14 Easy African Recipes
The African recipes are flavorful and contain heat but if you want the less spicy recipe you can customize it as per your taste.
These recipes taste great and are easy to make.
Let’s find the
Best African Recipes
1. Nigerian Jollof Rice
This seasoned rice recipe is one of the most popular recipes in Western Africa.
It is best served with beef or chicken and you make sure you slow-cook the rice.
The recipe takes around 90 minutes to make.
The ingredients include plum tomatoes, onion, thyme, butter, and Golden Sella basmati rice.
2. West African Peanut Stew
The best thing about the recipe is you can make it veg or non-veg depending on your preference.
It takes a little more than an hour to make.
The ingredients include peanut oil, ginger, sweet potatoes, peanut butter, and black pepper. If you love non-veg then add chicken.
3. Moroccan Chicken And Rice
This I had tried on my trip to Morocco and since then I loved it.
It takes almost 2 hours to make.
The ingredients include chicken thigh, cumin, garlic, turmeric, rice, Greek yogurt and oregano.
4. Kenyan Samosa
It is one of the best snack recipes.
You can stuff the samosa with vegetables, and potatoes or you can stuff it with meat.
It takes around an hour to make.
The ingredients include ground beef, flour, tortillas, cabbage, cilantro, and oil.
5. Delicious West African Fufu
It is one of the best side dishes.
It is best served with stew or soup.
Fufu has a mild flavor and tastes like a mix of potato and sweet potato.
The recipe is quick and easy to make and you can serve it in 25 minutes.
The ingredients include cassava, green plantain, and water.
6. North African Chermoula Meatballs
I simply love this recipe and like to serve it with mashed potatoes or bulgar wheat.
The recipe for meatballs includes beef, coriander, black pepper, Chermoula spice, and salt.
For the sauce, you need a mix of ginger, cinnamon sticks, paprika, tomatoes, and currant.
7. Nigerian Beef Stew
It is a classic recipe of Nigeria and is one of the most popular.
The stew is best served with bread or rice.
The recipe takes even less than half an hour to make.
With a combination of bell peppers, beef, onion, chicken bouillon powder, and tomatoes you can make this lovely recipe.
8. Ogbono Soup
It is a rich-flavored Nigerian soup.
The soup is best served with eba or yam.
It takes around 45 minutes to make the recipe.
With a mix of ogbono seeds, meat stock, palm oil, beef, and cayenne powder you can make this lovely soup.
9. Bobotie Recipe
This is one of the most loved South African recipes.
It takes a little more than an hour to make.
The ingredients include white bread, mixed herbs, sultana, minced meat, and bay leaves.
10. South African Hertzoggie
It is one of the most famous South African desserts.
To Make this pastry you need to preheat the oven to 356°F.
With a combination of self-raising flour, butter, apricot jam, baking powder, and egg yolks you can make one of the loveliest African recipes.
11. Kenyan Beef Curry
This recipe is best served with rice.
With a combination of paprika, garlic, sirloin steak, tomato paste, and hot chilis you can make this lovely recipe.
12. Jollof Rice
It requires 10 minutes of prep time and 50 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include red bell pepper, curry powder, rice, onion and tomatoes.
13. Kuku Paka
The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 45 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include chicken thighs, black pepper, chicken drumsticks and salt.
14. Chakalaka
It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include baked beans, chili peppers, tomatoes, cabbage and curry powder.
