1. Jollof Rice:
Ingredients: rice, tomato paste, onions, garlic, peppers, chicken or beef stock, spices.
Instructions: Cook onions, garlic, and peppers in oil. Add tomato paste, spices, and stock. Add rice and cook until done.
2. Egusi Soup:
Ingredients: egusi (melon seeds), assorted meat/fish, palm oil, onions, vegetables, spices.
Instructions: Blend egusi seeds, brown in palm oil. Add onions, meat, and fish. Add stock, vegetables, and spices. Simmer until cooked.
3. Bobotie:
Ingredients: ground beef, milk, bread, onions, eggs, curry powder, spices.
Instructions: Saute onions, add ground beef, spices, and curry powder. Soak bread in milk, mix with meat. Top with eggs and bake.
4. Doro Wat:
Ingredients: chicken, onions, garlic, ginger, berbere spice mix, niter kibbeh (spiced butter).
Instructions: Cook chicken until tender. Saute onions, ginger, and garlic. Add berbere spice mix, niter kibbeh, and chicken. Simmer until cooked.
5. Bunny Chow:
Ingredients: bread loaf, curry, meat or vegetables.
Instructions: Hollow out bread loaf. Fill with curry (meat or veggies). Serve hot.
6. Boerewors:
Ingredients: minced beef, pork, spices, casing.
Instructions: Mix minced meat with spices. Encase in casing. Braai (barbecue) until cooked.
7. Ndole:
Ingredients: bitterleaf or spinach, peanuts, shrimps, meats, spices.
Instructions: Cook bitterleaf or spinach, saute onions, garlic, and ginger. Add meats, spices, and crushed peanuts. Simmer until cooked.
8. Chakalaka:
Ingredients: beans, tomatoes, onions, carrots, peppers, spices.
Instructions: Cook beans until tender. Saute onions, tomatoes, carrots, and peppers. Add spices and simmer. Mix with beans.
9. Injera:
Ingredients: teff flour, water, salt.
Instructions: Mix teff flour, water, and salt. Ferment batter overnight. Pour batter and cook like pancakes.
10. Moambe Chicken:
Ingredients: chicken, palm butter, peanut butter, onions, spices.
Instructions: Brown chicken, saute onions. Add spices, palm butter, and peanut butter. Simmer until cooked.
11. Fufu:
Ingredients: cassava/yam plantain, water.
Instructions: Peel and boil cassava/yam/plantain. Mash until smooth and elastic. Serve as a side dish.
12. Maafe:
Ingredients: peanut butter, meat (beef/lamb/chicken), vegetables, spices.
Instructions: Cook meat until tender. Add peanut butter, vegetables, and spices. Simmer until cooked. Serve with rice.
13. Bunny Chow:
Ingredients: bread loaf, curry, meat or vegetables.
Instructions: Hollow out bread loaf. Fill with curry (meat or veggies). Serve hot.
14. Akara:
Ingredients: black-eyed beans, onions, peppers, spices.
Instructions: Soak and peel beans. Blend with onions, peppers, and spices. Form into balls and deep fry until golden.
15. Samosa:
Ingredients: pastry sheets, ground meat/vegetables, onions, spices.
Instructions: Saute onions, meat/vegetables, and spices. Fill pastry sheets with the mixture. Fold and deep fry until crispy.
16. Tsebhi Birsen:
Ingredients: beef, onions, garlic, ginger, berbere spice mix, injera bread.
Instructions: Saute onions, garlic, and ginger. Add beef and cook until tender. Add berbere spice mix. Serve with injera bread.
17. Moin Moin:
Ingredients: black-eyed beans, onions, peppers, spices.
Instructions: Soak and peel beans. Blend with onions, peppers, and spices. Pour into containers and steam until cooked.
18. Kachumbari:
Ingredients: tomatoes, onions, peppers, cilantro, lemon juice, spices.
Instructions: Chop tomatoes, onions, peppers, and cilantro. Mix with lemon juice and spices.
19. Alloco:
Ingredients: plantains, vegetable oil, onions, spices.
Instructions: Slice plantains and fry until golden. Saute onions, add spices. Mix with fried plantains.
20. Berebere Chicken:
Ingredients: chicken, berbere spice mix, olive oil, onions, garlic.
Instructions: Marinate chicken in berbere spice mix, olive oil, onions, and garlic. Bake or grill until cooked.
Please note that some ingredients and cooking methods may vary depending on the region and personal preferences.
