A FOOD TRADITION
Nigerien Sahelian Cuisine
A Sahelian cooking tradition centered on millet, sorghum, beans, meat, dried ingredients, porridges, doughs, and richly seasoned sauces.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Akara
Akara is a West African fritter made from whipped black-eyed-pea or cowpea batter, commonly seasoned with onion, pepper and salt, and deep-fried in oil.
Alkaki
A traditional fried Sahelian dough snack made from wheat flour with sugar and vegetable oil.
Dambou
Dambou is a Nigerien steamed millet preparation mixed with leafy vegetables, onion, and oil.
Dan Wake
Soft boiled dumplings made from wheat and cassava flours are served warm with sugar, vegetable oil, and commonly ground peanuts.
Fura da Nono
Millet-flour dumplings are cooked and served in fermented cow's milk with sugar as a traditional Nigerien Sahelian snack-drink.
Kilishi
Kilishi is thinly sliced beef coated with a seasoned peanut-and-chili paste and dried, producing a firm spiced meat snack.
Kunu
A traditional Sahelian millet beverage made by soaking or milling millet, straining it with water, and commonly sweetening it with sugar.
Masa
Masa is a fermented rice batter cake cooked on a griddle with yeast, sugar, and vegetable oil.
Millet couscous
A traditional Burkina Faso steamed couscous made from millet flour and water, typically served as a staple with savory accompaniments.
Millet porridge
A millet-flour porridge cooked with water, sometimes sweetened or enriched with milk, associated with Gambian and other Sahelian West African cuisines.
Millet Tuwo
Millet Tuwo is a thick Nigerien Sahelian porridge or swallow made by cooking millet flour with water until dense and smooth. The unqualified Hausa term Tuwo can also refer to other grain-based preparations, which should be catalogued separately when their ingredients or methods differ.
Miyan Kubewa
A hot Nigerian okra soup made with okra, aromatics, oil, and commonly meat or dried fish.
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