Burkinabe cuisine

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Burkinabé cuisine, the

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

• 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

• 
  The fruit of the African Baobab tree
• 
  Foods being cooked in Burkina Faso
• 
  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

• Togolese cuisine
• List of African cuisines

References