Moambe chicken is chicken stew preparation with simmered chicken, palm butter or Moambé and spices. The popularity of the dish is so much that it is the national dish of Gabon and Angola as well. Its alternate names are poulet nyembwe, muamba de galinha, and nyembwe or mwambe chicken. The rich...

Mchuzi Wa Samaki (Curried Fish Swahili Style) is a classic Kenyan seafood dish. Rich, full bodied sauce, very spicy, and filling, This Swahili fish dishes from Zanzibar island is a fish curry. Samaki is the Swahili word for fish and mchuzi means curry (or gravy, sauce, soup). The dish is consisting...

Rolex is a popular food item in Uganda, combining an egg omelette and veggies wrapped in a chapati. This single-portion dish is quick to prepare, and can be eaten at any time of the day, from breakfast to a lunch or supper meal or snack. The name "rolex" comes from its method of preparation, with...

Riz gras is a meat- and rice-based dish in Burkinabé cuisine, the cuisine of Burkina Faso, Africa. It is also prepared in other African countries, such as Senegal and Guinea. It originated from the dish tiebou djen, a rice dish in Senegalese cuisine that is prepared with significant amounts of fish...

Iskudheh Karis also called Bariis Iskukaris is Somalia chicken rice, a variant of Middle East Pilaf. This Somali rice dish is a popular is a one pot cooking with rice and meat or chicken and a mixture od spices. Either saffron or orange or red food coloring are added to the dish after the rice has...

Mshikaki is grilled meat dishes on a skewer over a fire. The skewered pieces of marinated meat of mshikaki is often beef, goat, mutton or chicken. Mshikaki is popular Tanzanian and Kenyan street food dish. The meat is marinated in a combination of various herbs and spices that are popular along...

Zanzibar pizza is a traditional street food from Zanzibar City Tanzania. The meal is roti packed with vegetables, egg, happy cow cheese, and mayonnaise roti packed with vegetables, egg, happy cow cheese, and mayonnaise or what else the vendor like to add. Zanzibar pizzas are not pizzas as you know...

Chicken luwombo is a Ugandan delicacy which is much honored and usually prepared on very special traditional occasions but most especially traditional marriage ceremonies. The dish is conisting seasoning, stuffed chicken which is wrapped and cooked in banana leaves.

Cameroonian Sese Plantains is a one-pot plantain dish with red palm oil, crayfish and other delicious ingredients. It is hearty with a bit of smokiness and so much flavor from the spices used. The ingredients for the dish include green plantains, feafy greens and a mixture of dried fish and goat...

Tiep or thieb is a traditional dish from the Sahel, especially from Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania and it is a staple in all three countries. The version of tiep called thieboudienne or chebu jen (Wolof: ceebu jën; French: thiéboudiène) is prepared with fish, rice and tomato sauce cooked in one...

Egusi soup is popular in Western Africa. The soup is thickened with ground melon, gourd, or squash seeds. Pounded yam (Fufu) is a popular African dish similar to mashed potatoes but heavier. Pounded Yam is very smooth and tasty. It is often eaten with vegetable soup. Egusi soup and pounded yam is...

Key Wat or Sega Wat is a deep colored, bold flavored and hearty Ethiopian beef stew seasoned with warm and earthy Ethiopian spices. It's a wonderfully rich and succulent beef curry cooked in the Instant Pot or on the Stove until the meat is fall-apart tender. The Ethiopian stew dishes often cooked...