Dairy-Free Recipes from Around the World, Page 4
Every dish here is naturally dairy-free, no substitutions needed, and comes from a real culinary tradition somewhere on the map. Prefer to wander? On any recipe you can toggle dairy-free and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
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ChabéuBissau, Guinea-Bissau · medium · 50 minFish simmered in a thick red palm-nut sauce with onion, tomato, and chili, served over rice, a signature dish of Guinea-Bissau.
Chabéu MatabaMoroni, Comoros · medium · 1 h 5 minPounded cassava leaves slow-cooked in coconut milk with fish, a fragrant green stew that is Comoros' national dish.
Mataba Palm Butter RiceMonrovia, Liberia · medium · 1 h 15 minChicken simmered in a rich palm-nut sauce with chili and greens, ladled over rice, one of Liberia's most cherished dishes.
Palm Butter Rice NyekoeMaseru, Lesotho · easy · 1 h 45 minA filling one-pot of sorghum and beans simmered slow with pumpkin and onion, the warming everyday lunch of the Lesotho highlands.
Nyekoe Maru wa LahméNouakchott, Mauritania · medium · 1 h 30 minMeat and vegetables simmered in a mustard-scented broth, then rice cooked in that broth, the generous communal lunch of the Mauritanian table.
Maru wa Lahmé MkhwaniLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 30 minTender pumpkin leaves simmered with groundnut flour into a creamy green relish, eaten with nsima across Malawi.
Mkhwani Vetkoek with MinceWindhoek, Namibia · medium · 2 hGolden fried dough buns split and stuffed with savory curried beef mince, a favorite Namibian street lunch.
Vetkoek with Mince Dan WakeNiamey, Niger · medium · 40 minSoft bean-flour dumplings tossed with oil, spice, and onion, a popular Hausa street lunch of Niger.
Dan Wake Kari ZouritVictoria, Seychelles · medium · 1 h 20 minOctopus simmered until tender in a fragrant coconut curry with ginger, garlic, and island masala, a Seychelles classic.
Kari Zourit Krain KrainFreetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 45 minChopped jute leaves stewed with red palm oil and smoked fish into a savory green sauce, served over rice.
Krain Krain KajaikJuba, South Sudan · easy · 45 minFresh Nile fish simmered in a light tomato and onion stew, a staple lunch along South Sudan's rivers.
Kajaik Feijoada à SantomenseSão Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · easy · 1 h 15 minIsland beans simmered with red palm oil, smoked fish, and greens, the São Toméan take on Portuguese-Creole feijoada.
Feijoada à Santomense SidvudvuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 40 minSweet pumpkin cooked down with maize meal into a smooth, comforting porridge, a traditional Eswatini favorite.
Sidvudvu NashifN'Djamena, Chad · easy · 40 minGround beef sautéed with tomato, onion, and warm spices into a quick, savory dish eaten with bread or rice in N'Djamena.
Nashif DjenkouméLomé, Togo · medium · 1 hA savory red maize-meal paste cooked with tomato and palm oil, served with grilled chicken, a Togolese celebration favorite.
Djenkoumé Benne CakesFreetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 25 minToasted sesame seeds set in crisp caramel, a simple, ancient West African sweet from Sierra Leone.
OshifimaWindhoek, Namibia · easy · 25 minNamibia's stiff pearl-millet porridge, beaten smooth, shaped into a mound, and eaten by hand with stews, greens, or soured milk.
MotohoMaseru, Lesotho · easy · 2 daysLesotho's fermented sorghum porridge, soured overnight with a tomoso starter and eaten warm by the bowl or thinned into a tangy drink.
AseedaJuba, South Sudan · medium · 30 minSouth Sudan's smooth sorghum dough dome, beaten glossy over the fire and eaten by hand from a shared bowl with mullah stew.
IncwancwaMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 1 dayEswatini's sour fermented maize porridge, tangy from a day or two of natural souring and eaten spoonable or thinned to a drink.
IgikomaKigali, Rwanda · easy · 20 minRwanda's morning porridge of sorghum, maize, and soya flour, whisked smooth and drunk warm and sweet from a mug.
Igikoma Igikoma cy'UburoBujumbura, Burundi · easy · 20 minBurundi's warming finger-millet porridge, whisked thin and smooth, sweetened, and often enriched with a spoon of roasted groundnut flour.
Igikoma cy'Uburo Bouillie de ManiocBangui, Central African Republic · easy · 20 minA silky Central African cassava porridge, whisked from the national staple flour and sweetened, often enriched with a spoon of peanut paste.
Bouillie de Manioc MoniBamako, Mali · easy · 40 minMali's millet porridge of tiny hand-rolled flour pearls simmered in tamarind-soured water and sweetened, eaten at breakfast and Ramadan.
Moni Bourzwa Griye (Grilled Red Snapper)Victoria, Seychelles · easy · 45 minA whole red snapper slashed and packed with a garlic, ginger, and chili paste, grilled over coals and served with a chunky Creole tomato sauce.
Poulet Braisé (Cameroonian Grilled Chicken)Littoral (Douala), Cameroon · medium · 2 h 5 minChicken marinated in garlic, ginger, and scotch bonnet, gently simmered tender, then charred over coals and basted with its spiced marinade.
Poulet Braisé (Cameroonian Grilled Chicken) Ndizi wa Nazi (Plantains in Coconut Milk)Kinshasa, DR Congo · easy · 30 minRipe plantains simmered gently in spiced coconut milk until soft and creamy, a sweet from the DR Congo table.
Ndizi wa Nazi (Plantains in Coconut Milk) Rwandan MandaziKigali, Rwanda · easy · 1 h 35 minLightly sweet fried dough scented with cardamom and cinnamon and enriched with coconut milk, a Kigali street favourite.
Mabuyu (Sweet-Coated Baobab Seeds)Lusaka, Zambia · easy · 25 minTangy baobab seeds tumbled in a bright sugar coating, the nostalgic street candy of Zambia.
Mabuyu (Sweet-Coated Baobab Seeds) Himbasha (Celebration Bread)Asmara, Eritrea · medium · 2 hA mildly sweet cardamom bread scored in a sunburst pattern and studded with raisins, Eritrea's festive loaf.
Himbasha (Celebration Bread) 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.
Yovo Doko (Sweet Fritters) Djiboutian Banana FrittersDjibouti City, Djibouti · easy · 25 minLight little fritters of mashed ripe banana and flour scented with nutmeg, fried and dusted with sugar, a Djibouti favourite.
Djiboutian Banana Fritters Beignets de Banane (Banana Fritters)Bangui, Central African Republic · easy · 25 minMashed ripe bananas fried in a light batter with a hint of lime, the sweet end to a Central African meal.
Le Ouaddaï (Fried Millet Fingers)N'Djamena, Chad · easy · 35 minCrisp fried fingers of sweetened millet and wheat, a teatime sweet from the Ouaddaï region of Chad.
Makemba (Sweet Fried Plantain)Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo · easy · 20 minVery ripe plantains fried until caramelised and dusted with cinnamon sugar, a simple Congolese sweet.
Makemba (Sweet Fried Plantain) Doce de Papaia (Papaya Sweet)Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · easy · 1 hPapaya slowly cooked with sugar, lime and cinnamon until glossy and translucent, a Bissau-Guinean preserve-sweet.
Kanyah (Peanut and Rice Sweet)Monrovia, Liberia · easy · 30 minGround roasted peanuts and toasted rice flour pressed with sugar into a dense, crumbly sweet, a Liberian classic.
Nouga Koko ek Bannann (Coconut and Banana Nougat)Victoria, Seychelles · easy · 35 minFreshly grated coconut cooked with sugar and banana into a soft, chewy candy scented with vanilla and nutmeg.
Konkoé (Smoked Catfish Stew)Conakry, Guinea · medium · 1 h 5 minSmoked catfish simmered with eggplant, potato and okra in a spiced tomato and palm oil sauce, served over rice.
Konkoé (Smoked Catfish Stew) Moamba de Ginguba (Peanut Chicken Stew)Luanda, Angola · medium · 1 h 15 minAn Angolan chicken stew built on ground peanuts, palm oil, tomato and okra, simmered until nutty and rich and ladled over funge or rice.
Moamba de Ginguba (Peanut Chicken Stew) Serobe (Offal Stew)Gaborone, Botswana · medium · 3 hA Botswana delicacy of well-cleaned tripe and intestines slow-simmered until tender, chopped fine, and served with stiff bogobe porridge.
Serobe (Offal Stew) Eru (Wild Greens with Waterleaf)Littoral (Douala), Cameroon · medium · 1 h 15 minA rich, oily stew of finely shredded eru forest leaves and waterleaf cooked with palm oil, smoked fish and crayfish, eaten with garri or water fufu.
Jollof RiceGreater Accra, Ghana · medium · 1 h 20 minLong-grain rice steamed in a reduced, deeply spiced tomato-and-pepper stew until every grain is stained red and the base lightly caramelises.
Jollof Rice Mloukhia (Jute Leaf Beef Stew)Tunis, Tunisia · medium · 4 h 20 minA dark, glossy Tunisian stew of powdered jute leaves slow-cooked with olive oil and beef until silky and almost black.
Mloukhia (Jute Leaf Beef Stew) La Capitaine Sangha (Nile Perch in Red Sauce)Bamako, Mali · medium · 1 hA signature Malian dish of Nile perch simmered in a spiced tomato sauce and served with fried plantains and rice.
AgatogoKigali, Rwanda · easy · 50 minA hearty Rwandan pot of green plantains simmered with tomato and greens and finished with crushed peanuts.
Maboké de Capitaine (Steamed Fish in Banana Leaf)Bangui, Central African Republic · easy · 45 minWhite fish steamed in banana-leaf parcels on a bed of onion, garlic, tomato, and chilli, a classic of the Central African Republic.
Jarret de Boeuf au Gombo (Beef and Okra Stew)N'Djamena, Chad · medium · 3 h 20 minSlow-cooked beef shank in a glossy okra sauce, a Chadian classic eaten with a ball of millet boule.
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