Popular African dishes – recipes to try out

The following are some of the most popular African dishes.

1. Jollof Rice: A popular West African dish made with rice, tomatoes, onions, and a blend of spices like thyme, curry, and chili.
2. Fufu and Soup: A staple in West African cuisine, fufu is a starchy side (cassava, plantains, or yams) served with various soups or stews.
3. Tagine: North African stew cooked in an earthenware pot, featuring meats (often lamb), vegetables, dried fruits, and spices like cumin and saffron.
4. Couscous: A staple of North African cuisine, made from crushed durum wheat, usually steamed and served with meat and vegetable stew.
5. Bobotie: A South African dish of spiced minced meat (often beef or lamb) baked with an egg-based topping, typically served with rice.
6. Bunny Chow: A South African street food, a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry, usually chicken or lamb.
7. Sadza: A Zimbabwean maize meal porridge, often served with meats and vegetable accompaniments.
8. Doro Wat: An Ethiopian spicy chicken stew simmered with berbere spice mix, onions, and garlic, typically served with injera.
9. Injera: A sourdough flatbread, a staple in Ethiopian cuisine, often used to scoop up stews and dishes.
10. Moambe Chicken: A Central African dish made with chicken cooked in a sauce of palm butter and spices.
11. Mafe: A West African stew, usually made with meat (beef or lamb), vegetables, and a peanut-based sauce.
12. Piri Piri Chicken: A Southern African dish of grilled or roasted chicken marinated in a spicy piri piri chili sauce.
13. Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup: A Nigerian dish of pounded yam served with a soup made from ground melon seeds and vegetables.
14. Pap en Vleis/Shisa Nyama: A South African dish of grilled meat served with pap (maize porridge).
15. Piri Piri Prawns: Mozambican dish of prawns marinated in a spicy piri piri sauce and grilled.
16. Moin Moin: A Nigerian steamed bean pudding made from blended black-eyed peas, onions, and peppers.
17. Fufu and Egusi Soup: Fufu served with egusi soup, a Nigerian dish made from ground melon seeds, vegetables, and often meat or fish.
18. Kelewele: Ghanaian spicy fried plantains seasoned with ginger, pepper, and spices.
19. Ndole: A Cameroonian dish featuring a stew of bitter leaves, nuts, and meat or fish.
20. Chakalaka: A South African spicy vegetable relish typically made with tomatoes, onions, beans, and spices.
21. Koshari: An Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, and pasta, topped with a spicy tomato sauce and fried onions.
22. Berbere Lentils: Ethiopian lentil stew flavored with berbere spice mix, garlic, and ginger.
23. Kapenta with Sadza: A Zimbabwean dish of small, dried fish served with sadza (maize porridge).
24. Ugali: A staple in East African cuisine, a stiff porridge made from maize flour.
25. Biltong: South African dried and spiced meat, similar to beef jerky.
26. Akara: Nigerian deep-fried bean cakes made from peeled black-eyed peas.
27. Suya: Nigerian skewered and grilled spicy meat, typically beef or chicken.
28. Oxtail Stew: A South African stew made from the tail of cattle, slow-cooked with vegetables and spices.
29. Brik: A Tunisian savory pastry filled with ingredients like egg, tuna, capers, and harissa.
30. Kachumbari: A Kenyan fresh tomato and onion salad, often served as a side dish.
31. Puff Puff: A West African snack, deep-fried dough balls usually flavored with sugar and spices.
32. Samp and Beans: A South African dish of dried corn kernels and beans, boiled and often served as a side.
33. Efo Riro: A Nigerian spinach stew cooked with tomatoes, peppers, and assorted meats or fish.
34. Nyama Choma: East African dish of grilled or roasted meat, often served with a side of vegetables.
35. Koki Beans: A Cameroonian dish of steamed, mashed black-eyed peas with spices and palm oil.
36. Dikgobe: A Botswanan dish made from samp, beans, and peanuts, cooked into a stew.
37. Atkilt Wat: Ethiopian mixed vegetable stew cooked with onions, garlic, and ginger.
38. Malva Pudding: A South African dessert made with apricot jam and served with a creamy sauce.
39. Amarula Dom Pedro: A South African cocktail made with Amarula cream liqueur, ice cream, and sometimes whiskey.
40. Shiro: Ethiopian stew made from powdered chickpeas or lentils cooked with spices.
41. Kuku Paka: An East African dish of chicken cooked in a coconut milk-based curry.
42. Matoke: A dish from East Africa made with steamed or boiled green bananas, often cooked with meat or served as a side.
43. Boerewors: A South African sausage made from beef, pork, and spices, often grilled or pan-fried.
44. Fatah: An Egyptian dish featuring layers of bread, rice, and lamb or beef, topped with garlic-yogurt sauce.
45. Mchuzi wa Samaki: East African fish stew cooked with tomatoes, onions, and spices.
46. Piri Piri Sauce: A spicy sauce made from piri piri chilies, vinegar, and spices, originating from Mozambique.
47. Chinchinga: Ghanaian street food, skewered and grilled meat often served with spicy pepper sauce.
48. Pãozinho: Angolan small bread rolls typically served as a side or snack.
49. Domoda: A West African dish featuring a peanut-based stew with meat, often served with rice.
50. Isidudu: A South African dish made from pumpkin and maize meal, cooked into a porridge-like consistency.
51. Fufu and Palm Nut Soup: Fufu served with a soup made from palm nuts, popular in West Africa.
52. Kedjenou: A Ivorian dish, usually chicken stewed with vegetables in a flavorful tomato sauce.
53. Plakali: A Beninese dish made from fermented cornmeal, similar to a dumpling or porridge.
54. Kuku Wa Kupaka: East African coconut curry chicken marinated in a spicy sauce.
55. Nyama Na Irio: Kenyan dish of mashed peas and potatoes served with meat.
56. Yassa: A Senegalese dish featuring marinated, grilled meat or fish in an onion and lemon sauce.
57. Pap: South African porridge made from maize meal, similar to sadza in other parts of Africa.
58. Poulet Yassa: A Senegalese dish of marinated chicken cooked in a tangy onion and lemon sauce.
59. Chermoula: A North African marinade made from herbs, spices, lemon juice, and oil, often used with seafood.
60. Mala Mogodu: A South African dish made from tripe and intestines cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce.
61. Morogo: A South African dish made from wild spinach or other leafy greens, often cooked with onions and tomatoes.
62. Kefta Tagine: A Moroccan dish of meatballs (kefta) cooked in a flavorful tomato-based sauce.
63. Masala Dosa: A dish from African Indian cuisine, a thin, crispy pancake filled with spiced potatoes.
64. Vetkoek: South African fried dough bread, usually filled with savory or sweet fillings.
65. Chapati: A flatbread popular in East Africa, made from wheat flour and cooked on a griddle.
66. Ewa Agoyin: A Nigerian dish of mashed beans served with a spicy stew made from onions and peppers.
67. Mtori: A Tanzanian dish made from bananas and meat, cooked into a thick stew.
68. Koshari: An Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, and pasta topped with a spicy tomato sauce and fried onions.
69. Sosatie: A South African kebab made from marinated meat, usually cooked on skewers.
70. Kachumbari: A Kenyan fresh tomato and onion salad, often served as a side dish.
71. Khobez: North African flatbread similar to pita bread, often served with various dishes.
72. Cachupa: A Cape Verdean dish made with slow-cooked corn, beans, and meat or fish.
73. Tihlo: An Eritrean dish made from barley flour cooked into small dumplings served with meat stew.
74. Ful Medames: An Egyptian dish made from cooked and mashed fava beans, often served with olive oil and vegetables.
75. Shahan Ful: A Sudanese dish of mashed fava beans mixed with spices and lemon juice.
76. Warak Enab: Egyptian stuffed vine leaves usually filled with rice, vegetables, and sometimes meat.
77. Mahshi: An Egyptian dish of stuffed vegetables, commonly with rice and herbs.
78. Nshima: A Zambian staple food made from maize flour, similar to sadza in other African countries.
79. Bunnychow: A South African dish of hollowed-out bread filled with curry, often originating from Durban.
80. Sambal: An East African spicy relish made from chili peppers and other ingredients.
81. Mchuzi wa Pweza: A Tanzanian dish of octopus stewed with tomatoes, onions, and spices.
82. Dibi: A Senegalese dish featuring grilled lamb often seasoned with mustard and spices.
83. Ogi: A Nigerian fermented cereal pudding made from maize, sorghum, or millet.
84. Poulet DG: A Cameroonian dish of chicken cooked with vegetables in a flavorful sauce.
85. Laghman: A North African dish of hand-pulled noodles served with vegetables and meat in a spiced sauce.
86. Dibi: A Senegalese dish featuring grilled lamb often seasoned with mustard and spices.
87. Koshari: An Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, and pasta topped with a spicy tomato sauce and fried onions.
88. Nyama Choma: East African dish of grilled or roasted meat, often served with a side of vegetables.
89. Ewa Agoyin: A Nigerian dish of mashed beans served with a spicy stew made from onions and peppers.
90. Piri Piri Chicken: A Southern African dish of grilled or roasted chicken marinated in a spicy piri piri chili sauce.
91. Ugali: A staple in East African cuisine, a stiff porridge made from maize flour.
92. Ndole: A Cameroonian dish featuring a stew of bitter leaves, nuts, and meat or fish.
93. Fufu and Light Soup: Fufu served with a light soup typically made with fish and vegetables, popular in Ghana.
94. Kedjenou: A Ivorian dish, usually chicken stewed with vegetables in a flavorful tomato sauce.
95. Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup: A Nigerian dish of pounded yam served with a soup made from ground melon seeds and vegetables.
96. Jollof Rice: A popular West African dish made with rice, tomatoes, onions, and a blend of spices.
97. Sadza: A Zimbabwean maize meal porridge, often served with meats and vegetable accompaniments.
98. Bunny Chow: A South African street food, a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry, usually chicken or lamb.
99. Bobotie: A South African dish of spiced minced meat (often beef or lamb) baked with an egg-based topping, typically served with rice.
100. Moambe Chicken: A Central African dish made with chicken cooked in a sauce of palm butter and spices.

This article has provided a list of the most popular African dishes and some brief description. You should definitely try out these dishes.