The West African Kitchen

Contents

What is inside

30 recipes selected automatically from the Textual Chef recipe index. Chosen from the West African recipes on the site, one version per dish, spread across courses so no single course fills the book. The list is fixed once published, so a later site update never reshuffles a book someone already bought; corrections to the recipe text do reach the file.

30 recipes, median total time 45 minutes, prep included. All 30 are West African, grouped by course. Each one is also free to read on the site; the links below open them.

Breakfast

1. 01Agege Bread and Omelet20 min, serves 2
2. 02Akamu10 min, serves 2

Small plates

1. 03Alloco (Fried Plantain with Pepper Dip)35 min, serves 4
2. 04Fish Roll45 min, serves 4

Soups

1. 05Egusi Soup90 min, serves 6
2. 06Ewedu25 min, serves 4
3. 07Groundnut Soup65 min, serves 4
4. 08Ogbono Soup (Wild Mango Seed Stew)70 min, serves 6

Salads

1. 09Avocado Egg Salad15 min, serves 4
2. 10Carrot and Orange Salad15 min, serves 4

Lunch

1. 11Attieke with Grilled Fish55 min, serves 4
2. 12Banku50 min, serves 4

Dinners

1. 13Attieke with Fried Fish40 min, serves 4
2. 14Beef Stew with Rice75 min, serves 4
3. 15Beef Suya30 min, serves 4
4. 16Cassava Leaves Stew70 min, serves 4
5. 17Chicken Yassa65 min, serves 4
6. 18Efo Riro55 min, serves 4
7. 19Fufu and Light Soup85 min, serves 4
8. 20Garden Egg Stew55 min, serves 4
9. 21Jollof Rice70 min, serves 6
10. 22Kokonte20 min, serves 4
11. 23Maafe (Peanut Stew)85 min, serves 6
12. 24Nigerian Spicy Fried Chicken45 min, serves 4

Sides

1. 25Baked Plantains35 min, serves 4
2. 26Boiled Plantain30 min, serves 4
3. 27Boiled Yam30 min, serves 4

Desserts

1. 28Banana Fritters25 min, serves 4
2. 29Chin Chin (Fried Sweet Dough Bites)55 min, serves 8
3. 30Coconut Rice Pudding40 min, serves 4