Recipes

Cook the food you grew up with

Simple home recipes for dishes from across Africa, written by our team. Each one lists the ingredients you can pick up at Africa World Market, 1392 Cyrville Rd, Ottawa.

Linocut-style print of a whole fried tilapia on a mound of attiéké, with onion, tomato, green chili and limeIllustration
Attiéké with fried fishGarba style, from Côte d'IvoireSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of a bowl of dark green pondu with smoked fish, beside a ball of fufuIllustration
Pondu (cassava leaf stew)Saka-saka, from the CongosSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of a pot of jollof rice with a wooden spoon, beside fried plantain, scotch bonnets and tomatoesIllustration
Jollof riceWest Africa's party riceSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of a bowl of egusi soup with beef and greens, beside a mound of pounded yamIllustration
Egusi soupWith pounded yam or fufu, from NigeriaSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of a bowl of ndolé topped with shrimp and fried onion, beside fried plantainIllustration
NdoléBitter leaf and peanut stew, from CameroonSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of a bowl of goat meat pepper soup with a scotch bonnet, beside sliced boiled yamIllustration
Goat pepper soupHot, light and warming, from NigeriaSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of two balls of banku beside a bowl of okra stew with tilapiaIllustration
Banku with okra stewFrom GhanaSee the recipe
Linocut-style print of red red beans ringed with fried plantain, with a bowl of gariIllustration
Red redBlack-eyed beans and fried plantain, from GhanaSee the recipe