Guinean
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
cuisine includes the traditional dishes of ''
fou fou'', boiled mango, fried
plantains
Plantain may refer to:
Plants and fruits
* Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking
** True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa''
* ''Plantaginaceae'', a family of flowerin ...
, ''
patates
Fried sweet potato features in a variety of dishes and cuisines including the popular sweet potato fries, a variation of French fries using sweet potato instead of potato. Fried sweet potatoes are known as patates in Guinean cuisine, where they ...
'' and pumpkin pie.
[Recipes]
Friends of Guinea
Major ingredients
Corn
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is a staple with preparations and ingredients varying by region: Mid Guinea,
Upper Guinea Upper Guinea is a geographical term used in several contexts:
# Upper Guinea (french: Haute-Guinée) is one of the four geographic regions of the Republic of Guinea, being east of Futa Jalon, north of Forest Guinea, and bordering Mali. The populat ...
, Coastal Guinea, Forested Guinea, and the area of the capital (
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
).
[ It is part of ]West African cuisine
West African cuisine encompasses a diverse range of foods that are split between its 16 countries. In West Africa, many families grow and raise their own food, and within each there is a division of labor. Indigenous foods consist of a number of ...
and includes ''fufu
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a dough-like food found in West African cuisine. In addition to Ghana, it is also found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...
'', jollof corn, ''maafe
Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also called as ''maafe'' (Wolof language, Wolof, ''mafé'', ''maffé'', ''maffe''), ''sauce d'arachide'' (French), ''tigadèguèna'' or ''domoda'', is a stew that is a staple food in Western Africa. It originates fro ...
'', and ''tapalapa'' bread. Ingredients include boiled cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...
leaves.
In rural areas, food is eaten from a large serving dish and eaten by hand outside.[Eating In The Embassy: Guinean Embassy Brings West African Food To Washington]
by Rebecca Sheir September 21, 2012 WAMU 88.5 Desserts are uncommon. Guinean cuisine has achieved some popularity overseas and there are Guinean restaurants in New York City
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, United States
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.[
]
Notable dishes
Traditional Guinean dishes include:
* ''Fou fou'', also known as ''Tôreuy'', is a savory pastry with okra sauce[
* ''Bwayry''][
* Cooked ]mango
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...
[
* ]Fried plantain
Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast As ...
is a sweet like banana[
* '']Patates
Fried sweet potato features in a variety of dishes and cuisines including the popular sweet potato fries, a variation of French fries using sweet potato instead of potato. Fried sweet potatoes are known as patates in Guinean cuisine, where they ...
'', fried sweet potatoes[
* ''Fouti is okra with'' (rice)
* ''Gateau farine'',][ is a variety of round cake
* ]Tamarind
Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a Legume, leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic taxon, monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs ...
drink[
* ''Thiacri'', a sweet Senegalese couscous and milk dish][
* ''Poule''][
* ''Konkoé'', smoked catfish and vegetable stew][
* ''Bissap'', a hibiscus drink that is purple coloured with sometimes mint
* ''Attieke'',a dish with fish or tilapia sauce topped with cucumbers and tomatoes
]
Sauces
Traditional Guinean sauces include:
* ''Footi sauce''—thick, with eggplants, onions, kidney beans, water, tomato sauce, and a bouillon cube
* '' Maffe tiga''—Guinean/Senegalese-style peanut sauce
* ''Maffi gombo''—okra
Okra or Okro (, ), ''Abelmoschus esculentus'', known in many English-speaking countries as ladies' fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with su ...
sauce
* ''Maffi hakko Bantura''—leafy sauce with sweet potato
* ''Maffi supu''
* ''Sauce d'arrachide ou Kansiyé''—consists of peanut butter, water, hot chili peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and onions[
* ''Maafe Taku''- made with okra
]
Beverages
Traditional Guinean beverages include:
* Ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice
A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices ...
drink, beverage (bitter sweet ginger drink)
* Hibiscus
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species ...
drink, beverage (''jus de bissap'')
* In non-Muslim areas, palm wine
Palm wine, known by several #Names, local names, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the Borassus, palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and i ...
is consumed
References
External links
Guinean cuisine YouTube videos
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Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...