The Contemporary African Kitchen
Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa
Alexander Smalls & Nina Oduro•288 pages
All recipes
- 18Lamb
- 18Potatoes
- 18Slow-cooked lamb shoulder
- 20Beef cheeks
- 20Cumin
- 22Beef shank tagine
- 24Alexandrian liver
- 24Liver
- 26Jute mallow with chicken
- 26Molokheya
- 28Argeeh
- 28Egyptian dok’aa spice blend
- 28Fava (broad) beans
- 28Green split peas
- 28Mustard
- 28Peanuts
- 28Peppers
- 28Sorghum grain
- 28Spices
- 30Chimichurri
- 30Eggs
- 30Moroccan pigeon pie
- 30Parsley
- 30Phyllo (filo) pastry
- 32Bell peppers
- 32Singary fish
- 34Garlic
- 34Harissa
- 34Squid
- 34Strawberries
- 34Stuffed squid
- 34Tomatoes
- 36Grilled fish with oil and lemon
- 36Lemons
- 36Salsa
- 36Scallions (spring onions)
- 36Sea bass
- 38Dill oil
- 38Feri
- 38Nubian tilapia
- 38Tahini
- 38Tilapia
- 40Egyptian okra stew
- 40Okra
- 40Stews
- 42Brik with egg and tuna
- 42Pastries
- 42Tuna
- 44Classic egyptian falafel
- 44Falafel
- 44Sesame seeds
- 44Split fava (broad) beans
- 44Taameya
- 46Mechouia salad
- 46Salads
- 48Pickled tomato salad
- 48Thyme
- 50Fava bean purée
- 52Freek
- 52Tagine
- 54Cream
- 54Milk
- 54Rice
- 54Roz mo’ammar
- 54Sausages
- 54Savory rice pudding
- 56Eish shamsi
- 56Figs
- 56Sun bread
- 58Honey
- 58M’encha
- 58Orange blossom honey
- 60Strawberry yogurt dessert
- 60Yogurt
- 62Gher
- 62Niber
- 62Nolo madeed
- 62Porridge
- 62Sahan fallah
- 62White porridge
- 64Donuts
- 64Tunisian mini donuts
- 64Vanilla sugar
- 66Land of gold
- 66Makra
- 66Sherry
- 72Cornmeal (maize meal)
- 72Fried goat with ugali
- 72Polenta
- 72Ugali
- 74Ginger-garlic paste
- 74Grilled goat ribs
- 74Mbuzi choma
- 76Chicken biryani
- 76Curry
- 76Raisins
- 78Chicken pilau
- 78Pilau
- 80Beef pilau
- 80Habanero chilies
- 80Sambal
- 80Uncle richard’s chili sambal
- 82Fried whole fish
- 82Garam masala
- 84Pumpkin
- 84Roasted pumpkin and sweet potato soup
- 84Soups
- 84Sweet potatoes
- 86Gomen ricotta rotolos with tomato sugo
- 86Lasagna
- 86Pasta
- 86Ricotta cheese
- 86Rotolos
- 86Sugo
- 86Tomato sugo
- 88Chapati
- 88Flatbreads
- 88Green grams with chapati
- 90Collard greens
- 90Sukuma wiki
- 92Hachumbari
- 92Kenyan salsa
- 94Cracked bulgur wheat salad
- 94Injera
- 94Quanta firfir
- 94Tibs
- 96Deviled eggs
- 96Mayonnaise
- 96Sinafich deviled eggs
- 98Chapati with omelet
- 98Omelet
- 98Rolex
- 100Chocolate cake
- 100Cream cheese
- 102Cookie banana pudding
- 102Vanilla extract
- 104Berbere orange margarita with gojam honey
- 104Continental orange margarita with gojam honey
- 104Drinks
- 104Gojam honey
- 104Oranges
- 104Spicy berbere simple syrup
- 104Syrup
- 104Tequila
- 109Bananas
- 110Goat meat pepper soup
- 110Peppercorns
- 110Scotch bonnet peppers
- 112Grilled chicken and basil butterflies
- 112Meat gala (2021)
- 114Peanut butter
- 114Peanut sauce stew
- 114Smoked beef
- 116Beef and stockfish bitterleaf peanut sauce
- 116Bitter leaf (ndole)
- 116Kuta
- 116Ndole
- 116Oxtail
- 116Smoked fish
- 116Smoked kuta
- 116Stockfish
- 118Egusi pudding
- 118Plantain leaves
- 118Pork
- 120Cow skin
- 120Crayfish
- 120Eru soup
- 120Spinach
- 122Captain’s broth
- 122Mayumba
- 122Sorrel
- 124Cocoyam dumplings
- 126Black-eyed peas in plantain leaves
- 126Moin moin
- 126Plantain
- 128Vegan cocoyam dumplings
- 132Corn (maize)
- 134Cucumber
- 134Olives
- 134Salade st. fabien
- 136Puff puff
- 138Juice
- 138June plum juice
- 143Chakalaka
- 144Apricot jam
- 144Barbecue sauce
- 144Monkey gland sauce
- 144South african braai
- 144Southern africa
- 146Gango
- 146Greens
- 146Kale
- 146Meat and greens stir-fry
- 146Mustard greens
- 148Amasi
- 148Biltong with chili tomato sauce and sadza
- 148Sadza
- 150Beef trotters
- 150Paprika
- 152Chitondo mushrooms
- 152Meatballs
- 152Mushrooms
- 152Orange mushrooms with meatballs
- 154Beef stew and south african dumplings
- 154Idombolo
- 154South african dumplings
- 156Beef and cabbage stew
- 158Goat and chicken gizzards pithivier
- 158Pithivier
- 158Soya sauce
- 158Vegetables
- 160Peri-peri
- 160Peri-peri chicken gizzards
- 160Zvikanganwaha ne mhiripiri
- 162Green beans
- 162Ifyumbu
- 162Kandolo
- 162Sweet potatoes with chicken and vegetables
- 164Buka fish with rape
- 164Rap greens
- 166Kapenta with chinese cabbage and nshima
- 168Pumpkin leaves
- 168Swahili plate
- 170Eggplant (aubergine)
- 170Zanzibar curry
- 170Zucchini (courgette)
- 172Okro stew
- 174Chikanda fried rice
- 176Garden eggs
- 176Peach chutney
- 178Nhopi
- 178Peanut butter rice balls and pumpkin mash with spicy relish
- 178Spicy relish
- 180Imifino nama zambane
- 180Mashed potatoes and spinach
- 182Grilled butter corn
- 184Baked beans
- 184Peas
- 184Spicy chakalaka
- 186Pap
- 186Wagashi cheese
- 186Wild greens and cheese pap
- 188Gouda cheese
- 188Isinsikwa osmbila
- 188South african corn bread
- 190Fruit
- 190Peanut butter porridge with fruit
- 192Lemon butter millet porridge
- 192Sadza
- 192Zviyo
- 194Candied sweet potato
- 194Sashilikd kandolo
- 196Chitumbuwa
- 196Vitumbuwa
- 196Zambian donuts
- 198Chocolate caramel ice cream
- 198Ice cream
- 200Chibwantu
- 200Fermented maize drink
- 200Maize
- 200Masembe (crushed dried maize meal)
- 200Tobwa
- 202Baobab smoothie
- 202Mabuyu
- 202Smoothie
- 203Berbere
- 204Tamarind
- 210Grilled steak skewers
- 210Skewers
- 210Steak
- 210Suya
- 212Chicken yassa and couscous
- 212Dijon mustard
- 212Nokoss
- 212Yassa
- 214Cassava greens (leaves)
- 214Chicken cassava leaf and peanut butter stew
- 216Plantain frittata
- 218Omo tuo arancini with coconut peanut butter soup
- 220Seared chilean sea bass with celery root purée and golden mushrooms
- 222Mokotopoto
- 222Shrimp (prawns)
- 222Shrimp stew
- 222Tiger shrimp (prawns)
- 224Dodo
- 224Scallops with hibiscus sauce
- 226Chimichurri
- 226Cocoyam pottage
- 226Mackerel
- 226Pottage
- 226Smoked mackerel
- 228Akokomesa
- 228Basil cashew pesto with hibiscus pickled onions and twice-fried plantains
- 228Fennel, ground
- 228Kontomire stew
- 228Pesto
- 230Buttered bambara with vegetables, rodo oil, and toasted egusi relish
- 230Rodo oil
- 230Toasted egusi relish
- 232Horseradish
- 232Jollof vinaigrette
- 232Nectarines
- 232Peaches
- 232Plums
- 232Stone fruit
- 232Tarragon
- 232Tomato juice
- 232Tomato stone fruit salad with jollof vinaigrette
- 234Ghana salad
- 234Salmon
- 236Foniо salad with passion fruit vinaigrette
- 236Passion fruit vinaigrette
- 238Akara
- 238Bean fritters
- 240Fataya with kani sauce
- 240Kani sauce
- 242Fried yam with nigerian tomato sauce
- 242Nigerian tomato sauce
- 242Yams
- 244Hausa koko
- 244Millet crinkle scones
- 244Scones
- 246Baobab chantilly
- 246Ghanaian dark chocolate pudding
- 246Prekese
- 248Congo brownie
- 250Bissap
- 250Pineapple juice
- 250Rose water
- 252Hibiscus drink
- 252Limes
- 254Lemongrass
- 254Tamarind and coffee mocktail
- 254Tamarind compote
- 256Akpeteshie
- 256Gin
- 256Gin ‘n’ ginga
- 256Ginger beer