Plantains, grills, bean fritters, pastries, snacks, and roadside foods from West Africa.
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Crunchy groundnut crackers made by extracting the oil from peanut paste, then shaping and deep-frying the remaining cake. A b...
Beninese soft white cheese grilled until golden and served with a spicy piment sauce. A unique West African cheese snack with...
Cape Verdean fried pastries stuffed with a fiery tuna and tomato filling. The name means "pastry with the devil inside" due t...
Ghanaian ripe plantain cubes marinated with ginger, garlic, chile, cloves, nutmeg, and salt, then fried until caramelized.
Ivorian fried ripe plantain served hot with onion-tomato piment, a street-food plate that works as snack or side.
Nigerien-Hausa kilishi, paper-thin lean beef dried, coated in spicy groundnut labu paste, dried again, and roasted crisp.
Igbo cassava salad tossed with palm oil dressing, ugba, fish, crayfish, onion, garden egg, and utazi.
Nigerian black-eyed pea fritters blended with onion and pepper, whipped light, then fried until crisp outside and fluffy inside.
Nigerian roasted plantain served hot with groundnuts or a spicy pepper sauce.
Northern Nigerian fermented rice cakes cooked in small wells until lightly crisp outside and soft inside.
Eastern Nigerian Bambara nut pudding steamed with palm oil, pepper, onion, and salt until firm and tender.
Soft Nigerian fried dough balls made from yeasted flour batter, lightly sweetened and fried until golden.
Nigerian suya, thin beef skewers coated in yaji, the smoky Hausa spice blend of kuli-kuli, chile, ginger, onion, garlic, and...
Senegalese fried pastries filled with spiced fish or meat and served with tomato-onion dipping sauce.
Senegalese black-eyed pea stew simmered with tomato, onion, chile, and spices, often served in bread.
Sierra Leonean banana akara, sweet rice-flour fritters made with ripe banana, sugar, nutmeg, and hot oil.
Sierra Leonean black-eyed bean fritters, whipped light and fried until crisp, often sold with onion gravy or bread.
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Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde
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