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A plate of golden, round Trinidadian pholourie, fried split pea dough balls served with tamarind chutney.Dishes
What Is Pholourie? The Trinidadian Snack Explained
·4 min read
A large platter of Senegalese thieboudienne, red rice with a whole stuffed fish, cassava, carrot, cabbage and aubergine.Dishes
What Is Thieboudienne? Senegal's National Dish Explained
·6 min read
A wooden bowl of nkwobi, pieces of cow foot in a thick yellow spiced palm oil sauce, topped with sliced onions and utazi leaves.Dishes
What Is Nkwobi? The Igbo Spiced Cow Foot Delicacy Explained
·5 min read
A pot of Guyanese cook up rice, rice cooked with peas, coconut milk and meat, garnished with thyme.Dishes
What Is Cook Up Rice? The Guyanese Classic Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of rich green afang soup with finely shredded afang leaves and waterleaf, palm oil, meat and seafood. ### quickAnswer, "The short answer"Dishes
What Is Afang Soup? The Efik Vegetable Soup Explained
·5 min read
A bowl of Jamaican stewed cow foot with butter beans in a rich brown gravy, with rice.Dishes
What Is Cow Foot? The Caribbean Classic Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of fragrant coconut rice, cooked in coconut milk, flecked with peppers and spices.Dishes
What Is Coconut Rice? The African and Caribbean Dish Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of smooth, pale yellow Nigerian gbegiri bean soup served with amala and ewedu.Dishes
What Is Gbegiri? The Nigerian Bean Soup Explained
·4 min read
A smooth soft mound of northern Ghanaian tuo zaafi served with a green ayoyo soup and meat.Dishes
What Is Tuo Zaafi? The Northern Ghanaian Staple Explained
·4 min read
A whole snoek fish grilled on a braai and glazed with apricot, a much loved South African fish.Dishes
What Is Snoek? The South African Fish Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of gizdodo, cubes of fried plantain and gizzard in a rich red Nigerian pepper sauce with peppers and onions.Dishes
What Is Gizdodo? The Nigerian Gizzard and Plantain Dish Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of smooth green ewedu draw soup beside brown gbegiri bean soup and red stew, served with a mound of amala.Dishes
What Is Ewedu? The Yoruba Draw Soup Explained
·5 min read
A bag of bright red Jamaican pepper shrimp, small shrimp cooked with scotch bonnet and scallion.Dishes
What Is Pepper Shrimp? The Jamaican Classic Explained
·4 min read
Blocks of firm white eko, or agidi, unwrapped from leaves, beside a bowl of pepper stew.Dishes
What Is Eko? The Nigerian Corn Pudding Explained
·4 min read
A portion of pale brown Nigerian ofada rice wrapped in green leaf, served with dark green spicy ofada sauce and assorted meat.Dishes
What Is Ofada Rice? The Local Nigerian Rice Explained
·6 min read
A bowl of rich oha soup with torn green oha leaves, red palm oil, and pieces of meat and fish, beside a mound of white fufu.Dishes
What Is Oha Soup? The Igbo Delicacy Explained
·5 min read
A plate of pale, fluffy Ivorian attieke, fermented cassava couscous, served with grilled fish, tomato and onion.Dishes
What Is Attieke? The Ivorian Cassava Couscous Explained
·4 min read
A smooth white ball of Ghanaian banku on a plate beside grilled tilapia and a bowl of hot pepper sauce.Dishes
What Is Banku? The Ghanaian Fermented Staple Explained
·5 min read
A plate of golden plaited South African koeksisters glistening with syrup, a sweet fried dough pastry.Dishes
What Are Koeksisters? The South African Syrup Pastry Explained
·4 min read
A loaf of soft, dense Nigerian agege bread with a golden crust, one end torn to show the fine white crumb.Dishes
What Is Agege Bread? The Soft Nigerian Bread Explained
·5 min read
A bowl of Egyptian koshari layered with rice, brown lentils, chickpeas and short pasta, topped with spiced tomato sauce and crispy fried onionsDishes
Koshari: Egypt's National Dish
·6 min read
A dish of baked bobotie, spiced minced meat under a golden set egg topping with bay leaves, served with yellow rice.Dishes
What Is Bobotie? The South African Baked Dish Explained
·5 min read
A plate of Igbo abacha African salad, pale shredded cassava dressed with orange palm oil sauce, garden egg leaves, fish and ugba.Dishes
What Is Abacha? The Igbo African Salad Explained
·6 min read
A warm bowl of creamy Jamaican cornmeal porridge topped with grated nutmeg and a drizzle of condensed milk.Dishes
What Is Cornmeal Porridge? The Jamaican Breakfast Explained
·4 min read
A bowl of green okra soup with a glossy, drawing texture, dotted with pieces of fish and meat, beside a mound of swallow.Dishes
What Is Okra Soup? The West African Draw Soup Explained
·5 min read
A pan of dark green sauteed Kenyan sukuma wiki collard greens with onion and tomato, beside a plate of white ugali.Dishes
What Is Sukuma Wiki? The Kenyan Greens Explained
·5 min read
A bowl of smooth reddish-brown Ethiopian shiro stew served on injera, with a swirl of spiced oil on top.Dishes
What Is Shiro? The Ethiopian Chickpea Stew Explained
·5 min read
A plate of golden triangular mandazi, East African fried bread, dusted lightly and served with tea.Dishes
What Is Mandazi? The East African Fried Bread Explained
·5 min read
A pile of golden-brown Nigerian kuli kuli, crunchy sticks and rings made from spiced groundnut paste.Dishes
What Is Kuli Kuli? The Nigerian Peanut Snack Explained
·5 min read
A ball of Ghanaian kenkey partly unwrapped from its leaf wrapping, beside fried fish and a bowl of hot pepper sauce.Dishes
What Is Kenkey? The Ghanaian Fermented Corn Staple Explained
·6 min read
A stack of soft Trinidadian dhalpuri roti, thin flatbreads flecked with ground yellow split peas, beside a curry.Dishes
What Is Dhalpuri? The Trinidadian Split Pea Roti Explained
·6 min read
A slice of dark, moist Caribbean black cake, dense with soaked dried fruit, on a plate at Christmas.Dishes
What Is Black Cake? The Caribbean Christmas Cake Explained
·5 min read
A sizzling plate of Ethiopian beef tibs with onions, peppers and rosemary, served with injera.Dishes
What Are Tibs? The Ethiopian Classic Explained
·4 min read
A pot of soft orange Nigerian asaro yam porridge, chunks of yam in a rich palm oil and pepper sauce with greens and fish.Dishes
What Is Asaro? The Nigerian Yam Porridge Explained
·5 min read
A firm white block of East African ugali on a plate beside sukuma wiki greens and a meat stew.Dishes
What Is Ugali? The East African Staple Explained
·4 min read
A pan of Jamaican steamed cabbage with shredded cabbage, carrot, red pepper and thyme.Dishes
What Is Steamed Cabbage? The Caribbean Side Dish Explained
·4 min read
A plate of golden, crispy Caribbean saltfish fritters, savoury salt cod fried in seasoned batter.Dishes
What Are Saltfish Fritters? The Caribbean Snack Explained
·4 min read
A plate of Nigerian peppered chicken, fried chicken coated in a thick red pepper sauce with onions.Dishes
What Is Pepper Chicken? The Nigerian Favourite Explained
·4 min read
A South African kota, a quarter loaf of bread hollowed and filled with chips, polony, cheese and atchar.Dishes
What Is a Kota? The South African Street Food Explained
·5 min read
A golden fried Tunisian brik cut open to show a runny egg and tuna filling inside thin pastry.Dishes
What Is Brik? The Tunisian Classic Explained
·5 min read
A plate of golden Jamaican festival, elongated fried cornmeal dumplings, crisp outside and soft inside, beside jerk chicken.Dishes
What Is Jamaican Festival? The Fried Dumpling Explained
·5 min read
A slice of firm, golden-topped Caribbean macaroni pie holding its shape on a plate beside rice and stewed chicken.Dishes
What Is Macaroni Pie? The Caribbean Baked Classic Explained
·5 min read
A slice of orange-brown moi moi bean pudding on a plate, studded with egg and fish, next to a serving of jollof rice.Dishes
What Is Moi Moi? The Nigerian Bean Pudding Explained
·5 min read
A bowl of golden brown cubes of Ghanaian kelewele, spiced fried plantain, with a scattering of roasted peanuts.Dishes
What Is Kelewele? The Ghanaian Spiced Plantain Explained
·4 min read
A mound of smooth white Zimbabwean sadza on a plate beside a meat and vegetable relish and greens.Dishes
What Is Sadza? The Zimbabwean Staple Explained
·6 min read
A bowl of dark, glossy Guyanese pepperpot, a rich spiced meat stew made with cassareep, served with bread.Dishes
What Is Pepperpot? The Guyanese Christmas Dish Explained
·4 min read
Golden elongated Jamaican festival dumplings on a plate beside jerk chicken and fried fish.Dishes
What Is Festival? The Jamaican Fried Dumpling Explained
·4 min read

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