What is the most popular African food?

Question

the most eaten or used

most eaten or used, Sub Saharan Africa

Answer 1

The most common meal in Sub-Saharan African is a soup or stew (like Moambé Stew, Groundnut Stew, or Palm-Oil Chop) accompanied by a starch (like Baton de Manioc, Fufu, Ugali, Rice, or something similar); though Africans may eat fried fish or roasted meat with boiled greens or root vegetables, they may feel they haven't had a meal unless they have eaten a soup or stew with a starch. If possible, enough is prepared to allow for second and third helpings. The multi-course meal, "from soup to nuts", is not the traditional African way to eat. At large gatherings and celebrations multiple main courses are prepared. Cakes, pies, or ice-creams at the end of the meal is not "African" in the strictest sense of the word. Arabs, Asians, Europeans, and Indians, who have lived in Africa for generations, have brought their own traditions of sweets and desserts, which are well-known in many African countries. The most strictly "African" of desserts and snacks might be Fruit Salad, or just plain fruit, is sometimes served after a meal. While traditionally most Africans do not eat dessert, they do snack on various spicy foods (like Akara) or sweet foods (such as fresh fruits and raw sugarcane).

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Although the African continent is made up of many countries and many cuisines, fufu (mashed yams) is popular in many of the African countries.

FUFU recipe:

Yield: 4-6 servings

INGREDIENTS:

White yams, 2 lbs
Waterto cover
Butter, 2 T
Salt & pepper to taste

METHOD:

Basic Steps: Boil → Mash → Form

Place the unpeeled yams in a large pot. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil. Let boil for 15-30 minutes till yams are cooked through. Drain yams, cool somewhat then peel. Place into a large bowl with the butter, salt and pepper. Mash with a potato masher until very smooth. Place into a serving bowl. Wet your hands with water, form into a ball and serve.

VARIATIONS:

Substitute cassava root (yuca) for all the yams.
Use half yams and half plantains if you like. Simply boil the plantains unpeeled along with the yams. Then peel and mash along with the yams.

Cuban Fufu: use all plantains and mix in some pieces of roast pork or pork cracklings. Add a quick squeeze of lime juice if you like.

NOTES:

Fufu is usually served as an accompaniment to meat or vegetable stews. To eat fufu, pull off a small ball of mush with your fingers. Form an indentation with your thumb, and use it to scoop up accompanying stews and other dishes. Or you can form larger balls with your hands or an ice cream scoop, place them in individual serving bowls and spoon stew around them.

This starchy West African side dish goes by many names: fufu, fofo, foufou, foutou. In French-speaking countries it is sometimes called cous-cous. The East and Southern African counterpart is ugali.

Fufu has also found its way into Caribbean creole cuisine and was certainly brought there by imported slaves. It is most often made with plantains or cornmeal and is known as foo-foo, or foofoo. On Barbados it is known as coocoo.

If you have ever seen pictures of African women pounding a large mortar and pestle in a steady rhythm, they are probably making fufu.

Fufu is made with a wide variety of starches. White yams are most popular in West Africa, sometimes mixed with plantains. Central Africans tend to favor cassava root (yuca). Africans far away from home will sometimes use potato flakes or Bisquick®.

Other options are sweet potatoes or semolina and ground rice. A variety of flours (rice, plantain) can also be boiled with water to form a starchy mass.

Answer 2

Most Popular African Food

Answer 3

The most eaten would be boiled maize meal, either as a liquid like porridge or with the consistency of mashed potato. In South Africa and Zimbabwe, the latter is called sadza. But it's a boring staple diet,not very nourishing and only eaten out of necessity. It gives you kilojoules, fibre and not much else. Similarly with boiled rice. Nigerian groundnut stew, made with peanuts and meat, is good. Curries are popular in east Africa. Biltong, which is dried uncooked meat, marinated in salt, vinegar and spices before drying, is good. Boerewors, a South African sausage made with coarsely-chopped spiced meat, is good too. Former Portuguese colonies like Angola and Mozambique produce excellent seafood and piripiri oil, which is a fiery condiment made by steeping chillis in vegetable oil. If you live in the States, there are some good Ethiopian restaurants, and I'm told Ethiopian cuisine is cheap.

Answer 4

Matoke. It is a meal consisting of steamed green bananas and is one of the national dishes of Uganda. It is mainly eaten in poorer areas of Africa.

Answer 5

Couscous is North African, so is probably the most popular outside africa.

Inside, biltong, mealie porridge, really depends if you are inland or on the coast

Answer 6

Collard greens

Answer 7

different parts of africa have different popular food. what is the most popular american food?

Answer 8

lamb chops and fufu

Answer 9

hon do you realize

HOW BEEPING large africa is ??????

come on

typical question though- shows how unknowledgeable americans are.

Answer 10

there is no "favourite African food" th'ey're all starving to death. Get ur **** strait Larry King.