Guinea
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Konkoé (Smoked Fish Sauce)
The smoked-fish rice of Conakry: konkoé — smoked catfish (konko) simmered in a palm-oil tomato sauce with okra and served over rice, Guinea's beloved lunch. Ingredients: smoked catfish, palm oil, tomatoes, onions, okra,…
Sauce Feuille
The leaf sauce: sauce feuille — cassava or sweet-potato leaves pounded and simmered with groundnuts, palm oil and smoked fish or beef, Guinea's green depth. Ingredients: cassava leaves, groundnuts, palm oil, smoked fish…
Mafé (Guinean Peanut Sauce)
Guinea's mafé: beef or chicken in a rich peanut-tomato sauce with root vegetables, served over rice — the Fouta Djallon's festive pot. Ingredients: beef or chicken, peanut paste, tomatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage, sweet…
Foutti
The mixed bowl of the Fouta: foutti — a hearty dish of rice or fonio with okra, eggplant and a tomato-fish sauce, pounded and mixed (foutti means 'mixed') in Peul tradition. Ingredients: fonio or rice, okra, eggplants, t…
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