Common Ingredients for Traditional West African Food (chop)
What are the ingredients for many traditional West African foods? Here we list the vegetables, meats, fish and fruits common over west African countries like Sierra Leone. These vegetables, meats, fish and fruits are brought to you by Pamela Greene and her book is called Favourite Sierra Leone Recipes.
- Main Carbohydrate Dishes
- Main Cooking Oils and Fats
- West African Main Rice Dishes
- West African Main Vegetables Protein Foods
- Local West African Vegetables
- Meat and Fish
- West African Fruits
- Drinks
Main Carbohydrate Dishes
- Rice - Rough, Parboiled, White-boiled; Flour
- Cassava - Boiled Fufu (Foofoo), Roasted, Gari or Garri (Farina)
- Yam - Boiled, Ebeh
- Coco Yam - Boiled, Ebeh
- Sweet potatoes - Boiled, Fried, Ebeh, Roasted
- Plantain - Boiled Fried, Roasted
- Millet - Boiled
- Koos Koos - Boiled, Flour
- Corn - Boiled, Roasted, Flour, Ogi, Agidi
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Main Cooking Oils And Fats
- Coconut oil
- Palm oil
- Groundnut oil
- Palmut oil
- Margarine
- Fula Butter
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West African Main Rice Dishes
- Rice Pap
- Abala
- Jollof Rice
- Rice and Plasas
- Rice and Meat Stew
- Rice Akarakuru
- Rice Bread
- Foorah
- Rice Kanyah
- Rice and Fish Stew
West African Main Vegetables Protein Foods
- Egusi (Melon Seeds)
- Benniseed (Sesame)
- Black-eyed beans
- Green Beans
- Ground Nuts
- Broad Beans
- Green Leaves
- Maize - corn
- Cereal
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Local West African Vegetables
Some leafy vegetables that are shredded:-
- Greens
- Spinach (greens)
- Sweat Potato Leaves
- Cocoyam Leaves
- Lettuce
- Cabbage
- Bologie (Vinespinach)
- Shorkortoh - yorkortoh (Needleleaf)
- Pumpkin Leaves
- Ogumoh (Nightshade)
Some vegetables that are pounded, ground or rubbed before cooking:-
- Bitter Leaves
- Cassava Leaves
- Tea Bush
- Ghuhuin
- Cotton Tree Leaves
Some vegetables that are steamed and washed before cooking:-
- Sorrel (sour sour)
- Shakpa (sorrel fruit)
- Gbuhuin
- Bologie
Some vegetables that are peeled and cut or sliced:-
- Garden Eggs (Jublox) Aubergines Squash (Jakato)
- Pumpkin
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Okro (Okra)
- Chocho (Chayote, Christophenes)
Some popular flavourings and spices etc:-
- Mint
- Thyme
- Onions
- Parsley
- Partminger
- Ogiri (fermented Benniseed)
- Pepper
- Lubi (Potasium B1-Carbonate)
- Tola
- Maggi cubes
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Meat And Fish
- Meat (Beef, Goat, Pork, and Lamb)
- Poultry
- Seafood (Fish, of local varieties etc)
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West African Fruits
West African Fresh Fruit includes:-
- Mango
- Avocado Pear
- Banana
- Apple
- Pineapple
- Pawpaw (Papaya)
- Guava
- Tangerine
- Lemon
- Grenadilla
- Sweet Sop
- Rough Skin Plum
- Sapodilla
- Finger
- Locust
- Almond
- Orange
- Plums
- Breadfruit
- Berries
- Lime
- Grapefruit
- Star Apple
- Melon
- Sour Sop
- Malombo
- Black Tumbler
- Baobab Fruit
- Sour Tumbler
- Coconut
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Drinks
- Jungle juice
- Ginger beer
- Star beer
Where we can we shall discuss nutrition (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and low fat food) on the West Africa Cooks site. As always when looking for advise please seek professional consultation.
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Notes
Carbohydrate Carbohydrates, also known as saccharides or carbs, are sugars or starches. They are a major food source and a key form of energy for most organisms. Protein are long chains of amino acids.