A FOOD TRADITION

Dogon Cuisine

Dogon cuisine is rooted in the Bandiagara escarpment and adjacent areas of central Mali, where dryland farming, cliff settlements, and seasonal water access shape food practices. Millet remains fundamental, supplemented by fonio, sorghum, beans, groundnuts, onions, baobab leaves, wild greens, and occasional meat or dried fish. Grains are pounded and cooked into firm tô, steamed or boiled into couscous-like dishes, and paired with thin or thick sauces made from leaves, okra, or groundnuts. Representative foods include millet tô with baobab-leaf sauce, fonio served with vegetable or meat sauce, and bean stews enriched with groundnuts. Dogon recipes are diverse and often overlap with neighboring Sahelian traditions.

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