Top 10 Recipes for Great African Eats

Put on your bib and get ready to tuck into some delicious dishes from across the continent here with our Top 10 Great African Eats.

1. Chicken Piri Piri (Mozambique) – So, what’s for dinner? How about whipping up the dish that made Bourdain drool – charcoal-grilled Chicken Piri Piri? CLICK FOR RECIPE.

2. Fonio Salad (Senegal) – It’s rich in methionine and cysteine, two amino acids that are vital to human health, and that are deficient in today’s major cereals. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

3. Grilled Chambo Fish (Malawi) – For fish foodies it’s hard to beat the lake catch of the day, fresh-grilled on the shore, particularly the ever-so-popular national favorite, Chambo.

4. Bunny Chow (South Africa) – The ubiquitous South African street food called Bania Chow (chow was the word the Chinese used for food) was born, a name that later morphed into Bunny Chow. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

5. Grilled Lamp Chops with Rice and Pita Chips (Egypt) – Egyptian cuisine features high-quality legumes and vegetables from the fertile Nile valley and delta. Yet, oddly enough, what became Egypt’s favorite fare, Kushari, originated from the British army more than a century ago. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

6. Mushroom Soup (Kenya) – With its Indian Ocean coastline, fertile farmland, as well as its fresh and saltwater lakes, Kenya is a cornucopia of fish, fruits and vegetables; rice and wheat, meats; farmed coffee and tea, and locally-brewed beer. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

7. Braised Cabbage (Tanzania) – The yummy cooking of Tanzania varies widely and has been influenced by the many people who migrated from India to this East African nation. Here’s a great side dish to pep up any dinner fare. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

8. Lamb Tagine (Morocco) – Morocco is not only the land of America’s favorite movie, Casablanca, of fabled Marrakech, of exotic and ancient Fez, and of the stunning Atlas Mountains, it’s home to a wondrous, refined cuisine that’s a mix of Berber, Arab, French and Spanish influences. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

9. Roast Pork Sirloin (South Africa) – South Africa is renowned for its plethora of excellent hotels and restaurants (and game reserves) serving first-class food.  One such is the Steenberg Hotel & Winery in Constantia just outside Cape Town, where award-winning executive chef Garth Almazan created this mouth-watering dish. CLICK FOR RECIPE.

10. Salade Mechouia (Tunisia) – Oh, that Mediterranean diet!  It’s healthy and delicious and based on a dairy-less “sun cuisine” – bursting with flavors of olive oil and honey, tomatoes and peppers, fish and seafood; spices, eggs and meat (except pork because of Sharia law). CLICK FOR RECIPE.

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