Kyinkyinga - Mali
Kyinkyinga are a type of kabob sold by street vendors all across West Africa. On the skewers are pieces of green pepper and meat flavored with ginger and peanut sauce.
Okra Stew - Ghana
Okra stew is a popular West Africa vegetable. When cooked and used in soups and stews, it becomes smooth and sticky. In Ghana it is cooked with prawns, fish, meat and vegetables such as eggplants and tomatoes.
Chin Chin - Nigeria
Chin Chin are small pastries flavored with sugar and spices. Green or pink food coloring is sometimes added. They are a popular party snack, enjoyed with palm wine. Chin chin may also be served at weddings and birthday feasts.
Beg Wot - Ethiopia
Beg Wot is a thick stew made with red meat, tomatoes, and chili peppers. It is ringed with aubergine slices and served with green basil leaves on a bed of injera bread. This slightly sour tasting flat bread is used as both a food and a communal plate.
N'Dizi Na Nyama - Tanzania
N'Dizi Na nyama is a tasty stew made from beef, coconut milk, tomatoes, and unripe bananas or plantains. Bananas are widely grown in Tanzania and are often used in cooking.
Kyinkyinga are a type of kabob sold by street vendors all across West Africa. On the skewers are pieces of green pepper and meat flavored with ginger and peanut sauce.
Okra Stew - Ghana
Okra stew is a popular West Africa vegetable. When cooked and used in soups and stews, it becomes smooth and sticky. In Ghana it is cooked with prawns, fish, meat and vegetables such as eggplants and tomatoes.
Chin Chin - Nigeria
Chin Chin are small pastries flavored with sugar and spices. Green or pink food coloring is sometimes added. They are a popular party snack, enjoyed with palm wine. Chin chin may also be served at weddings and birthday feasts.
Beg Wot - Ethiopia
Beg Wot is a thick stew made with red meat, tomatoes, and chili peppers. It is ringed with aubergine slices and served with green basil leaves on a bed of injera bread. This slightly sour tasting flat bread is used as both a food and a communal plate.
N'Dizi Na Nyama - Tanzania
N'Dizi Na nyama is a tasty stew made from beef, coconut milk, tomatoes, and unripe bananas or plantains. Bananas are widely grown in Tanzania and are often used in cooking.
Every nation has its own unique flavor not only these lesser known dishes from faraway lands but even the most popular cuisines can spring surprises galore. Cuisines like those of France, China and India despite being so well known and so admired the world over has actually shown off only a handful of its beauties. The real delectable dishes with their original local flavors are rarely if ever experienced by people who are alien to those cultures. But the catch is that those who do never forget the experience in a lifetime.
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