Gambian cuisine
Gambian cuisine is part of
River Gambia, and are harvested by women.[1]
Dishes
- Benachin is a Gambian dish traditionally cooked in one pot (the practice giving it its name). Various ingredients including fish or meat are added, seasoned with herbs, lemon juice, basil, aubergine, parsley, onion, chili, tomato, pumpkin, carrot, cabbage, vegetable oil, and water, with tomato paste sometimes added for color[1]
- Caldo is a lemon-flavored steamed whole-fish dish, a variation of Jorto or sompat are usually used[1]
- Mbahal or Nyankatang a smoked and salted fish dish prepared with groundnuts, black-eyed beans, spring onion, fresh chilies, white rice, and bitter tomato or jattoo[1]
- Nyambeh nyebbeh, a cassava and bean dish made with oils, onion, chili,
- Peppersoup, a spicy fish stew.
- Yassa is a lemon whole-chicken or fish dish made with salt, pepper, onion, clove, garlic, mustard, chili sauce, lime juice, rice and water (if making it with chicken)[1]
- Maafe a Mandinkadish made from peanut paste and various vegetables.
- Oyster stew[1]
- Thiakry, a sweet dish made from couscous (wheat or millet), milk (or sweetened condensed milk or yogurt), and spices; chakery is a couscous pudding
References
- Ghanaian Dishes
- Nigerian Dishes Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- West African Dishes