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Burkinabé cuisine, the
fish.[3]
Vegetables include yams and potatoes, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, leeks, onions, beets, pumpkins, cucumbers, cabbage, sorrel and spinach.[2]
Although imported products are becoming more common in urban areas, meals in more rural areas typically consist of
Common dishes
- Tô (Saghbo in Mooré), cooled polenta-style cakes made from ground millet, sorghum or corn. Tô is served with a sauce made from vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, sumbala and carrots, sometimes supplemented by a piece of meat like mutton or goat.[5] Eaten by hand, this traditional dish is the staple of the Burkinabè diet.[3]
- French green beans
- Foufou
- Poulet Bicyclette, a grilled chicken dish common across West Africa.[3]
- Ragout d'Igname, a yam stew dish native to Burkina
- Riz gras, rice cooked with onions, tomatoes and meat.[2][3]
- Riz Sauce[clarification needed]
- Sauce gombo, a sauce made with okra.
- Brochettes
- Poulet braisé, grilled chicken very popular in the city, almost all restaurants and bars offer this dish.
- Babenda, a stew of fermented beans, fish, cabbage, and/or spinach.[6]
Restaurants generally serve Burkinabé dishes alongside those of neighbouring countries. Foreign dishes include a fish or meat stew called
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The fruit of the African Baobab tree
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Foods being cooked in Burkina Faso
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Preparing tô
Common beverages
- Bissap/Bisap, a sour-tasting drink made from Roselle (Bissap) flowers in the Hibiscus family,[7] sweetened with sugar
- Degue, a drink made from pearl millet and yogurt
- Dôlo, a beer made from pearl millet or sorghum[8]
- Tédo, also called Pain de Sainge, baobab fruit
- Yamaccu or Yammaccudji, beverage made of ginger
- Zomekome, a soft drink made from millet flour, ginger, lemon juice and tamarind[1]
- Tamarin[clarification needed]
- Jus de Weda or Jus de Liane
See also
References
- ^ a b "Oxfam's Cool Planet - Food in Burkina Faso". Oxfam. Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ a b c Liza Debrevic. "Burkina Faso". In Ken Albala (ed.). Food Cultures of the World. ABC-CLIO. pp. 23–30.
- ^ ISBN 2-7469-1601-0.
- S2CID 72526570.
- OCLC 761178200.
- ^ "Burkina Faso Food and Drink". World Travel Guide. 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ISBN 90-5782-147-8.
- ISBN 0-8247-4784-4.