Dairy-Free Beninese Recipes
Every dish here is Beninese cooking that is naturally dairy-free, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle dairy-free on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
7 recipes
AmiwoCotonou, Benin · medium · 1 h 15 minCornmeal cooked directly in a spiced red tomato-and-pepper sauce, served with braised chicken.
Amiwo AbloCotonou, Benin · medium · 45 minSoft, slightly sweet steamed rice-and-corn cakes eaten plain or with a spicy sauce for breakfast.
Wassa-WassaCotonou, Benin · medium · 55 minSteamed yam-flour couscous tossed with a spiced tomato and onion sauce, a northern Beninese lunch staple.
Yovo Doko (Sweet Fritters)Cotonou, Benin · easy · 1 h 35 minLight, puffy sweet fried dough balls dusted with sugar, often called the national dessert of Benin.
Ata (Beninese Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)Cotonou, Benin · medium · 2 h 50 minSkinned black-eyed peas whipped into an airy batter with onion and chili, then fried into crisp, fluffy golden fritters.
Klui-Klui (Beninese Peanut Sticks)Cotonou, Benin · medium · 1 h 15 minRoasted peanuts ground to a paste, kneaded with salted water to press out their oil, spiced with ginger and chili, shaped into sticks and rings and fried until hard and crunchy.
Akassa (Beninese Fermented Corn Dough)Cotonou, Benin · medium · 2.5 daysMaize flour soaked and soured for two days, sieved and settled, then stirred over the heat into a smooth, white, gently tangy dough, wrapped in leaves to set and served with fried fish and a peppery tomato sauce.
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