Tag Archive for: Cameroon Cuisine

Cameroon – Ajere Meat

The name Ajere meat comes from the Widikum dialect which means in English language the pink meat. This is due to the ingredients that is being used that gives the meat, the pink color. Ajere meat comes from the locality of Widikum, under the subdivision of Manchum in the North west side of Cameroon.

Cameroon, Nigeria – Egusi Soup/Stew with Rice or Ripe Plantains or White Yams

Egusi soup is made from melon seeds. The melon is harvested when it is matures, it cracked open and the seeds removed and dried. The seeds are collected and dried well using just sun light. (the African way).

Cameroon – Stewed Meat With Fried Ootatoes

Stewed meat with fried potatoes is a meal that is eaten in the afternoon for brunch. The particular taste of stewed meat with fried potatoes is that of roasted bush meat. Stewed meat with fried potatoes is cooked in the center region of Cameroon, the Bakoula locality.

Cameroon – Yellow Cabbage With Red Beans and Sweat Potatoes

Yellow Cabbage with red beans and sweat potatoes is a delicious meal that is being prepared in the afternoon around a family gathering for a family meeting and enjoyment purpose. Wine is very important for the digestion process. This dish comes from the locality of South West region in Cameroon, precisely in the Mbam region.

Cameroon – Roasted Plantains and Palm Oil/Source

This dish is really simple. Looking at it, you may say, what type of a dish is this. Warmed palm oil and plantains or cassava or coco. This dish you see above is what most African parents leaved on for so many years before the discovery of new food types.

Cameroon – White Rice and Groundnut Soup

White rice and groundnut soup is consider in Cameroon as a poor man’s dish, this consideration is mostly heard in big towns in Cameroon such as Yaoundé, Douala, Llimbe and Buea. Putting aside this attribution, rice and groundnut soup is a delicious meal and very nutritious since it contains all the classes of nutrients. It is widely prepared all over Cameroon’s national territory especially in the east, north, far north and extreme north.

Cameroon – Mboh

The dish am about to write about today is a wonderful dish. It is usually seen as a sister or brother to Egusi pudding. This dish is groundnut pudding. It is made from groundnut. Groundnut is the main ingredient. It is usually called Mboh.

Cameroon – Chicken Secret

Chicken secret is a local cuisine that is being prepared in Cameroon, precisely in the locality of Yoaunde, during gatherings of people or when people have been invited to a particular area for a particular reason. What makes it not easy is due to the fact that, to have the desired taste, it demands so much mastery which is not given to anyone.

Nigeria, Cameroon – Ogbono Soup

Ogbono soup is a draw soup. It is often called swallow. This soup is a very delicious soup and it is valued in Cameroon and Nigeria. This is the meal where most people who consume it, lick their five fingers.