Plantain and Coconut Beef Soup Recipe

This is a traditional Gambian recipe for a classic rich stew of plantains and beef with onions, tomatoes and peas in a coconut milk base. 

Note that in West African parlance this is a soup not a stew. Stews are served with rice and soups are stews that are served with fufu, pounded yam or pap (maize porridge). 

Shrimp Sauce Recipe

This is a traditional West African sauce made from dried prawns along with peanuts, tomatoes and onions. Often dried prawns or shrimps are ground to a powder and used as a thickener but here they are a main feature of this stew. 

How to Make Ginger Beer

This is a common drink in West Africa where it is often made with the local red ginger and is often given to children as a medicine. 

Massa Recipe

This is a traditional Burkinabe recipe (from Burkina Faso) for a classic snack of mini pancakes made from millet flour, rice and sugar. 

5 Tips for Growing Food Anywhere

The whole concept of “urban farming” seems contradictory,
 yet more and more people are living in cities, and more and
more urbanites are growing their own food.

The benefits of homegrown produce are amazingly diverse:
it’s safer and more nutritious than conventional foods, it’s more
flavor-rich — it can even act as an anti-depressant. And in the
face ofclimate change and rising energy prices, it makes better
 environmental sense to grow closer to home —reducing the
energy and carbon costs of moving perishable food in refrigerated
 trucks long distances from farm to fork.

Palm-oil Chop Recipe

Palm-Oil Chop is a traditional dish from Western Africa (one of many African palm oil dishes) that is prepared for big dinners and family celebrations. Part of the fun is letting diners add their choice of garnishes and accompaniments. Like many African recipes, it is very easy to adapt to whatever is on hand. 

LOOK OUT FOR THESE THINGS BEFORE BUYING THAT FOOD

 Look for these before buying that food

...avoid the dim, dirty, dingy, and stray dogs

When purchasing foods at restaurants you should be observant while buying food. Unsafe food environments could lead to contaminated food products. Listed below are some helpful tips to keep in mind during your next restaurant visit.

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Top #20 Healthy Cooking Tips

If you want to slim down by year end or simply want to get healthy, you don't have to adopt a stringent lifestyle or stay away from your favourite dessert.

Instead, you just have to modify your basic recipes and change your cooking methods. Dr Bhavi Mody, Homoeopathic Consultant &Associate Director, Mumbai shares some easy ways to cut calories and burn fat, with these simple cooking techniques.

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Cassava Leaves Recipe

Cassava Leaves also known as Feuille de Manioc II is a traditional West African recipe for a classic vegetarian stew or accompaniment of cassava leaves cooked in a peanut butter base with chillies.

Cassava leaves are a staple of both Central and West African diets. This version comes from West Africa where the greens are cooked in a peanut-beased sauce.

Pastels Recipe

This is a traditional West African recipe for a classic dish of fish turnovers; pastry filled with a fish and vegetable filling with tomatoes served in a tomato, bell pepper and chilli sauce

Mashed Yam Ball Recipe

Yam Balls is a traditional West African recipe for a staple of yams, tomatoes and onion shaped into balls.
The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic West African Yam Ball recipe.

Pot Roast Recipe

Pot Roast  is a traditional West African recipe for a dish of beef pot roasted with a chilli, peanut butter and tomato sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic West African version.

Rice Pancake Recipe

Rice Pancakes is a traditional West African recipe for a classic dish of a yeasted rice flour and coconut milk batter that's fried like a  pancake and is typically served as an accompaniment to thick stews.

The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic dish after the cut...

Avocado Salsa Verde Recipe

This is a traditional West African recipe for a classic fried blend of green tomatoes, green chillies and green bell pepper cooked until soft and served as a condiment.

See how to prepare this classic dish after the cut...

Lemony Chicken Okra Soup

This is a traditional West African recipe for an okra-thickened stew of chicken in a tomato and lemon sauce.

Cabbage and Pineapple Salad

This is a traditional West African recipe for a classic salad of cabbage, celery, green bell pepper, tomatoes and pineapple in a yoghurt, sour cream and milk dressing.

Coconut Bean Soup Recipe

This is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a vegetarian one-pot dish of rice and beans in a coconut milk curry sauce.

Spicy Minced Meat Kebab Recipe

This is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a classic kofta-style kebab of minced beef, spices and chillies packed onto skewers and grilled.

Pawpaw (Papaya) Jam Recipe

The pawpaw (papaya)grows wild all over Nigeria, West African pawpaws are large and pumpkin-shaped. For this recipe, the pawpaw should be slightly under-ripe, just beginning to turn yellow.