Vegetable-led Recipes from Around the World, Page 3
A tour of the world through vegetable-led, 878 authentic dishes, each from a specific region, each with its cultural story and dietary substitutions built in.
878 recipes · showing 97 to 144
Tô with Okra SauceOuagadougou, Burkina Faso · medium · 45 minA smooth, firm millet paste eaten with a slippery okra and tomato sauce, the daily staple lunch of Burkina Faso.
Tô with Okra Sauce Wassa-WassaCotonou, Benin · medium · 55 minSteamed yam-flour couscous tossed with a spiced tomato and onion sauce, a northern Beninese lunch staple.
Wassa-Wassa Gozo with Groundnut SauceBangui, Central African Republic · medium · 50 minSmooth cassava fufu served with a rich, savory peanut sauce, an everyday plate across the Central African Republic.
Gozo with Groundnut Sauce Tsebhi BirsenAsmara, Eritrea · easy · 55 minRed lentils simmered with berbere, onion, and tomato into a warming spiced stew, scooped up with injera.
Tsebhi Birsen 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 MkhwaniLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 30 minTender pumpkin leaves simmered with groundnut flour into a creamy green relish, eaten with nsima across Malawi.
Mkhwani Dan WakeNiamey, Niger · medium · 40 minSoft bean-flour dumplings tossed with oil, spice, and onion, a popular Hausa street lunch of Niger.
Dan Wake SidvudvuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 40 minSweet pumpkin cooked down with maize meal into a smooth, comforting porridge, a traditional Eswatini favorite.
Sidvudvu 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 ChakeryBanjul, The Gambia · easy · 1 h 35 minSteamed couscous folded through sweetened, vanilla-scented yogurt with raisins and pineapple, a cool Gambian celebration dessert.
Chakery Mbatata CookiesLilongwe, Malawi · easy · 35 minSoft, lightly spiced biscuits made from mashed sweet potato, a homey Malawian teatime treat.
Benne CakesFreetown, Sierra Leone · easy · 25 minToasted sesame seeds set in crisp caramel, a simple, ancient West African sweet from Sierra Leone.
Benne Cakes 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.
Oshifima 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.
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 Chura GertehBanjul, The Gambia · easy · 40 minThe Gambia's thick groundnut-and-rice porridge, faintly oily and nutty, served hot with yoghurt or condensed milk.
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 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.
Bouillie de Mil Bouillie de FonioConakry, Guinea · easy · 30 minA creamy Guinean breakfast porridge of tiny fonio grains simmered in water and milk, sweetened and warmed with gentle spice.
Bouillie de Fonio 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.
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 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) Gâteau Coco (Fried Coconut Cakes)Abidjan (Lagunes), Côte d’Ivoire · easy · 35 minSmall diamonds of fresh coconut and flour fried until crisp at the edges and fragrant, an Abidjan street sweet.
Gâteau Coco (Fried Coconut Cakes) Cameroonian Banana CakeLittoral (Douala), Cameroon · easy · 1 hA moist, lightly spiced loaf built on very ripe bananas, the hawked teatime cake of coastal Cameroon.
Cameroonian Banana Cake 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.
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) Basbousa (Semolina Cake in Syrup)Khartoum, Sudan · easy · 1 h 55 minA tender semolina cake enriched with yogurt and coconut, soaked in lemon syrup, a much-loved Sudanese sweet.
Basbousa (Semolina Cake in Syrup) 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.
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) 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.
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.
Galidossi (Gari and Milk Dessert)Lomé, Togo · easy · 15 minCrunchy cassava gari soaked in cold sweet milk with roasted peanuts, a refreshing Togolese street dessert.
Galidossi (Gari and Milk Dessert) 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.
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) Akwadu (Baked Bananas with Coconut)Malabo, Equatorial Guinea · easy · 30 minBananas baked in butter, citrus and honey under a blanket of coconut, a simple Equatoguinean sweet.
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