Vegan Recipes from Around the World
Every dish here is naturally vegan, no substitutions needed, and comes from a real culinary tradition somewhere on the map. Prefer to wander? On any recipe you can toggle vegan and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
386 recipes · showing 1 to 48
Nigerian Jollof RiceLagos, Nigeria · medium · 1 h 5 minLong-grain rice simmered in a smoky, slightly spicy pepper-and-tomato base until every grain is stained red.
Nigerian Jollof Rice Ta'ameya (Egyptian Falafel)Cairo, Egypt · medium · 1 h 10 minEgypt’s own falafel, made from split fava beans instead of chickpeas, packed with herbs for a vivid green centre and fried to a shattering crisp.
Ta'ameya (Egyptian Falafel) KoshariCairo, Egypt · easy · 1 hCairo’s carb-on-carb street food: lentils, rice, and pasta under spiced tomato sauce and crispy onions.
Chakalaka & PapKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · easy · 50 minA punchy curried vegetable-and-bean relish beside smooth white maize porridge, braai-day essentials.
Chakalaka & Pap 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 Dholl PuriPort Louis, Mauritius · medium · 1 h 10 minFeather-soft flatbreads with ground split peas hidden in the dough, folded around bean curry and chutney.
Dholl Puri 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.
Red Red 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.
Shiro Wot IsombeKigali, Rwanda · easy · 1 h 20 minPounded cassava leaves stewed with spinach, eggplant, and peanut into a soft, savory green.
Isombe Nshima with IfisashiLusaka, Zambia · medium · 1 hStiff maize porridge served with greens simmered in a creamy ground-peanut sauce.
Nshima with Ifisashi 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 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 DambouNiamey, Niger · medium · 1 hSteamed grain tossed with moringa leaves, tomato, and oil, a light, nourishing dish of Niger.
Dambou Arroz de FolhaSão Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · medium · 1 h 10 minSeasoned rice bloomed in red palm oil, parcelled in banana leaves and steamed until the leaf perfumes the grain, a festive Santomean dish.
Arroz de Folha Matoke with Groundnut SauceKampala, Uganda · medium · 1 h 40 minSteamed green bananas (matoke) mashed soft, served with a rich purple groundnut sauce.
Matoke with Groundnut Sauce Akara and OgiLagos, Nigeria · medium · 45 minFluffy black-eyed pea fritters with ogi, a smooth fermented corn pap, a classic Nigerian breakfast pair.
Hausa Koko and KooseAshanti, Ghana · medium · 45 minA spiced fermented millet porridge with koose, crisp black-eyed pea fritters, Ghana's classic Ghanaian breakfast.
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.
Bouillie d'Arachide BadjiasMaputo, Mozambique · easy · 30 minCrisp Mozambican chickpea-flour fritters flecked with onion and served with fiery piri-piri.
Badjias Puff-Puff and BeansLittoral (Douala), Cameroon · medium · 55 minSweet fried dough balls served with a savory stewed bean pot, a filling Cameroonian breakfast.
Puff-Puff and Beans BotaHarare, Zimbabwe · easy · 25 minA soft, thin maize-meal breakfast porridge enriched with peanut butter and a little sugar.
Bota Mofo GasyAnalamanga (Antananarivo), Madagascar · medium · 1 h 35 minSlightly sweet fermented rice-flour cakes griddled in round moulds, "Malagasy bread" for breakfast.
Mofo Gasy Farata with Butter Bean CurryPort Louis, Mauritius · medium · 1 h 25 minFlaky griddled flatbread (farata) served with a light butter-bean curry, a popular Mauritian breakfast.
MikateKinshasa, DR Congo · easy · 40 minSweet Congolese fried dough balls, golden, pillowy, and dusted with sugar, for breakfast with tea.
Mikate MaasaBamako, Mali · medium · 1 h 40 minMalian pancake-doughnuts: lightly fermented rice-and-millet batter fried into golden puffs and dusted with sugar, sold hot from roadside pans.
Maasa VitumbuwaLusaka, Zambia · easy · 1 h 35 minLightly sweet Zambian rice-flour fritters, crisp outside and fluffy within, for breakfast with tea.
AbloCotonou, Benin · medium · 45 minSoft, slightly sweet steamed rice-and-corn cakes eaten plain or with a spicy sauce for breakfast.
Ablo AyimolouLomé, Togo · easy · 9 hA one-pot of rice and beans cooked together and served with a spicy pepper sauce, Togo's breakfast.
Ayimolou Sierra Leonean Fry FryFreetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 40 minA plate of assorted fried things with a peppery gravy to dip them in, the Freetown street breakfast.
Sierra Leonean Fry Fry Bouillie de BananeLibreville, Gabon · easy · 30 minA smooth Gabonese plantain porridge, gently sweet and spiced, to start a rainforest morning.
Bouillie de Banane MassaOuagadougou, Burkina Faso · medium · 35 minLittle fermented millet fritters, crisp and tangy, sold hot with a spicy or sweet topping in Burkina Faso.
Massa Ibitoke n'IbiharageBujumbura, Burundi · easy · 55 minBurundi's beans and plantains: red beans and green cooking bananas simmered together with onion and warm spice into a filling plate.
BeignetsBangui, Central African Republic · easy · 1 h 40 minCentral African breakfast doughnuts: puffy, golden yeasted fritters fried fresh at dawn and dusted with sugar, eaten with sweet coffee.
Beignets Beignets CongolaisBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo · medium · 1 h 45 minPuffy, faintly sweet fried dough balls sold hot on Brazzaville street corners and eaten with sweet coffee at daybreak.
Beignets Congolais TapalapaBanjul, The Gambia · medium · 2 h 20 minThe Gambia's daily bread: a crusty, dense baton of mixed millet, maize, and wheat flours, baked in a clay oven and torn open for breakfast.
Tapalapa LafidiConakry, Guinea · easy · 40 minA Guinean morning plate: okra and garden-egg eggplant mashed with chili and fermented locust bean, spooned over rice with a slick of red palm oil.
Lafidi FidjósBissau, Guinea-Bissau · easy · 30 minBissau breakfast fritters: a mashed-banana and flour batter fried into small golden puffs, sold in paper cones on the morning streets.
Fidjós MakoenyaMaseru, Lesotho · easy · 1 h 40 minGolden Basotho fat cakes: crisp-edged deep-fried dough balls, soft and lightly sweet inside, sold hot from street stands for breakfast.
Makoenya ZitumbuwaLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 25 minMalawian banana fritters: very ripe bananas bound with a little cornmeal and deep-fried into sweet, golden, craggy morsels.
Zitumbuwa Fruta-Pão FritaSão Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · easy · 25 minGolden fried breadfruit, crisp outside and fluffy within, eaten with strong island coffee on São Tomé mornings.
Ladob BanannVictoria, Seychelles · easy · 30 minRipe plantains simmered soft in sweet, vanilla-and-nutmeg coconut milk, a Creole breakfast or dessert from the Seychelles.
Ladob Banann ComboJuba, South Sudan · easy · 40 minSouth Sudanese greens in peanut sauce: leafy greens simmered with tomato and groundnut paste into a rich, creamy relish, eaten with rice.
Combo LoubiaCasablanca-Settat, Morocco · easy · 1 h 45 minWhite beans slow-simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce with cumin and paprika, a humble everyday Moroccan lunch.
Loubia NdambéDakar, Senegal · easy · 1 h 15 minA spiced black-eyed pea stew served in a crusty baguette, Senegal's everyday street breakfast-lunch.
Ndambé Nkate CakeGreater Accra, Ghana · easy · 25 minA crunchy peanut brittle bound in dark caramel, a popular Ghanaian street sweet sold in cut slabs.
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