Niger
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Tuwo Shinkafa
The Hausa rice dumpling porridge-staple: tuwo shinkafa — soft rice flour dumplings served with miyan taushe (pumpkin soup) or okra — the comfort plate of Niger's south. Ingredients: rice flour, water; soups: pumpkin, bao…
Kilishi
The jerky of the Sahel, perfected: kilishi — thin beef or goat slices coated in a fiery peanut-spice paste and sun-dried then roasted, Niger's gift to travellers. Ingredients: beef or goat, yaji peanut spice, ginger, chi…
Dambou
The couscous of millet and moringa: dambou — steamed millet grains (like couscous) tossed with moringa or spinach leaves, onions and oil, a Zarma-Songhai speciality of the river region. Ingredients: millet couscous grain…
Brochettes (Niger)
Niamey's brochettes: skewers of beef or mutton grilled at night stalls with the famous 'salade' of onions and tomatoes, eaten with baguette — the capital's evening ritual. Ingredients: beef or mutton, salt, chiles, onion…
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