Dairy-Free Togolese Recipes

Every dish here is Togolese 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
Gboma DessiLomé, Togo · easy · 1 h 15 minA rich Togolese spinach stew simmered with tomato, red palm oil, and beef or fish.
AyimolouLomé, Togo · easy · 9 hA one-pot of rice and beans cooked together and served with a spicy pepper sauce, Togo's breakfast.
DjenkouméLomé, Togo · medium · 1 hA savory red maize-meal paste cooked with tomato and palm oil, served with grilled chicken, a Togolese celebration favorite.
Koklo MemeLomé, Togo · easy · 3 hCharcoal-grilled chicken marinated with ginger, garlic and chili, Togo's most famous dish, served with a fiery tomato-pepper sauce.
Akume with Ademe SauceLomé, Togo · medium · 1 hA smooth cornmeal swallow served with ademe, a slippery jute-leaf sauce cooked with smoked fish and palm oil.
Koliko (Togolese Fried Yam)Lomé, Togo · easy · 1 h 10 minThick chips of white yam, salted and fried until crisp and golden outside and fluffy inside, eaten hot with a raw pepper sauce of chili, tomato and onion.
Salade Togolaise (Togolese Spaghetti Salad)Lomé, Togo · easy · 1 h 10 minCrisp lettuce piled with cooked spaghetti, carrots, green beans, beetroot, cucumber, tomato, hard-boiled egg and sardines, all dressed in a creamy mustard and mayonnaise vinaigrette.
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