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African Fruit Slush
Posted by philocrates at 5/30/02 3:30:09 pm
Source: Submitted by Jennifer Pearson
Juice of 5 oranges
Juice of 3 lemons
4 cups granulated sugar
5 cups water
3 or 4 mashed ripe bananas
1 can...
African Fruit Slush
African Groundnut Stew
1 whole fryer chicken, cut into pieces and
dusted with flour (remove skin, if desired)
Oil for frying
1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, drained
1 teaspoon salt
1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
1...
African Groundnut Stew
African Lamb Curry
This is an unusual, flavorful buffet dish â?? very elegant with a rice ring. Serve with chutney, chopped hardboiled eggs and coconut.
2 pounds lean lamb, cubed
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup allpurpose flour
...
African Lamb Curry
African Red Dip with Shrimp
The West African ata sauce is based on a homemade red pepper paste. The paprika is "toasted" before it is added to bring out its characteristic flavor.
Ata Sauce
1 cup chili sauce
2 tablespoons...
African Red Dip With Shrimp
BananaCoconut Cake (Akwadu â?? Ghana)
5 medium bananas
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2/3 cup shredded coconut
Cut bananas crosswise into ...
Akwadu Bananacoconut Cake
Avocado Broth
2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
2 broth cans water
3 to 4 drops red pepper sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 large ripe avocado, thinly sliced
Heat beef broth, water, red pepper sauce and lemon jui...
Avocado Broth
Baked Banana Pie
4 eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup allpurpose flour
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon banana flavoring
1 2/3 cups ripe bananas, mashed
Pinch of ...
Baked Banana Pie
Banana Akara (African Banana Fritters)
6 well ripened bananas
1 cup allpurpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Mash bananas with a fork or use blender to make into a pulp. Add flour.
Mi...
Banana Akara African Banana Fritters
Beef and Liver Kabobs (Kyinkyinga)
Serve over hot cooked rice to catch all the delicious juices.
1 pound highquality beef chuck, tip or round, 1 inch thick
1/2 pound beef liver, 1 inch thick
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons ...
Beef And Liver Kabobs
Beef in Pepper Sauce (Zilzil Alecha â?? Ethiopia)
Serve over hot cooked rice.
1 (2 pound) beef boneless sirloin or top
loin steak, 3/4 inch thick
2 medium red bell peppers, coarsely chopped
2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and...
Beef In Pepper Sauce Zilzil Alecha
Berbere (Ethiopa)
Use in soups and stews.
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground fenugreek seeds
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
...
Berbere
Bobotee (South Africa)
This may be considered the national dish of South Africa, although it is commonly thought that it arrived there with Malaysian immigrants during the 17th century.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 medium onions, c...
Bobotee
Brownies
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
1 pound confectioners' sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 package graham crackers
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt margarine; mix sugar and cocoa together. Ad...
Brownies
Cassava Cake
1 1/4 cups raw grated cassava or Minute tapioca
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup allpurpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Few gr...
Cassava Cake
Chicken in Peanut Sauce
Serve with fried sliced plantains, chopped raw peanuts, chutney, chopped tomatoes, diced green pepper, chopped onion and diced cucumber.
1 (1 ounce) can anchovy fillets
2 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable ...
Chicken In Peanut Sauce
Chicken Yassa
1 whole chicken, quartered
Marinade
Lemon juice
Salt
Black pepper
1 chicken bouillon cube
Dash of cayenne
1/4 cup vinegar
2 large onions, sliced
Garlic
Mix Marinade ingredients. Marin...
Chicken Yassa
Chorba (North Africa)
1 large onion, chopped medium
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 (15 3/4 ounce) can garbanzo beans
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 carrots, pe...
Chorba
Coconut Corn Curry (East Africa)
4 cups fresh corn kernels
3 tablespoons poppy seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
2 chile peppers or 1 teaspoon...
Coconut Corn Curry
Coconut Milk
1 cup chopped fresh coconut*
1 cup hot water
Place coconut and hot water in blender container. Cover and blend on high speed until coconut is finely chopped. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth. Cover and refr...
Coconut Milk
Coriander Bread (Pain Nord Africain au Coriandre)
2 packages active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk (scalded, then cooled)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 tables...
Coriander Bread Pain Nord Africain Au Coriandre
Ethiopian Flat Bread
This recipe makes such a perfect pancake that you will want it for breakfast with butter and syrup as well as for soaking up spicy sauces later in the day. The flatness is what makes it divine.
1/2 cup whole wheat...
Ethiopian Flat Bread
Fish Baked with Tomatoes and Spices (Mtuzi Wa Samaki â?? Kenya)
1 large onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, drained and chop...
Fish Baked With Tomatoes And Spices Mtuzi Wa Samaki
Fish Stew with Vegetables
This may be the predecessor of Louisiana's gumbos. The okra acts as a thickening agent.
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
4 cups water
1 cup uncooked regular rice
3 carrots, thinly sliced
1 onion, thi...
Fish Stew With Vegetables
Fish with Cumin Paste
1 1/2 pounds scrod or red snapper fillets
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon...
Fish With Cumin Paste
Squash and Yams (Futari)
1 small onion, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound Hubbard squash, pared and
cut into 1inch pieces
2 medium yams or sweet potatoes,
pared and cut into 1inch pieces
1 cup coconut mil...
Futari Squash And Yams
Gali Akpono (African Cornmeal Cookies)
1 cup white cornmeal
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups allpurpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs (reserve 1 white for b...
Gali Akpono African Cornmeal Cookies
Gestowe Soetpatats (Sweet Potatoes Slowcooked in Butter, Brown Sugar and Cinnamon â?? South Africa)
Sweet potatoes, skinned, and thicksliced
1 cup brown sugar, divided
2 or 4 cinnamon sticks, divided
4 tablespoons butter or margari...
Gestowe Soetpatats Sweet Potatoes Slowcooked In Butter
Peanut Stew with Chicken (Ghana Hkatenkwan Ethiopia)
In most of Africa, soups and stews made with peanuts usually called "groundnuts" are staple mainmeal foods. Unless you relish very hot foods, begin with no more than half the pepper sp...
Ghana Hkatenkwan Peanut Stew With Chicken
Ghee
This is like clarified butter.
Heat butter until milk solids separate out. Skim off solids, save them, and use for flavoring vegetables. What is left after the solids are removed is a clear yellow liquid, ghee. Ghee does not burn...
Ghee
Ghurum Masala (South Africa)
When using this spice mixture, stir it in at the end of cooking, just before serving.
1 ounce ground coriander
2 ounces ground cumin
1/2 ounce ground cloves
1/2 ounce ground cayenne pepper
1/2 ...
Ghurum Masala
Spiced Cottage Cheese with Greens (Gomen Kitfo â?? Ethiopia)
1 (12 ounce) carton cottage cheese
2 tablespoons ghee or butter
1 clove garlic, cut into halves
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon...
Gomen Kitfo Spiced Cottage Cheese With Greens
Green Pepper and Spinach
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 pound fresh spinach
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup peanut butter<...
Green Pepper And Spinach
Hot Curry Powder (South Africa)
This spice blend is used as a dry rub for grilled fish. The turmeric lends the fish a nice golden color.
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/8 tea...
Hot Curry Powder
Injera (Ethiopian Flat Bread)
In addition to being a bread, Injera is also used as an eating utensil. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, this spongy, sour flatbread is used to scoop up meat and vegetable stews. Injera also lines the tray on which the...
Injera Ethiopian Flat Bread
Injera with Misr Allecha (Ethiopia)
1/3 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon corn oil
1 cup red lentils, soaked, cooked, drained and mashed
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspo...
Injera With Misr Allecha
Jollof Rice
1 pound boneless beef, round steak (cut into 1/2inch cubes)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 fresh coconut
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoo...
Jollof Rice
African Chicken and Rice Casserole (Jollof Rice Ghana)
1 (2 1/2 to 3 pound) broilerfryer chicken, cut up
2 (16 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes (with liquid)
2 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup uncooked regula...
Jollof Rice African Chicken And Rice Casserole
Marrakesh Chicken (North Africa)
You can substitute chicken breasts or chicken parts, skinned or unskinned. Serves 4.
1 frying chicken, skinned and cut in quarters
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon crushed coriander (or 1/2 tablespo...
Marrakesh Chicken
African Beef and Rice (Moui Nagden â?? North Africa)
1 pound beef round steak, 1/2 inch thick
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup water
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 (16 ounce) can red k...
Moui Nagden African Beef And Rice
Nigerian Beef and Sausage
1 (2 pound) round steak, cut 1/2 inch thick
1/2 pound smoked Thüringer, sliced
in 1/2inch diagonal pieces
1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon mace
2 tablespoons lard or drippings
2...
Nigerian Beef And Sausage
African Beef and Vegetable Soup (Nkrakra â?? Ghana)
1 (1 1/2 pound) beef boneless chuck, tip
or round, cut into 3/4inch cubes
2 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper<...
Nkrakra African Beef And Vegetable Soup
North African Coriander Bread
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup honey
2 envelopes active dry yeast
1/2 cup very warm water
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar or honey
2 eggs
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 tablespoon...
North African Coriander Bread
Peanut Balls
1 (6 1/2 ounce) can salted peanuts
1 cup butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups allpurpose flour
Save approximately 48 peanuts for garnish. Place remaining peanuts in blender, fin...
Peanut Balls
Mozambique Fiery Shrimp Curry (Peri Peri Kari)
Posted by jerseyjan at 7/12/01 7:22:07 am
Source: Courtesy of Julie Sahni
Serves 4
1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, deveined and peeled with the tail left on
1 teaspoon curry po...
Peri Peri Kari Mozambique Fiery Shrimp Curry
Piripiri (Mozambique)
This is used in Mozambique's fish and chicken dishes, and it can be used as marinade, basting sauce or a sauce for the table.
4 hot red peppers, crushed, or
2 heaping teaspoons cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspo...
Piripiri
PuffPuff
1/2 dozen eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
2 to 2 1/2 cups allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or flavor desired
Mix all ingredients; form into balls. Drop into...
Puffpuff
South African Caramel Pudding
1 can sweetened condensed milk (caramelized)
1 (9 ounce) container Cool Whip
Graham crackers
1 cup Nestle's Quik chocolate (mixed with enough
water to make smooth paste)
Caramelize sweeten...
South African Caramel Pudding
South African Meat Loaf
1 pound ground meat
2 slices bread
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 apple
1 egg
2 onions
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup raisins
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Mix bread with a li...
South African Meat Loaf
South African Raisin Rice
1 cup rice
2 1/4 cups boiling water
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 (1inch long) cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 seedless raisins
2 tablespoons butter
3 tabl...
South African Raisin Rice
Spicy Okra and Turnip Greens
1 pound turnip or collard greens
12 okra
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (1 ounce) jar pine nuts (1/4 cup)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 red jalapeño peppers, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup water...
Spicy Okra And Turnip Greens
