Africa
African countries.
Couscous with Mediterranean vegetables
Easy and satisfying side dish. Serve with green beans and mashed chickpeas for a vegetarian light meal.
Green beans with chickpea mash
A fine vegetarian dish for those meat free days. Serve with couscous and Mediterranean vegetables to provide a higher quality protein.
Lamb tagine with lemon and olives
Serve lamb tagine with plain or flavored couscous.
Pickled eggplant African style
Pickling is a good way to preserve vegetables and hat is why they are popular in many places in Africa, especially along the places visited by Portuguese sailors. This particular recipe is more popular along the Mediterranean.
Pork with cassava leaves
Serve this stewed pork with cassava leaves very warm, with rice and rougail on the side.
Nut, date and orange salad
A delicious salad with North African flavor. The combination of flavors and textures in this salad makes it a unique and tasty dish.
Avocado and rock lobster salad
Serve salad inside avocado shell halves or over shredded lettuce. This recipe will serve 8 people as a starter or 4 people as a main dish.
Sausage rolls from Nigeria
The dough for the sausage rolls would probably be made with flour, butter, eggs, water and salt, kneaded and left to rise. Chilled pizza dough, however, is a good enough substitute.
Rice with almonds and raisins
Serve rice with almonds and raisins recipe as a side dish for an Egyptian themed dinner. White rice is often flavored with nuts and raisins to give it variety. Ghee is the cooking fat of choice for this rice dish.