World Cuisines

Chad

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Daraba

N'Djamena's okra-and-meat stew: daraba — a peanut-and-okra sauce with beef, tomatoes and greens, ladled over millet boule. Ingredients: beef, peanut paste, okra, tomatoes, onions, sweet-potato leaves or greens, chiles, o…

Jarret de Bœuf

The beef shank braise: jarret de bœuf simmered for hours with vegetables until the marrow-rich meat collapses — Chad's Sunday pot. Ingredients: beef shank, carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, garlic, chiles, oil, bay. R…

Boule (Chad)

The millet boule: a firm millet or sorghum porridge, shaped in bowls and served with Chad's sauces (daraba, gumbo, leaf) — the country's daily foundation. Ingredients: millet or sorghum flour, water. Recipe: 1) Boil wate…

Capitaine (Lake Chad Fish)

Lake Chad's fish: capitaine (Nile perch) grilled or in a light tomato sauce along the lake's shores — the catch that feeds N'Djamena. Ingredients: capitaine fish, tomatoes, onions, chiles, oil, lemon, garlic. Recipe: 1)…

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