African recipes

Little_Vics

Hi,

Can anyone help me with some vegetarian african recipes? Google and BBC don't appear to be very helpful at all!

xLV

MrsBartolozzi

I've not tried any of these, but maybe you could find something suitable here:
http://www.africanfoods.co.uk/african-food-recipes.html

It's arranged by country, but most of the links I looked at show veggie recipes. The Maggi cubes they mention are available in tesco (I happened to see some reduced on Friday and looked at the ingredients, seemed to be a typical stock cube with extra herbs, and I suspect you could substitute with a veggie stock cube).

* ETA, the maggi cubes are tiny so don't substitute 1 normal cube (eg knorr) for 1 maggi. I'd look at the overall size of the dish and use maybe 1 or 1.5 knorr cubes.

budgetboo

Some of my fave recipes from the continent as you didn't mention where in Africa exactly you are looking for (there's 50 countries and far more cuisines!)

Easy Gluten free flatbread -injeera

This Ethiopian flatbread is one every cook should have in their repetoire because the cereal it's made from is gluten free and rich in several inportant nutrients. I've used it instead of the usual mexican wraps, instead of naan with a curry etc as well as with African stews. If you want it gluten free do remember your sour dough starter MUST be made from Teff and not wheat.

The starter takes a while but the actual cooking bit is easy peasy - if you can make pancakes, you can make injeera.

We tend to eat the same grains ad naseum and it's nice to have a bit of variety from time to time.

http://chefinyou.com/2010/02/ethiopian-injera-recipe/

Nutritional info about Teff (good for diabetics, ceoliacs as well as those needing a calcium/iron boost) http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Teff.htm

Maghreb starters

A favourite dip n our house is Babaganoush (from the Magreb which is the N.African countries). aubergine is the key ingredient.
http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/babakan.html yummy as a starter with pitta bread instead of the more common hoummous.
From the same region - lentil soup cos it's a cheap filler http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/af-lentil.html

gutsygourmet has lots of veggie recipes.

Classic West African main meal

Nigerian jellof rice - kids ADORE this, especially with baked or fried plaintain. It's the side of choice for all birthdays, anniversaries, parties etc etc http://www.9jafoodie.com/jollof-rice/
Serve with fish stew http://www.africanfoods.co.uk/nigerian-stew.html I make this stew in the slow cooker and visitors to my home just go into the kitchen and serve themselves. Very useful for public holidays or airport collections when you can never be sure of the exact time guests will be arriving. Serve with baked ocra http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/08/roasted-okra.html

There's so much wonderful fruit on the continent that I'd go with fresh fruits for pudding, as our mains tend to be pretty substantial.

heretolearn_2

Mmmm love jollof rice.

Fried plantain very simple to do as well, just slice it up and fry it till golden.

Chin-chin is a nice snack - it's sort of sweetish crunchy pastry pieces you nibble on - usually cut into small dice sized cubes or small strips, recipe here http://www.9jafoodie.com/chinchin-2/

valentina

One here http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/sweet-potato-peanut-stew-612?click=recipe_sr

Also you can use meat substitutes like Quorn in a chicken recipe (if you eat meat subsitutes)