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 fishsoup & stewCassava 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 yucastreet foodChipsi 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 ricemainDjenkouméTomato-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 brothsoup & stewEdikang ikongRich Calabar vegetable soup of pumpkin leaves and waterleafsoup & stewEfo riroYoruba spinach stew in palm oil with locust bean and assorted meat
Egusi puddingGround melon seeds steamed in banana leaves into a firm savoury cakesoup & stewEgusi 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 waterfufustreet foodEwa 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 fungesoup & stewFetri dessiLong-drawn okra sauce with smoked fish, eaten with akoumé
FolonAmaranth leaves stewed with palm oil and smoked fish
FoutiRice cooked with okra, eggplant and peppers, finished with fried onionsnackFried 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 fishsoup & stewGboma 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-
Afang soup
Efik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinkles. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr cooking. 6 servings.…
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Adémè dessi
Silky jute-leaf sauce eaten with akoumé. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A soup &…
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Akpessi
Boiled plantain or eggplant one-pot with smoked fish and palm oil. Ready in 25 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking.…
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Akara
Black-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil. Ready in 25 min prep and 20 min cooking. About 18 fritters. A…
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Aloko
Fried ripe plantain cubes with chili. Ready in 10 min prep and 15 min cooking. 4 servings. A street food…
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Aprapransa
Roasted corn flour stirred into palm soup with crab and beef. Ready in 25 min prep and 1 hr cooking.…
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Atassi
Rice and beans cooked together, eaten with pepper sauce and fried plantain. Ready in 15 min prep and 1 hr…
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Aulacode
Cane rat smoked and stewed in sauce, the most prized bush meat. Ready in 30 min prep and 2 hr…
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Bamba
Peanut-butter puffed corn snack, national childhood icon. Ready in n/a prep and n/a cooking. 1 bag, but nobody makes it…
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Bankye krakro
Grated cassava kneaded with pepper, onion and ginger, fried into crisp balls. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 20 minutes…