Skip to content
Category

Democratic Republic of the Congo cuisine

page 1
fufu
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana. The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Angola and Gabon. It also includes variations in the Greater Antilles and Central America, where African culinary influence is high. Fufu's prevalence in West African su
ugali
Ugali, also known as posho, nsima, papa, pap, mogobe, sadza, isitshwala, akume, amawe, ewokple, akple, and other names, is a type of corn meal made from maize or corn or mahindi flour in several African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Botswana and South Africa, and in West Africa by the Ewes of Togo, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Ivory Coast. It is cooked in boiling water or milk until it reaches a stiff or firm dough-like consistency. In 2017, the dish was added to the UNESCO Re
moambe
thumb|Oil palm fruit thumb|Harvesting palm nuts for moambe
puff puff
Puff-puff is a traditional snack made of fried dough and eaten across Africa, especially in the west of the continent. The name "puff-puff" is from Nigeria; as listed below, many other names and varieties of the pastry exist.
chicken moambe
savoury chicken dish from central Africa
Dabo Kolo
Ethiopian and Eritrean bread fingerfood snack
Democratic Republic of the Congo cuisine
food and drink of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Maboké
thumb|Maboké Maboké is a dish from Central Africa. It is made of fish, with roasted spices, wrapped in cassava or banana leaves. It is mainly eaten in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, using many species of fish from the Congo River. It is sometimes served with fried plantains and rice.