15 CAMEROONIAN MEALS THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE ENJOYING
Published Aug 30, 2016
Updated Sep 26, 2018
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This is a savoury pudding made out of melon seeds, known in Cameroon as Egusi. If cake had a savoury sister, this is it! Get the recipe here.
2. Koki Beans
Believe me when I say this is the most ingenious way to cook black eyed peas. It is an almost melt in the mouth bite that is divine when paired with boiled plantains. Get the recipe here.
3. Jollof Rice
This is the rice of your dreams! Spicy, flavourful, meaty, I could go on and on. Get the recipe here.
4. Poulet DG
Nothing beats this combination of chicken and plantain. Nothing! Get the recipe here.
5. Fufu, Njama Njama and Khati Khati
Sauteed greens, smoky chicken and fufu? Yes, please! Get the recipe here.
This is pounded cocoyam with a yellow soup made with BIG FLAVOURS. Get the recipe here.
7. Eru
The taste of these leafy greens is to die for. Get the recipe here.
8. Roasted Fish
This smoky spicy grilled fish is fish like you have never tasted before. Get the recipe here.
9. Ndole
This is a peanut stew made with an abundance of vegetables. Get the written recipe here and the video recipe here.
10. Kwacoco Bible.
Cocoyams(taro) wrapped in leaves and steamed to perfection. Get the recipe here.
11. Born House Planti
This is a specially prepared meal to celebrate the birth of a baby. Get the recipe here.
12. Cornchaff
I call this the perfect culinary marriage of corn and beans. Get the recipe here.
13. Ekwang
This meal is made up of cocoyams wrapped in cocoyam leaves and simmered with spices. Oh so good! Get the recipe here.
14. Pepper Soup
This is the most comforting and meaty soup of all time. Get the recipe here.
15. Puff Puff and Beans
Typically sold on the streets, this is the quintessential Cameroonian meal. Get the recipe here.
Which of these meals is calling your name?
Hi Yvette,
You are most welcome. Yes, that's called one finger go round the world. Lol. Thanks for that reminder.
Hi sis….many thank for this list and especially the recipes! And to think that we have about 100+ dishes in Cameroon, that didn't make the list! Truly….Cameroon is culinary Capital of Africa!!!! Cheers from your friends at the Cameroon American Council!!
Awww the list no easy. Delicacies upon delicacies. That peppersoup ooh. But Pre this na Patcha ooh. Wuside plantains and red oyee beans dey. Even my fufu and kwankalang we eat in bakossi i no seeam. Lol. Weldone dear. Its always a pleasure passing thru here.
Greetings Precious
GOD bless you abundantly for sharing these Cameroonian delicacies especially the Achu and Yellow soup dear.it can also be refer to as "go round the world" bcoz of the way its been eaten.
yvette
Hi Diane, I love pepper soup too. Thanks for your sweet words!
Thanks Emete!
I know right??
Pepper soup for me. BLESS you for sharing our culture. You have definitely made it to virtually becoming one of cameroon's cultural Ambassadors. congratulations on this. Diane.
You make me hungry for Cameroonian food
This is so nice
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