Continent
What Africa cooks with
134 ingredients from the guide appear in the 171 catalogued dishes of Africa. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
Signature
Most typical of Africa
A–Z
Every ingredient in Africa’s dishes
Almond
4 dishes here
Anise seed
1 dish here
Apricot
1 dish here
Balsamic vinegar
1 dish here
Banana
2 dishes here
Beef
18 dishes here
Bell pepper
2 dishes here
Berbere
1 dish here
Black bean
1 dish here
Black pepper
7 dishes here
Bran
1 dish here
Bread
1 dish here
Broad bean
1 dish here
Butter
1 dish here
Cabbage
2 dishes here
Calabash nutmeg
3 dishes here
Cardamom
1 dish here
Carob
2 dishes here
Carrot
3 dishes here
Cassava flour
3 dishes here
Cassava root
10 dishes here
Catfish
1 dish here
Cayenne pepper
3 dishes here
Chamomile
1 dish here
Chapati
1 dish here
Cheese
3 dishes here
Chicken
4 dishes here
Chicken breast
1 dish here
Chickpea
2 dishes here
Chili pepper
7 dishes here
Cinnamon
5 dishes here
Coconut
2 dishes here
Coconut milk
4 dishes here
Cocoyam
2 dishes here
Common bean
1 dish here
Cooking banana
8 dishes here
Cornmeal
5 dishes here
Couscous
1 dish here
Cowpea
1 dish here
Crayfish
16 dishes here
Cucumber
1 dish here
Curry powder
1 dish here
Date
1 dish here
Dill
1 dish here
Dough
2 dishes here
Dried meat
1 dish here
Edible mushroom
2 dishes here
Egg
10 dishes here
Eggplant
1 dish here
Fish
3 dishes here
Flour
6 dishes here
Fried onion
1 dish here
Garlic
14 dishes here
Garri
1 dish here
Ginger
2 dishes here
Globe artichoke
1 dish here
Goat meat
4 dishes here
Green bean
1 dish here
Ground beef
1 dish here
Honey
4 dishes here
Injera
1 dish here
Jasmine rice
1 dish here
Ketchup
1 dish here
Lamb meat
2 dishes here
Leek
1 dish here
Lemon
1 dish here
Lemon juice
1 dish here
Lentil
1 dish here
Lettuce
1 dish here
Lima bean
1 dish here
Lime
1 dish here
Macaroni
1 dish here
Maize
2 dishes here
Maize flour
1 dish here
Matzah
1 dish here
Meatball
1 dish here
Milk
5 dishes here
Millet
2 dishes here
Minced meat
4 dishes here
Moringa
3 dishes here
Mutton
2 dishes here
Nutmeg
2 dishes here
Okra
2 dishes here
Olive oil
8 dishes here
Onion
40 dishes here
Palm oil
38 dishes here
Paprika
1 dish here
Parsley
2 dishes here
Pasta
5 dishes here
Pastry
1 dish here
Pea
1 dish here
Peanut
4 dishes here
Peanut butter
1 dish here
Peanut oil
3 dishes here
Potato
4 dishes here
Powdered sugar
1 dish here
Puff pastry
2 dishes here
Pumpkin
3 dishes here
Raisin
2 dishes here
Ras el hanout
2 dishes here
Red bean paste
1 dish here
Rice
7 dishes here
Rice flour
3 dishes here
Scallion
5 dishes here
Semolina
4 dishes here
Shark
1 dish here
Sheep meat
1 dish here
Shrimp
2 dishes here
Smoked fish
1 dish here
Sorghum grain
1 dish here
Sour cream
1 dish here
Spinach
1 dish here
Stockfish
2 dishes here
Sugar
9 dishes here
Sunflower seed
1 dish here
Sweet potato
2 dishes here
Table salt
44 dishes here
Tagliatelle
1 dish here
Taro
2 dishes here
Thyme
2 dishes here
Tomato
6 dishes here
Tomato paste
1 dish here
Tomato sauce
3 dishes here
Tripe
1 dish here
Tuna
1 dish here
Turmeric
2 dishes here
Vanilla
2 dishes here
Vegetable oil
7 dishes here
Vermicelli
2 dishes here
Vinegar
1 dish here
Water
15 dishes here
Welsh onion
1 dish here
Wheat
2 dishes here
Yam
12 dishes here
Photo credits for this page (134)
Palm oil: DromoTetteh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crayfish: JIP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Yam: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Moringa: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Calabash nutmeg: User:Slashme · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cooking banana: Vis M · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ras el hanout: Sarefo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carob: Nevit Dilmen ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Thyme: USDAgov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Vermicelli: سونھن راڻي · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Almond: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Anise seed: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Apricot: MatthiasKabel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Balsamic vinegar: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Banana: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beef: F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bell pepper: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Black bean: Sanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bran: Alistair1978 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Bread: Bake Across Europe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Butter: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cabbage: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cardamom: Thamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carrot: MOs810 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cassava flour: Hajia Hijjah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cassava root: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Catfish: Gary J. Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cayenne pepper: Alabama Extension · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chamomile: Holly Victoria Norval · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chapati: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken: Sakurai Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken breast: MrBeastRapper · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chickpea: AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cinnamon: formulatehealth · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Coconut: Tom Ek · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Coconut milk: Meursault2004 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cocoyam: Dorcas Atule · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Common bean: Jay Superthato · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cornmeal: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Couscous: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cowpea: Thamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cucumber: Nikodem Nijaki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Date: Salma kyari · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dill: SA, The Green Ark Bostanie · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dried meat: Peachyeung316 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fish: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Flour: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fried onion: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garri: Hadeou Jacob · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ginger: Sanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Globe artichoke: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Goat meat: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Green bean: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ground beef: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Injera: Edsel Little · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jasmine rice: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ketchup: Nenad Stojkovic from Srbija · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lamb meat: Pujanak · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Leek: Jim Lukach · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lemon: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lemon juice: Ovinus Real · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lentil: User:Justinc · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lettuce: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lima bean: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lime: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Macaroni: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maize: Tanvir Rahat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maize flour: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Matzah: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meatball: Obsidian Soul · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Milk: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Millet: Thamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mutton: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nutmeg: Herusutimbul · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Okra: Aravind Sivaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive oil: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Paprika: Gnu-Bricoleur · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parsley: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pasta: David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pastry: Silar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pea: David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Peanut: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Peanut oil: KISUMAR123 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Potato: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Powdered sugar: Ɱ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Puff pastry: Moonsun1981 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pumpkin: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Red bean paste: Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice flour: Nithyasrm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scallion: Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Semolina: Sanjay ach · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sheep meat: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shrimp: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Smoked fish: Yemi festus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sorghum grain: Salil Kumar Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spinach: Scudsvlad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stockfish: Havang(nl) · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sunflower seed: Kaldari · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Sweet potato: Llez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tagliatelle: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Taro: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tomato paste: SKopp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tomato sauce: Dennis Klein klein2 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tripe: Biskuit from Atlanta, GA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tuna: George Alexander Ishida Newman from Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Turmeric: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vanilla: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable oil: Netojinn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vinegar: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Welsh onion: Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheat: User:Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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