palm oil
188 dishes.
MabokéRiver fish seasoned and steamed in folded leaf parcels over embers
MadesuBeans stewed in palm oil with onions, served over rice
Mafe de caracolMangrove snails simmered in peanut sauce with bay leaf and pepper
Mais braiseCharcoal-roasted maize cobs, chewy and smoky, often eaten with fresh coconut
MakayabuSalted cod fried or stewed with peppers and onion
MakembaPlantains boiled or fried beside every stew
Mangrove oysterstidal oysters boiled or grilled, dipped in lime and chili
MassaSmall spongy pancakes of fermented rice or millet batter, fried in dimpled panssalad & sideMatabalaBoiled tannia cocoyam tubers accompanying fish
MatembeleSweet potato leaves stewed with onion and palm oil
Mbahalrice cooked with dried fish, netetou, beans and bitter tomatosnackMbala pindaCassava paste worked with roasted groundnuts, wrapped and steamed into a chewy bar
MbinzoDried caterpillars fried with chili and onion, protein-rich delicacysoup & stewMfumbwaShredded wild gnetum leaves stewed with palm oil, peanut paste and smoked fish
MikatePuffy fried dough balls sold from morning stalls
MintumbaSteamed cake of grated cassava and palm oil, sliced from a leaf parcelsoup & stewMiyan taushepumpkin and peanut stew with spinach, meat and chili, over tuwo
Moamba de gingubachicken simmered in thick roasted-peanut sauce
Moambe chickenChicken stewed in palm-cream moambe sauce with rice and pondu
MoquecaFish simmered with coconut milk, dendê oil and peppers in clay pot
MoyoFresh tomato-onion-chili sauce spooned over fried fish
Muamba de galinhachicken stewed in red palm oil with okra and garlic; national dish
Muamba de peixeFish stewed in palm oil with okra, garlic and chilli
MufeteLuanda grill feast of whole fish, palm-oil beans, plantain and cassava
Muzonguêrestorative fish broth with palm oil, sweet potato and cassava
Name asadoYam roasted in the embers, split open and eaten with palm oil and chilli
Ndagalasmall silver Tanganyika fish fried whole
Ngai ngaiSour hibiscus-leaf sauce simmered with smoked fish
NgoundjaPounded cassava leaves stewed with palm oil, peanut butter and fish
NgunzaPounded cassava leaves stewed with palm oil, groundnut and smoked fishmainNkwobiCow foot in a thick spiced palm-oil emulsion, eaten from wooden bowls
Nyambeh nyebehBoiled cassava with black-eyed peas, topped with onion and tomato stew
Nyembwe chickenChicken stewed in palm-nut cream, often with smoked flavors; national dish
Odika sauceMeat or fish stewed with smoky wild-mango-kernel bush chocolatemainOfada riceLocal unpolished rice with spicy green-pepper ayamase stewsoup & stewOgbono soupDrawy wild-mango-seed soup with slippery texture, eaten with eba-
Boiled cassava
Boiled cassava root accompanying sauces and grills. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 25 minutes cooking. Serves 6 as a…
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Cabbage stew
Shredded cabbage stewed with beef, chicken and tomato paste, served over rice. Ready in 20 min prep and 1 hr…
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Caracoles
Giant land snails grilled or stewed with tomato and hot pepper. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr 30…
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Carne de monte
Smoked forest game stewed with palm oil and chili, sold at Malabo markets. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 2…
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Cassava leaf stew
Pounded cassava leaves with palm oil and smoked fish. Ready in 1 hour prep and 2 hours cooking. Serves 8.…
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Chenilles
Forest caterpillars dried or fried, eaten by the handful with cassava. Ready in 30 min prep and 40 min cooking.…
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Check rice
Rice cooked flecked with greens, eaten under gravies. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A…
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Claclo
Sweet fried ripe-plantain dough balls spiced with ginger and chili. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. Makes…
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Corn chaff
Boiled corn and beans stewed with palm oil and spices. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Corn fufu and njama njama
Grassfields corn dough with sautéed huckleberry greens. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A main…