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Ingredients & Substitutes

Discover African ingredients, local names, flavour notes, uses and suitable substitutes.

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active dry yeast Almonds Anise seeds Apple Approximately 125 ml cold water Approximately 350 ml warm water Approximately 400 ml warm water Approximately 450 ml lukewarm water Apricot jam arge onion, finely chopped arge onion, sliced arge onions, finely chopped arge pieces of fresh crusty bread

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Dates Ditakh fruit dried black-eyed peas Dried fish Dried shrimp dried thyme dry yeast dry yeast for a beginner-friendly version

E

egg egg, beaten, for glazing Eggplant Eggs Egusi Ethiopian clarified butter or regular butter

F

Fava beans Fermented corn dough fine semolina finely ground raw peanuts or unsweetened groundnut powder Fish Flour flour or traditional Genfo flour blend Fonio

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H

Harissa Hibiscus Honey

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Lamb lean beef Lemon Lemon juice Lemongrass Lentils Light oil for the cooking surface Lima beans Lobster Locust beans

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Maize Mango Mbongo spice medium carrots, peeled and diced medium onion, finely chopped medium onions, finely chopped medium potatoes, peeled and diced medium tomatoes, chopped medium tomatoes, finely chopped Milk Milk or yogurt Milk, yogurt or condensed milk for serving Millet millet flour minced beef minced beef or goat meat Mint Mustard

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Ndolé leaves Niter kibbeh Njansang Nutmeg

O

Octopus Oil for deep frying Okra Olive oil Olives Onion onion powder Optional sugar or honey for serving Orange Orange blossom water Oregano

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R

Raisins red bell pepper, sliced red palm oil reen peppers, finely chopped Rice Rice flour ripe but firm plantains roasted ground peanuts Rooibos

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T

Tamarind Teff flour Thyme tin sardines or mackerel, drained Tomato paste Tomatoes Turkey Turmeric Turnip

U

Up to ¼ cup warm water, only if needed

V

Vanilla Vegetable oil Vegetable oil for frying Vegetable oil for stretching and cooking very ripe bananas Vinegar

W

warm water Water Water as needed Water for boiling water, plus extra hot water if needed white rice Wooden skewers

Y

Yam Yeast Yellow split peas Yogurt Yogurt for serving

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