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Culinary traditions of the Central African Republic
Fufu staple food of West and Central Africa . It is a thick paste made by boiling starchy root vegetables in water and pounding the mixture with a mortar and pestle . Peanut soup is pictured at leftLocation of the Central African Republic
Central African cuisine includes the cuisines , cooking traditions, practices, ingredients and foods of the Central African Republic (CAR). Indigenous agriculture in the country includes millet, sorghum, banana, yam ,[1] okra , yellow onion, garlic, spinach, rice and palm oil . Imported crops of American origin include maize, manioc (cassava ), peanuts, chili peppers,[1] sweet potato and tomato.[2] onions , garlic , chiles and peanuts .[3]
Meat can be scarce in the Central African Republic, although fish is used in a variety of dishes, and other sources of protein include peanuts and insects such as cicadas , grasshoppers , crickets and termites .[3] chicken and goat .[2] Wild game is also hunted, especially in rural areas and during the grass-burning dry season.[4] Staple foods include starches, such as millet , rice , sesame and sorghum . A variety of vegetables and sauces are also consumed.[1] [3]
Roadside stalls sell foods such as baked goods and makara (a type of fried bread), sandwiches, barbecued meat and snacks.[4] Bangui where forest items are sold, caterpillars and the koko [4] expatriates .[4] tubers , leaves, and mushrooms are used.[4] Palm oil is widely used in various dishes.[4]
The capital city of Bangui has western foods and hotel restaurants.[5] [5] [5]
Common foods and dishes [ edit ]
Cassava plant trimmings to be planted.
A woman harvesting and transporting cassava in Boukoko.
Women processing fresh cassava for cooking.
Bushmeat [6] [7]
Cassava and cassava greens[6]
Chicken and cumin stew[5]
Chichinga [2]
Egusi sauce , common in many areas of Central Africa[7]
Fish , such as Capitaine [1] Nile perch ), which is fished at the river in Bangui [7]
Fruit, such as oranges, pineapple, plantain and banana[7]
Foutou plantains [1] fufu and foutou are eaten like bread and often served with stews, soups and sauces [2] [3] foutou .[7]
Fufu cassava [1]
Fulani boullie , a porridge with rice, peanut butter, millet flour and lemon[2]
Gozo , a paste prepared from cassava flour[7]
Kanda ti nyma , spicy meatballs made with beef[2]
Muamba de galinha chicken with okra and palm oil [3] [5]
Muamba [clarification needed , a stew made with minced palm nuts . Tomato, peanuts and chicken are often added[2]
Palm butter soup[clarification needed ,[5] palm butter [3]
Spinach , often cooked with groundnuts [7]
Spinach stew[clarification needed [2] [5]
Shrimp with boiled sweet potato/boiled yam[5]
Yam , which is indigenous to the Central African Republic [1] [1]
Groundnuts (peanuts) and
rice harvested in the Central African Republic
Okra is commonly used in Central African Republic
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A Boston lettuce plantation in northern Central African Republic
Beverages [ edit ]
Palm wine
Non-alcoholic beverages [ edit ]
Alcoholic beverages [ edit ]
Cuisine in Bangui [ edit ]
A French cuisine boulangerie in Bangui
Bangui is the capital of the Central African Republic, and the staple diet of the people there includes cassava , rice , squash , pumpkins and plantains (served with a sauce ) and grilled meat . Okra or gombo is a popular vegetable. Peanuts and peanut butter are widely used. Game is popular, as are the fish -based dishes such as maboké [8] Manioc flour is used for preparing fufu [9]
There are three types of restaurants in Bangui. Some focus on foreign cuisine, such as Relais des Chasses, La Tentation and L'Escale, which are oriented towards French food, and Ali Baba and Beyrouth, which serve Lebanese cuisine . There are a large number of African restaurants, such as the Madame M'boka, a favorite of the locals. A number of bars and street food stalls complement Bangui's culinary scene.[10]
Alcoholic beverages served are locally brewed beer , palm wine and banana wine . Non-alcoholic beverages that are drunk include ginger beer .[11] Boali is known for its local dishes.[5]
Food scarcity [ edit ]
A food aid convoy in the Central African Republic in 2007
CAR's potential agricultural output can feed the entire population; however, four coups have occurred during the last decade which has significantly reduced agriculture and food production.[12] [12]
History [ edit ]
France once colonized what is now the country of Central African Republic as part French Equatorial Africa , and French influences are present in the nation's cuisine, including French bread and wine. During the 19th century Arab slave traders brought Middle Eastern influences.[2] Kanem-Bornu and Dafour based around Lake Chad , and its cuisine is similar to that of surrounding countries.[2] [2]
See also [ edit ]
Central African Republic
Africa
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Centrafrican Food Recipes
^ a b c d e f g h i "Central African Republic." Foodspring.com . Accessed June 2011.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Culture of Central African Republic - history, people, clothing, women, beliefs, food, family, social, dress
^ a b c d e f g h i j Central African Republic — Food and Restaurants | iExplore
^ a b Evans, Dyfed Lloyd. The Recipes of Africa
^ a b c d e f g Jacob-Ashkenazi, Jeanne; Ashkenazi, Michael; Ashkenazi, Michael) (2014). The World Cookbook ISBN 978-1610694698
^ "Maboke of Nile Perch (Maboké de Capitaine) Recipe from Central African Republic" . Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014 .
^ Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Workers' International (1959). PTTI Bulletin . Retrieved 1 April 2013 .
^ Ham, Anthony (2010). Africa 544–545 . ISBN 978-1-74220-308-9
^ "Central African Republic" . Health and welfare . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 31 March 2013 .
^ a b "Central African Republic." World Food Programme . Accessed June 2011.
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