African cuisine are very delicious to eat and at the same time, these cuisines also provide the all required nutritional values to the body. That is the reason, people from most of the parts of Africa, consume their traditional foods so often. Not just the citizens of Africa but tourists also like this food very much and enjoy it a lot. Let’s know some of the very important traditional foods of Africa in this article.

Piri Piri Chicken From African Cuisine

This is one of the very common African foods which you can find easily there. The availability of this food, every here and there in the shops is due to its popularity all over Africa and also the taste. The basic ingredients of this food are chicken, lime, garlic, pepper, coconut oil and Piri Piri sauce. Tourists also know this dish as grilled chicken Piri Piri. There it is mostly served with Matapa, which is actually a dish made with cassava leaves and peanut sauce.

Jollof Rice And Egusi Soup From african cuisine

This is also one of the very popular and traditional foods in Africa. Though the origin of this food is Nigeria, it is cooked all over Africa and everyone eats this food with great desire. The main ingredients of this food are rice, tomato, onion and pepper. This food is mostly served with one other very popular dish that is egusi soup. Either you will go to any African home or you will attend any party there, you can find this combination of foods easily on your plate. Not just the adults but even the kids and older like this food a lot there.

Bunny Chow

This is another very basic food or traditional food in Africa. The main ingredients of this food are bread, curry leaves and meat. The shape of this food is like a bowl made of bread. This bread bowl is half-filled with a mixture of curry leaves and meat. This can be served there either alone or with some complimentary dishes. Though it is a traditional African food, Africa is not the origin of this food. According to many tales, this food was brought there by  Indians in the 19th century.

Cape Breyani

This food is very tasty food among all the other foods in Africa. The basic ingredients of this dish are rice, meat, lentils, boiled egg, curry leaves etc. In this dish, there is a layer of rice, meat and lentils. All this combination of layers is cooked together in one pot and is served after garnishing that with chopped onion, boiled egg etc. You can find this dish in almost every ceremony in Africa.

Above we discussed some of the very important cuisines of Africa, their basic ingredients and their traditional values. Along with these, there are many other African foods also which can make you feel even more hungry when you will smell the aroma of them. So if you visit Africa ever, don’t forget to enjoy these foods at least once.