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Africa dishes

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Which part of Africa are you from? Specify your traditional dishes
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I'm from eastern part of Africa in Kenya. I come from the coastal region of Mombasa and here our secret ingredient is coconut.we like almost anything that has coconut in it and my favourite food is coconut grilled fish.its a very tasty dish that you can have with rice,ugali or even a traditional bread known as ‘mofa’.u first have to mix coconut milk with a little bitof tamarind and turmeric and let it cook on medium until it thickens. Then grill the fish on both sides and when its ready pour the paste on the fish and grill for 1 minute then turn the other side, repeat the step.server while warm.
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I am from Kenya. We have different traditional dishes and most of them vary with the tribe you are from. Among the agikuyu community, there is githeri and mukimo. Among the kamba there is muthokoi. Among the dhuluo there is ugali and fish. This are just some of the dishes, there are more.
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I'm from Kenya too but my traditional dish is githeri, a popular dish among the people of central Kenya
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Tonia Alexandra wrote:Which part of Africa are you from? Specify your traditional dishes
I am from Kenya as well. I enjoy the traditional vegetables from the Luhya-Luo communities, especially mitoo + murere (mulukhiya) mix is my favorite when taken with ugali.
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I have always heard of Jolof rice and it looks so good. Anybody know how this tastes, and how to make it?

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I'm from East Africa and I love matoke and groundnut sauce. Matoke is green bananas that are boiled and mashed. The only different thing I do is roast my groundnuts/peanuts before grinding into flour for the sauce.
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Am from west africa and i, ve always loved jellof rice
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I'm from West Africa. South-south of Nigeria and we love sea foods.
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I'm from Lagos State, we love fish and jollof rice goes with fried plantain.
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I am from Tanzania and my favourite food is chapati with chicken stew. Chapati is made up of flour, salt, warm watet and hot cooking oil. Then its rolled up in a dough and pressed to form round plate size delicious chapatis after frying them of course.
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I am a Nigerian and I love Akpu with Eguai soup. its mouth watering really. thinking about it now, is making me hungry already!
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Am from Delta State, Nigeria. I so much love banga soup cooked with fresh fish and prawn.
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I am from Lagos, Nigeria, from the Afemai. My favorite dish is definitely jollof rice or my mother's mix of ogbono and okra soup.
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stoppoppingtheP wrote: 06 Sep 2017, 09:13 I have always heard of Jolof rice and it looks so good. Anybody know how this tastes, and how to make it?
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