataleSpiced overripe-plantain pancakes
OtoMashed yam turned orange with palm oil, topped with boiled eggsPem bemJola fish stew simmered with onion, chilli and palm oilPepesupFiery fish pepper soup, weekend and celebration staplemainPinonGari cooked in spicy red tomato broth, often with fried fishPirarucuGiant Amazon fish, salted and dried or grilled fresh with cassavasauce & condimentPiri-piriCrushed malagueta chili in palm oil, set on the table with everythingPlantain chipsgreen plantain sliced thin and fried crisp, sold in bagsPlasasgreens simmered in palm oil with smoked fish and meatPlatano asadoRipe plantain roasted whole on a charcoal grill and eaten from the skinPonduCassava-leaf stew with palm oil and fish or meat; ubiquitousPorc-épicBrush-tailed porcupine smoked then stewed in bush-mango or palm saucePotato greenssweet-potato leaves fried with onions, peppers and meat; everyday favouritesoup & stewPotato leavesSweet potato leaves pounded and stewed in palm oil with fish and meatPoulet moambéChicken stewed in moambé palm butter, with rice or chikwangueRagoût d’ignameYam simmered with tomato, onion and modest meatRed redBlack-eyed pea palm-oil stew with fried ripe plantainRice breaddense sweet loaf of rice flour and mashed bananaRiz au grasparty rice cooked glossy in tomato and oil with meatsoup & stewSaka madesuCassava leaves stewed with beans and palm oil, eaten with chikwangueSaka sakaPounded cassava leaves cooked with palm oil, peanut and smoked fishSangaFresh corn mashed with huckleberry leaves and palm oilSauce arachideCreamy peanut sauce with chicken or beef, served over riceSauce djoumgbléSlippery okra sauce from the west, drawn out long with palm oilSauce feuillepounded potato-leaf sauce with palm oil, peanut and smoked fish, over riceSauce gomboSlippery okra sauce with crab or smoked fishSauce gouagouassouGarden-egg and tomato sauce simmered with smoked fish or beefSauce kplalaSlippery green leaf sauce, drawn and stretchy, poured over foutou or placaliSigaOkra and djagatu eggplant stewed in red palm oil with fish or meatSombePounded cassava leaves cooked long with palm oil, groundnut and smoked fishsoup & stewSoupou kandiaokra and palm-oil stew with fish and seafood, over riceSouroundouRice cooked with chicken or fish, tomato, pepper and potato in one potSuperkanjaokra, palm oil, fish and greens stew served over riceTataleSpiced overripe-plantain pancakes-
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…