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Central African recipes

5 Central African recipes for a home kitchen, from 60 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.

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Liboké de poisson, photographed from above 60 min

Central African · dinner

Liboké de poisson

Congolese fish steamed in banana-leaf parcels with tomato, onion, chili and herbs.
Poulet DG, photographed from above 75 min

Central African · dinner

Poulet DG

'Director General' chicken: fried chicken and ripe plantains tossed in a pepper-tomato vegetable sauce.
Ndolé, photographed from above 120 min

Central African · dinner

Ndolé

Cameroon's national dish: bitterleaf greens stewed in a creamy peanut sauce with beef and shrimp, topped with fried onions.
Koki beans, photographed from above 120 min

Central African · dinner

Koki beans

Steamed pudding of peeled black-eyed peas blended with red palm oil and pepper, traditionally wrapped in leaves.
Pondu (saka-saka), photographed from above 180 min

Central African · dinner

Pondu (saka-saka)

Congolese pounded cassava leaves slow-cooked with palm oil, onion, eggplant and smoked fish.

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