Nut-Free Recipes from Around the World, Page 4
Every dish here is naturally nut-free, no substitutions needed, and comes from a real culinary tradition somewhere on the map. Prefer to wander? On any recipe you can toggle nut-free and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
1328 recipes · showing 145 to 192
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 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 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 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 LaduMoroni, Comoros · easy · 35 minToasted ground rice cooked in ghee and bound with sugar, cardamom, and a note of black pepper into fragrant sweet balls, a Comorian teatime treat.
Ladu Mbatata CookiesLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 35 minSoft, lightly spiced biscuits made from mashed sweet potato, a homey Malawian teatime treat.
Mbatata Cookies 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.
Motoho MotogoGaborone, Botswana · easy · 25 minBotswana's soft morning sorghum porridge, stirred smooth over a low fire and eaten with sugar and a pour of milk or tangy madila.
Motogo Mgaiwa PhalaLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 25 minMalawi's everyday breakfast porridge of whole-ground maize simmered with milk and finished generously with sugar.
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.
Aseeda 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 Bouillie de MilN'Djamena, Chad · easy · 25 minChad's smooth millet breakfast porridge, simmered sweet and finished with a splash of milk, gentle enough for dawn and for small children.
Papa de ArrozBissau, Guinea-Bissau · easy · 40 minGuinea-Bissau's gentle rice porridge, the national grain simmered soft and loose, sweetened and served with a pour of milk.
Papa de Arroz Papas de MilhoLuanda, Angola · easy · 25 minAngola's soft maize breakfast porridge of fine fuba cooked smooth, taken sweet with milk and sugar or savoury with a pinch of salt.
Papas de Milho 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.
Bourzwa Griye (Grilled Red Snapper) 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) Yemarina Yewotet Dabo (Honey and Milk Bread)Amhara, Ethiopia · medium · 3 h 10 minA tender, lightly sweet loaf enriched with honey, milk and warm spices, Ethiopia's way of making the most of the honey it is famous for.
Yemarina Yewotet Dabo (Honey and Milk Bread) Cameroonian Banana CakeLittoral (Douala), Cameroon · easy · 1 hA moist, lightly spiced loaf built on very ripe bananas, the hawked teatime cake of coastal Cameroon.
Chikenduza (Candy Cakes)Harare, Zimbabwe · medium · 1 h 55 minSoft, yeasted sweet cakes baked tall and finished with a bright pink glaze, a Zimbabwean bakery treat.
Chikenduza (Candy Cakes) Kgojwa ya Moretlwa (Wild Berry and Milk Pudding)Gaborone, Botswana · easy · 20 minPounded wild moretlwa berries steeped and whisked into cold sweet milk, a traditional Botswana after-meal sweet.
Meni-Meniyong (Sesame and Honey Brittle)Bamako, Mali · easy · 25 minToasted sesame seeds set in caramelised honey and cut into crunchy fingers, a sweet found in every Malian market.
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) Pudim de Leite (Milk Flan)Santiago (Praia), Cape Verde · medium · 3 h 10 minA silky baked milk custard under a dark caramel, one of Cabo Verde's most popular desserts.
Pudim de Leite (Milk Flan) 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 Bananes au Four Croustillantes (Crisp Baked Bananas)Libreville, Gabon · easy · 30 minBananas rolled in breadcrumbs, fried crisp and baked, then dressed with brown sugar and cool cream, a Gabon classic.
Bananes au Four Croustillantes (Crisp Baked Bananas) Gapal (Millet and Milk Dessert)Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · easy · 20 minFine millet blended with tangy yogurt, baobab and ginger into a thick, cool spooning dessert, a Fulani speciality.
Gapal (Millet and Milk Dessert) 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.
Beignets de Banane (Banana Fritters) 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) KoeksistersMbabane, Eswatini · medium · 1 hPlaited dough fried crisp and plunged into ice-cold spiced syrup, a sticky sweet loved across Eswatini.
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.
Dates Stuffed with ButterNouakchott, Mauritania · easy · 15 minPlump dates split and filled with cardamom-scented butter, a Saharan sweet of Mauritanian hospitality.
Sweet Mahangu PorridgeWindhoek, Namibia · easy · 30 minNamibian pearl millet simmered soft in sweet vanilla cream and served with stewed fruit, a homely dessert.
Alkaki (Fried Wheat Sweet)Niamey, Niger · medium · 3 hCrushed wheat kneaded with milk and butter, shaped, fried and soaked in tamarind sugar syrup, a Zinder speciality.
Sonhos de Banana (Banana Fritters)São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · easy · 25 minMashed banana fritters fried until crisp and rolled in cinnamon sugar, a Portuguese-island sweet of São Tomé.
Kuindiong (Semolina Pudding)Juba, South Sudan · easy · 30 minA creamy semolina and yogurt pudding topped with miok, a nutty butter-and-sugar crumble, a Dinka sweet.
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) 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.
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