Africa Cusine Essay

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Africa Majority of African cuisines is charateristed in dishes that are a stew of meats or vegetables with a starch. Typical produce in African diets are yams, beans , lentils, millet, plantains, green banaanas, and cassava. Meats are not considered a main ingredient but a enhancement of flavoring in dishes. Products used in typical African dishes are similar through out the African region but every part of Africa has its own unique cusine. Africa is split up into 5 regions north, south, east, west and central Africa. In North Africa the people are mostly Muslim, so their diet is based on Islamic traditions. They were not to eat meats that pretained to their religion sush as pork. A Popular dish of the region is called the Morocco’s ra el hanout. This dish obtains about 25-40 different ingridents such as cinnamon black peppercorns, green car damon, caraway, nutmeg and rosebuds. Curry dishes of this region has their own special recipe depending on the cook. The national dish of Algeria and Tunisia is Couscous. This dish prepared by steamed semolina wheat, served with a meat, cooked vegetables and gravy. West Africa was the first part of Africa to be explored by the Europeans. They introduced the cassava and corn to the people which is an important ingredient in their diet. An important crop in Africa was the yam. Some dishes made from Yams are the Amala which is the pounded yam and egwansi sauce. The more tropical part of West Africa plantains, dates, bananas, guava, melons, passion fruit, figs, jackfruit, mangos, pineapples, cashews, wild lemons and oranges are found here. Typical meats used in West Africa cuisine are cattle, sheep, chicken and goat. Fish is popular on western coastal areas. Stews in this region are heavy in spice and the base ingredient can include palm oil or peanut butter. Typical vegetables in these stews can include okra, beans, sweet

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