Easy Recipes from Around the World
New to a cuisine, or just want something forgiving? These authentic dishes are rated easy, approachable methods, everyday techniques, real flavor from real places.
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Misir Wot (Spiced Red Lentil Stew)Amhara, Ethiopia · easy · 1 hRed lentils melted into a deep, chili-red stew built on berbere spice and slow-caramelized onions.
Misir Wot (Spiced Red Lentil Stew) KoshariCairo, Egypt · easy · 1 hCairo’s carb-on-carb street food: lentils, rice, and pasta under spiced tomato sauce and crispy onions.
Koshari Nkatenkwan (Groundnut Soup)Ashanti, Ghana · easy · 1 h 10 minA silky, gingery peanut soup simmered with chicken and chilies, eaten with soft rice balls.
Nkatenkwan (Groundnut Soup) Chakalaka & PapKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · easy · 50 minA punchy curried vegetable-and-bean relish beside smooth white maize porridge, braai-day essentials.
Chakalaka & Pap Shakshuka bel HarissaTunis, Tunisia · easy · 35 minEggs poached directly in a fiery, harissa-laced pepper and tomato sauce, eaten from the pan with bread.
Shakshuka bel Harissa Sukuma Wiki & UgaliNairobi, Kenya · easy · 40 minCollard greens braised with tomatoes and onion beside firm maize ugali, Kenya’s daily bread and greens.
Sukuma Wiki & Ugali Ugandan RolexKampala, Uganda · easy · 40 minA fresh chapati rolled around a vegetable omelette, Kampala’s street breakfast, "rolled eggs" said fast.
Ugandan Rolex RomazavaAnalamanga (Antananarivo), Madagascar · easy · 1 h 15 minMadagascar’s national broth: zebu beef and mixed leafy greens with ginger and tomato, ladled over rice.
Romazava Muamba de GalinhaLuanda, Angola · easy · 1 h 15 minAngola’s national dish: chicken stewed golden in palm oil with okra, garlic, and chili until the sauce turns silk.
Muamba de Galinha Seswaa with PapGaborone, Botswana · easy · 2 h 40 minBeef simmered for hours with little more than salt, then pounded into rich shreds, Botswana’s dish of weddings and state occasions.
Seswaa with Pap Ful MedamesAlexandria, Egypt · easy · 35 minSlow-cooked fava beans mashed with cumin, lemon, and olive oil, the breakfast that has powered Egypt for millennia.
Red RedGreater Accra, Ghana · easy · 50 minBlack-eyed peas stewed in red palm oil beside caramelized fried plantains, named twice for its two shades of red.
Poulet YassaCasamance, Senegal · easy · 5 h 15 minChicken smothered in a mountain of lemon-and-mustard onions, grilled then braised, Casamance’s gift to West Africa.
Poulet Yassa Pondu (Saka Saka)Kinshasa, DR Congo · easy · 1 h 20 minCassava leaves pounded and simmered with palm oil, eggplant, and smoked richness, the Congo’s daily green.
Pondu (Saka Saka) LablabiTunis, Tunisia · easy · 35 minChickpeas in garlicky cumin broth ladled over torn bread, hit with harissa, lemon, and a soft egg, Tunisia’s working breakfast.
Shiro WotAddis Ababa, Ethiopia · easy · 30 minGround-chickpea flour whisked into a spiced, silky stew, the dish that feeds Ethiopia on fasting days and hard times alike.
BobotieWestern Cape, South Africa · easy · 1 h 10 minCurried spiced mince baked under a golden savory custard, sweet with dried fruit and fragrant with bay, South Africa’s national comfort.
Bamia (Sudanese Okra Stew)Khartoum, Sudan · easy · 1 h 10 minTender lamb and okra simmered in a garlicky tomato broth spiced with black lime, Sudan’s everyday comfort, scooped with kisra.
Bamia (Sudanese Okra Stew) MolokhiaCairo, Egypt · easy · 40 minFinely minced jute leaves cooked into a green, garlicky soup finished with a sizzling coriander-garlic ta’leya.
Kefta Mkaouara (Meatball Tagine)Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco · easy · 55 minSpiced meatballs simmered in a cumin-scented tomato sauce with eggs cracked on top, a bubbling tagine eaten with bread.
Kefta Mkaouara (Meatball Tagine) MaafeBamako, Mali · easy · 1 h 35 minA rich West African groundnut stew of peanut butter, tomato, and root vegetables simmered around tender meat.
Maafe IsombeKigali, Rwanda · easy · 1 h 20 minPounded cassava leaves stewed with spinach, eggplant, and peanut into a soft, savory green.
Isombe Pasta al Sugo e BerbereAsmara, Eritrea · easy · 45 minSpaghetti tossed in silsi, the Eritrean tomato sauce spiked with berbere, the everyday pasta of Asmara.
Pasta al Sugo e Berbere Gboma DessiLomé, Togo · easy · 1 h 15 minA rich Togolese spinach stew simmered with tomato, red palm oil, and beef or fish.
Gboma Dessi Poulet NyembweLibreville, Gabon · easy · 1 h 20 minGabon's national dish: chicken simmered in a rich, tangy sauce of palm-nut pulp with chili and greens.
Poulet Nyembwe IbiharageBujumbura, Burundi · easy · 1 h 15 minBurundi's fried kidney beans with onion, garlic, and chili, served with plantain or rice.
Ibiharage DarabaN'Djamena, Chad · easy · 1 hA silky Chadian okra-and-greens stew enriched with peanut butter and tomato, eaten with millet.
Daraba PepesupMalabo, Equatorial Guinea · easy · 50 minA fiery, clear fish pepper soup of Equatorial Guinea, sharp with chili, ginger, and lime.
Pepesup Swazi Chicken Stew with PhutuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 1 h 10 minA homey Eswatini chicken stew in tomato and onion, served with crumbly steamed maize phutu.
Swazi Chicken Stew with Phutu Caldo de PeixeBissau, Guinea-Bissau · easy · 1 h 5 minA Guinea-Bissau fish-and-rice pot simmered with palm oil, tomato, and greens in one dish.
Caldo de Peixe Basotho Chicken Stew with PapaMaseru, Lesotho · easy · 1 h 10 minA highland chicken stew served with papa, the stiff maize porridge of Lesotho.
Basotho Chicken Stew with Papa Grilled Chambo with NsimaLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 45 minLake Malawi's prized chambo fish, grilled whole, with nsima and a tomato-onion relish.
Grilled Chambo with Nsima Peixe GrelhadoSão Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · easy · 35 minWhole fish marinated in lime and garlic, grilled over charcoal and served with a fresh chili and herb molho de pimenta.
Peixe Grelhado Seychellois Fish CurryVictoria, Seychelles · easy · 50 minA fragrant Creole coconut fish curry brightened with lime, ginger, and fresh curry leaves.
Seychellois Fish Curry Kedjenou de PouletAbidjan (Lagunes), Côte d’Ivoire · easy · 1 h 30 minChicken slow-cooked sealed in a pot with peppers, tomato, and aromatics, with no added water, cooking in all its own juices.
Kedjenou de Poulet RougaillePort Louis, Mauritius · easy · 55 minA Creole tomato stew of Mauritius, simmered with thyme, ginger, and curry leaf around fish or sausage.
Rougaille BaghrirMarrakesh-Safi, Morocco · easy · 35 minSpongy "thousand-hole" semolina pancakes drenched in a warm honey-and-butter syrup.
ChechebsaAmhara, Ethiopia · easy · 35 minShredded flatbread tossed in spiced niter kibbeh and berbere, a warm, savory Ethiopian breakfast.
FondéDakar, Senegal · easy · 35 minA comforting Senegalese millet porridge cooked with milk, sugar, and a hint of orange-flower or nutmeg.
Mieliepap with AmasiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · easy · 25 minSoft maize porridge served with amasi, tangy cultured milk, an everyday South African breakfast.
UjiNairobi, Kenya · easy · 25 minA smooth, slightly sour fermented millet-and-sorghum porridge, sipped warm to start the day.
MaandaziZanzibar, Tanzania · easy · 1 h 40 minLightly sweet East African fried dough triangles scented with cardamom and coconut.
Maandazi Bouillie d'ArachideAbidjan (Lagunes), Côte d’Ivoire · easy · 30 minA creamy Ivorian peanut-and-millet breakfast porridge sweetened and scented with nutmeg.
BadjiasMaputo, Mozambique · easy · 30 minCrisp Mozambican chickpea-flour fritters flecked with onion and served with fiery piri-piri.
Badjias BotaHarare, Zimbabwe · easy · 25 minA soft, thin maize-meal breakfast porridge enriched with peanut butter and a little sugar.
Bota DiphaphathaGaborone, Botswana · easy · 30 minSoft Botswana griddle breads: quick, dense little flatbread rounds cooked in a dry pan and split with butter or jam for breakfast.
MikateKinshasa, DR Congo · easy · 40 minSweet Congolese fried dough balls, golden, pillowy, and dusted with sugar, for breakfast with tea.
GurasaKhartoum, Sudan · easy · 35 minA thick, soft Sudanese griddle pancake eaten with a stew or with sugar and ghee for breakfast.
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