FabulousFusionFood's Africa Recipes Home Page

Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Africa recipes. This page provides links to all the Africa recipes presented on this site, with 1823 recipes in total.
These recipes, for the major part, originate in the Africa. Otherwise they are fusion recipes with major African influences.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context.
The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states, eight cities and islands that are part of non-African states, and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition. This count does not include Malta and Sicily, which are geologically part of the African continent. Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. African nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa.
Africa is highly biodiverse; it is the continent with the largest number of megafauna species, as it was least affected by the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. However, Africa also is heavily affected by a wide range of environmental issues, including desertification, deforestation, water scarcity and pollution. These entrenched environmental concerns are expected to worsen as climate change impacts Africa. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified Africa as the continent most vulnerable to climate change.
The history of Africa is long, complex, and has often been under-appreciated by the global historical community. Africa, particularly Eastern Africa, is widely accepted as the place of origin of humans and the Hominidae clade (great apes). The earliest hominids and their ancestors have been dated to around 7 million years ago, including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster ߞ the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) remains, found in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Morocco, date to circa 233,000, 259,000, and 300,000 years ago, respectively, and Homo sapiens is believed to have originated in Africa around 350,000–260,000 years ago. Africa is also considered by anthropologists to be the most genetically diverse continent as a result of being the longest inhabited.
Etymology: Afri was a Latin name used to refer to the inhabitants of then-known northern Africa to the west of the Nile river, and in its widest sense referred to all lands south of the Mediterranean (Ancient Libya). This name seems to have originally referred to a native Libyan tribe, an ancestor of modern Berbers; see Terence for discussion. The name had usually been connected with the Phoenician word ʿafar meaning 'dust', but a 1981 hypothesis has asserted that it stems from the Berber word ifri (plural ifran) meaning 'cave', in reference to cave dwellers. The same word may be found in the name of the Banu Ifran from Algeria and Tripolitania, a Berber tribe originally from Yafran (also known as Ifrane) in northwestern Libya, as well as the city of Ifrane in Morocco.
Under Roman rule, Carthage became the capital of the province it then named Africa Proconsularis, following its defeat of the Carthaginians in the Third Punic War in 146 BC, which also included the coastal part of modern Libya. The Latin suffix -ica can sometimes be used to denote a land (e.g., in Celtica from Celtae, as used by Julius Caesar). The later Muslim region of Ifriqiya, following its conquest of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire's Exarchatus Africae, also preserved a form of the name.
According to the Romans, Africa lies to the west of Egypt, while 'Asia' was used to refer to Anatolia and lands to the east. A definite line was drawn between the two continents by the geographer Ptolemy (85–165 CE), indicating Alexandria along the Prime Meridian and making the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea the boundary between Asia and Africa. As Europeans came to understand the real extent of the continent, the idea of 'Africa' expanded with their knowledge.
Africa is sub-divided into the regions of North Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa. North Africa also represents the southern part of the Mediterranean Region. The United Nations divides these regions as follows:
These recipes, for the major part, originate in the Africa. Otherwise they are fusion recipes with major African influences.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context.
The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states, eight cities and islands that are part of non-African states, and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition. This count does not include Malta and Sicily, which are geologically part of the African continent. Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. African nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa.
Africa is highly biodiverse; it is the continent with the largest number of megafauna species, as it was least affected by the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. However, Africa also is heavily affected by a wide range of environmental issues, including desertification, deforestation, water scarcity and pollution. These entrenched environmental concerns are expected to worsen as climate change impacts Africa. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified Africa as the continent most vulnerable to climate change.
The history of Africa is long, complex, and has often been under-appreciated by the global historical community. Africa, particularly Eastern Africa, is widely accepted as the place of origin of humans and the Hominidae clade (great apes). The earliest hominids and their ancestors have been dated to around 7 million years ago, including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster ߞ the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) remains, found in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Morocco, date to circa 233,000, 259,000, and 300,000 years ago, respectively, and Homo sapiens is believed to have originated in Africa around 350,000–260,000 years ago. Africa is also considered by anthropologists to be the most genetically diverse continent as a result of being the longest inhabited.
Etymology: Afri was a Latin name used to refer to the inhabitants of then-known northern Africa to the west of the Nile river, and in its widest sense referred to all lands south of the Mediterranean (Ancient Libya). This name seems to have originally referred to a native Libyan tribe, an ancestor of modern Berbers; see Terence for discussion. The name had usually been connected with the Phoenician word ʿafar meaning 'dust', but a 1981 hypothesis has asserted that it stems from the Berber word ifri (plural ifran) meaning 'cave', in reference to cave dwellers. The same word may be found in the name of the Banu Ifran from Algeria and Tripolitania, a Berber tribe originally from Yafran (also known as Ifrane) in northwestern Libya, as well as the city of Ifrane in Morocco.
Under Roman rule, Carthage became the capital of the province it then named Africa Proconsularis, following its defeat of the Carthaginians in the Third Punic War in 146 BC, which also included the coastal part of modern Libya. The Latin suffix -ica can sometimes be used to denote a land (e.g., in Celtica from Celtae, as used by Julius Caesar). The later Muslim region of Ifriqiya, following its conquest of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire's Exarchatus Africae, also preserved a form of the name.
According to the Romans, Africa lies to the west of Egypt, while 'Asia' was used to refer to Anatolia and lands to the east. A definite line was drawn between the two continents by the geographer Ptolemy (85–165 CE), indicating Alexandria along the Prime Meridian and making the isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea the boundary between Asia and Africa. As Europeans came to understand the real extent of the continent, the idea of 'Africa' expanded with their knowledge.
Africa is sub-divided into the regions of North Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa. North Africa also represents the southern part of the Mediterranean Region. The United Nations divides these regions as follows:
North Africa
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Algeria | Algiers | الجزائر (al-Jazāʾir)/Algérie |
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Canary Islands (Spain) | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
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Pelagie Islands (Italy) | Lampedusa | Pelagie/Isole Pelagie/Ìsuli Pilaggî |
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Ceuta (Spain) | — | Ceuta/Sebta/سَبْتَة (Sabtah) |
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Egypt | Cairo | مِصر (Miṣr) |
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Libya | Tripoli | ليبيا (Lībiyā) |
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Madeira (Portugal) | Funchal | Madeira |
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Melilla (Spain) | — | Melilla/Mlilt/مليلية |
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Morocco | Rabat | المغرب (al-maḡrib)/ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ(lmeɣrib)/Maroc |
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Sudan | Khartoum | Sudan/السودان (as-Sūdān) |
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Tunisia | Tunis | تونس (Tūnis)/Tunest/Tunisie |
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Western Sahara | El Aaiún | الصحراء الغربية (aṣ-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbiyyah) Taneẓroft Tutrimt/Sáhara Occidental |
East Africa
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Burundi | Gitega | Uburundi/Burundi/Burundi |
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Comoros | Moroni | Komori/Comores/جزر القمر (Juzur al-Qumur) |
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Djibouti | Moro | Yibuuti/جيبوتي (Jībūtī)/Djibouti/Jabuuti |
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Eritrea | Asmara | Eritrea |
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Ethiopia | Addia Ababa | ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā)/Itiyoophiyaa/ኢትዮጵያ/ Itoophiyaa/Itoobiya/ኢትዮጵያ |
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Not formally occupied | Saint Pierre | Terres australes et antarctiques françaises |
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Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya |
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Madagascar | Antananarivo | Madagasikara/Madagascar |
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Malawi | Lilongwe | Malaŵi/Malaŵi |
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Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritius/Maurice/Moris |
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Mayotte (France) | Mamoudzou | Mayotte/Maore/Maiôty |
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Mozambique | Maputo | Moçambique/Mozambiki/Msumbiji/Muzambhiki |
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Réunion (France) | Saint Denis | La Réunion |
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Rwanda | Kigali | Rwanda |
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Seychelles | Victoria | Seychelles/Sesel |
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Somalia | Mogadishu | 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖 (Soomaaliya) /الصومال (aṣ-Ṣūmāl) |
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Somaliland | Hargeisa | Soomaaliland/صوماليلاند (Ṣūmālīlānd) |
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Sudan | Juba | South Sudan |
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Tanzania | Dodoma | Tanzania/Tanzania |
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Uganda | Kampala | Uganda/Yuganda |
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Zambia | Lusaka | Zambia |
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Zimbabwe | Harare | Zimbabwe |
Central Africa
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Angola | Luanda | Angola |
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Cameroon | Yaoundé | Cameroun/Kamerun |
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Central African Republic | Bangui | Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka/République centrafricaine |
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Chad | N'Djamena | تشاد (Tšād)/Tchad |
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Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Congo/Kôngo/Kongó |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | République démocratique du Congo |
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Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinée Équatoriale/Guiné Equatorial |
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Gabon | Libreville | Gabon |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | São Tomé e Príncipe |
Southern Africa
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Botswana | Gabaronne | Botswana/Botswana |
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eSwatini | Mbabane | eSwatini/Eswatini |
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Lesotho | Maseru | Lesotho/Lesotho |
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Namibia | Windhoek | Namibia |
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South Africa | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria |
yaseNingizimu Afrika/yoMzantsi-Afrika/Suid-Afrika/Afrika-Borwa/ Aforika Borwa/Afrika Borwa/Afrika Dzonga/yeNingizimu Afrika/ Afurika Tshipembe/yeSewula Afrika |
West Africa
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Benin | Porto-Novo | Bénin |
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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
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Cape Verde | Praia | Cabo Verde/Kabu Verdi |
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The Gambia | Banjul | The Gambia |
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Ghana | Accra | Ghana |
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Guinea | Conakry | Guinée |
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Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Guiné-Bissau |
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Ivory Coast | Abidjan, Yamoussoukro | Côte d'Ivoire |
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Liberia | Monrovia | Liberia |
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Mali | Bamoko | Mali/Maali/مالي (Mālī)/𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Maali)/ ߡߊߟߌ (Mali) |
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Mauritania | Nouakchott | موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā) |
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Niger | Niamey | Niger |
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Nigeria | Abuja | Nigeria |
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Saint Helena (United Kingdom) | Jamestown | Saint Helena |
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) |
Jamestown | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
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Senegal | Dakar | Sénégal |
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Sierra Leone | Freetown | Sierra Leone |
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Togo | Lomé | Togo |
The alphabetical list of all the African recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1823 recipes in total:
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Aadun Origin: Nigeria | Alicha Kimem Origin: Ethiopia | Atar Allecha (Spiced Green Pea Purée) Origin: Egypt |
Aano Baraawe (Somali Caramel Fudge) Origin: Somalia | Alitcha Birsen Origin: Eritrea | Atay (Mint Tea) Origin: Western Sahara |
Ablo (Togolese Corn Bread) Origin: Togo | Alloco de Cameroun (Cameroonian Alloco) Origin: Cameroon | Atay (Mint Tea) Origin: Morocco |
Accra Banana Peanut Cake Origin: Ghana | Aloco Camerounais (Cameroonian Aloco) Origin: Cameroon | Atchar Origin: Southern Africa |
Achards de papaye verte (Green Papaya Pickles) Origin: Mayotte | Aloko Origin: Cote dIvoire | Atklit (Ethiopian Cabbage Potato Bowl) Origin: Ethiopia |
Açucarinhas (Coconut and Sugar Biscuits) Origin: Sao Tome | Amala Origin: Nigeria | Attiéké Origin: Cote dIvoire |
Adowè (Mashed Beans) Origin: Togo | Amala and Ewedu Origin: Nigeria | Attiéké du Mali (Malian Attiéké) Origin: Mali |
Afang Soup Origin: Nigeria | Amandazi Origin: Rwanda | Attiéké et Aloko Poisson (Attieke and Fish Aloko) Origin: Niger |
African Fish Curry Powder Origin: West Africa | Amashaza mu gitoke (Peas with Plantains) Origin: Uganda | Aubergine, Sweet Potato and Chickpea Balti Origin: South Africa |
African Hot Sauce Origin: sub-Saharan Africa | Ambasha Origin: Ethiopia | Avena de Gari (Gari Porridge) Origin: Equatorial Guinea |
African Stew Curry Powder Origin: West Africa | Ambotic Origin: Mozambique | Awaze Tibs (Ethiopian Beef and Peppers) Origin: Ethiopia |
African-style Barbecue Sauce Origin: African Fusion | Ambrevades au Curry (Pigeon Pea and Coconut Curry) Origin: Comoros | Ayimonlou (Togolese Rice and Beans) Origin: Togo |
Afrikaanse Yakhni Origin: South Africa | Amiwo au Poulet 2 (Amiwo with Chicken) Origin: Benin | Ayimonlou et N'gbagba (Togolese Rice and Beans with N'gbagba) Origin: Togo |
Afrikanisches Pistaziendessert (African-style Pistachio Dessert) Origin: Namibia | Ancient Egyptian Flatbread Origin: Egypt | Azindéssi aux Boeuf (Beef in Peanut Sauce) Origin: Togo |
Agatoke (Plantain and Vegetable Porridge) Origin: Burundi | Ancient Egyptian Tigernut Sweetmeats Origin: Egypt | Azinkokoui aux Bloms (Azinkokoui with Blom Sausages) Origin: Togo |
Agidi (Fermented Cornflour Pudding) Origin: Nigeria | Angolan Prego no Pão (Angolan Prego Rolls) Origin: Angola | Bâton de Manioc (Cassava Sticks) Origin: Central Africa |
Agidi Jollof Origin: Nigeria | Angu de Banana (Banana Mash) Origin: Sao Tome | Bâton de Manioc Camerounaise (Cameroonian-style Cassava Sticks) Origin: Cameroon |
Agneau au Cari (Lamb Curry) Origin: Reunion | Angwa Mo (Ghanaian Rice Pilaf) Origin: Ghana | Baajiya (Somali Black-eyed Pea Fritters) Origin: Somalia |
Agushi Soup (Ghanaian Egusi Soup) Origin: Ghana | Anjera (Somali Flatbreads) Origin: Somalia | Baamiye Suqaar (Meat and Okra Stew) Origin: Somalia |
Aish Baladi Origin: Egypt | Apple and Pear Harvest Pie Origin: South Africa | Baba Ghanoush Origin: Egypt |
Ajlouke de Carottes (Carrot Starter) Origin: Tunisia | Apricot Blatjang Origin: South Africa | Bachalu à Gomes (Salt Cod with Potatoes) Origin: Angola |
Ajlouke et Potiron (Pumpkin Dip) Origin: Tunisia | Arroz de Coco e Papaia (Rice with Coconut and Papaya) Origin: Angola | Bagobe Jwa Lerotse (Sorghum Porridge with Cooking Melons) Origin: Botswana |
Akassa Origin: Benin | Arroz doce (Sao Tomean Rice Pudding) Origin: Sao Tome | Bajiy (Red Lentil Fritters) Origin: Somalia |
Akkra Funfun Origin: Benin | Arroz Integral com Mantiega de Amendoim e Bananas (Brown Rice with Peanut Mantiega and Bananas) Origin: Angola | Bajiyoo (Djibouti Pulse Dumplings) Origin: Djibouti |
Akoho sy Voanio (Chicken in Coconut Milk) Origin: Madagascar | Asaro (Yam Pottage) Origin: Nigeria | Bajiyos (Djiboutian Potato Pakoras) Origin: Djibouti |
Akoumé Origin: Togo | Asaro (Special Yam Pottage) Origin: Nigeria | Baked Bananas Gabon Origin: Gabon |
Akume with Ademe Sauce Origin: Togo | Asaro II (Yam Porridge) Origin: Nigeria | Baked Beans with Nigerian Seasonings Origin: African Fusion |
Akwadu (Baked Bananas with Lemon Juice and Coconut) Origin: Equatorial Guinea | Aseeda Origin: Sudan | Baked Millet Biscuits Origin: Kenya |
Al Mechoui (Spit-roasted Baby Lamb) Origin: Mauritania | Ashanti Chicken Origin: Ghana | Baked Millet Flour Bread Origin: Kenya |
Al Mechoui (Spit-roasted Baby Lamb) Origin: Western Sahara | Asharbal Leebia (Libyan Soup 2) Origin: Libya | Baklawa Origin: Egypt |
Al-Aïch (Chicken, Beans and Couscous) Origin: Mauritania | Assegas n Tajin s Ifrawen (Camel tagine with dried apricots) Origin: Western Sahara | Bamia (Okra in Tomato Sauce) Origin: Egypt |
Albóndigas de Sardinas (Sardine Meatballs) Origin: Equatorial Guinea | Ataanme Nmliche (Tiger Nut Pudding) Origin: Ghana | Banana Curry Chutney Origin: South Africa |
Algerian Beghrir (Honeycomb Pancakes) Origin: Algeria | Atadwe Milkye (Silky Tigernut Pudding) Origin: Ghana | |
Algerian Dried Apricots in Syrup Origin: Algeria | Atar Alecha (Spiced Split Green Peas) Origin: Ethiopia |
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