Chad Okra Dipping Sauce 

Chad okra dipping sauce is a delightful blend of creamy and tangy flavors, infused with a variety of fresh herbs that elevate its taste. This sauce is not only rich in texture but also offers a refreshing contrast to savory dishes. 

Known for its simplicity, okra sauce stands out as one of the most straightforward and accessible recipes from Chad's vibrant culinary tradition. With just a few ingredients and minimal preparation time, it's perfect for those looking to explore African cuisine. Whether served alongside grilled meats, fresh vegetables or as a flavorful dip for bread, this dipping sauce is sure to impress with its unique taste and easy preparation.

Okra sauce is a universal dipping dish in Chad and you have as many variations to the recipe as there are languages. Our okra dipping sauce is the perfect dipping sauce for everything from chicken tenders to roasted vegetables to crudites to chicken wings. For a spicy dipping sauce add ground sweet paprika, and ground red chili powder to taste.

Chad Okra Vegetable Dipping Sauce Recipe Ingredients and Directions

Ingredients

4 cups fresh okra

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper

Water to cover

Directions 

In a large pot on medium heat add finely chop okra, water, lemon and spices, simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the pot of okra from the heat and drain the water. Cool the okra for 10 minutes. Purée in the pot with an immersion blender or food processor and process until smooth. Serve with bread, rice or the traditional African food recipe of Chad millet cake. It's great with fried onions and roasted corn on the cob. 

Varieties of okra

What is okra

Okra is a vegetable and a good source of minerals, vitamins, and fiber. It contains a distinctive gooey liquid used to naturally thicken sauces. The taste is mild, but it has a unique texture with peach-like fuzz on the outside and small, edible seeds on the inside of the pod. Okra has two varieties of colors, green and red. Red okra tastes the same as green okra; the only difference is color.

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Kachumbari is a popular Kenyan African food recipe similar in taste and appearance to fresh Mexican salsa. Kachumbari pronounced Cat-um-bar-e is Kenyan vegetable combo of onion and tomato salad.

Level: Easy

Total: 12 min

Prep: 2 min

Cook: 10 min

Yield: 6 servings

Kachumbari is a popular Kenyan African food recipe similar in taste and appearance to fresh mexican salsa. This homemade Kachumbari recipe is easy to make but be sure to use fresh tomatoes as Kachumbari is preferably made with firm, fleshy tomatoes like Romas or hothouse tomatoes. 

To make fresh Kachumbari you just need sliced or diced fresh tomatoes, hot chilies, onions, cilantro, some lime juice, and salt. It’s best eaten right after you make it. Chilled, the Kachumbari should last about 3 days.The key to making Kachumbari not tasting bitter is to rub onions with salt. 

Step-by-Step directions and ingredient listing to make Kenyan Kachumbari Fresh Vegetable Salad and Sausages African Food recipe. 

Kachumbari Vegetable Salad

Kachumbari Kenyan Vegetable Salad Ingredients and Directions

Ingredients
3 medium red ripe tomatoes, sliced thin
2 medium red onions, sliced thin

2 hot chili peppers, chopped finely  
1 bunch fresh coriander leaves, chopped
1 fresh lime

Directions
Slice onions first and then sprinkle a little salt this helps remove the bitter taste. Thinly slice tomatoes, chop cilantro and peppers. Squeeze lime into vegetables and mix well. Serve Kachumbari with grilled chicken, beef, goat or lamb.

Pasua Kenyan Sausages

Kachumbari is also delicious with Pasua Kenyan sausage street food.

Pasua Kenyan Sausages Ingredients and Directions

Ingredients
6 sausages split lengthwise

6 slices of pepperjack cheese
Kachumbari Kenyan Vegetable Salad recipe above

Directions
Add sausages to water and bring them up to a boil. Remove from water. Split the boiled sausages almost all the way in half, open them up, add cheese then add as much Kachumbari as you want and serve warm.

Did you know
Pasua is a Swahili word that means to split.

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Pronounced ah-gay-gay agege bread is century old sweet tasting bread very popular with Hausa people in the West African country of Nigeria.

Traditional Agege bread is not sold as sliced bread. 

Agege is a district in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria. The name Agege bread was created by a Jamaican immigrant, Alhaji Ayokunnu in the town of Agege. His Agege bread was a popular street food for people on the go therefore he opened up a full-time Bakery to where he was providing bread to different stores. 

Bread is not an indigenous food to Africans. Agege bread is popular because that's where the first bakery opened up selling this new style of African Nigerian bread on the street to busy Nigerians. 

 
Agege bread is a delicious bread with a very soft center, sweet taste with crunchy crust. Traditional Agege bread is not sold as sliced bread. You can substitute coconut oil for the butter for a different version of Agege bread.

Agege bread was created by Alhaji Ayokunnu

How to make sweet Nigerian Agege bread ingredients and directions

Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour
2 packages active dry yeast
½ cup white sugar
2½ cups warm water
3 tablespoons softened butter
1 tablespoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Stir in butter, salt and two cups of the flour. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. 

When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume about 1 hour. 

Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Place the loaves into two lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans. Cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. 

Bake for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a bread rack and serve with butter, jam or jelly. You can also make the African Gourmet Agege egg breakfast Sandwich below.

Agege bread breakfast sandwich in Agege Nigeria

Agege bread egg breakfast sandwich recipe

Ingredients

4 large eggs
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
½ cup chopped green pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon red pepper
1 tablespoon butter

Directions

In large bowl, beat the eggs well. Add remaining ingredients except butter and mix well. In a large warm skillet melt butter then pour egg mixture into skillet. Cook until puffed and lightly browned on the bottom then flip over and cook the other side. Carefully run a knife around edge of skillet to loosen omelet. Place the omelet in between slices of Agege bread and enjoy you Agege bread breakfast sandwich. 

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Tourism holds a significant place in Kenya’s economy along with agriculture which remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy for the Bantu, Cushite and Nilote tribal communities.

Kenya’s largest indigenous communities fit into three distinct ethnic tribal groups, Bantu, Cushite and Nilote. 

About the Kenyan Bantu, Cushite and Nilote Largest Ethnic Tribal Communities

Kenya’s largest indigenous communities fit into three distinct ethnic tribal groups, Bantu, Cushite and Nilote. Some speak the official Kenyan languages of English and Swahili while still retain their indigenous languages.

Who are The Kenyan Bantus Tribes

The Bantu ethnic group is the largest ethnic community in Kenya. They make up about 70 percent of the country's population, but they occupy less than 30 percent of the Kenyan land base. 

The Bantu people in Kenya live mainly in the coastal, central, western and eastern regions of the country. The Kikuyu tribe forms Kenya's largest single ethnic group. 

Their closest kin is the Embu and Meru tribes. These are followed closely by the Luhya, who live in Western Kenya, the Kamba people of Eastern Kenya, the Kisii tribe from the Rift Valley region, and the Swahili, Taita and Mijikenda people from Kenya's coast. 

Unlike the Nilotes, rural Bantus are agriculturalists who grow much of Kenya's cash crops, including the popular Kenya coffee, tea and other agricultural products such as maize, beans, rice, and sugar.

 

Who are The Kenyan Cushites Tribes.

Cushites, or Cushitic people, live in the arid and semi-arid eastern and northeastern parts of Kenya. They reside along a very large area of land that runs from the east of Lake Turkana, stretches to the north of Kenya, and through to the Indian Ocean.  

Cushites include the Somali, Rendile, Borana and Oromo tribes. Due to the dryness of their habitat throughout most of the year, Cushites are mainly nomadic pastoralists who keep large herds of cattle, camels, goats, and sheep. 

Cushitic people maintain very close ties with their kinsmen - the Cushites of the neighboring countries of Somalia and Ethiopia.

 

Who are The Kenyan Nilotes Tribes.

Kenyan Nilotes reside in the broad Rift Valley region of Kenya, around Lake Victoria. They are comprised of three distinct groups: the River Lake Nilotes; the Luo, who live along Lake Victoria and practice fishing; and the plain Nilotes, who include the Maasai, Samburu, and Turkana people.

The plain Nilotes are pastoral tribes who have defied modern trends to retain most of their traditional ways of life. They mainly reside in the Rift Valley where they practice nomadic pastoralism. 

The plain Nilotes roam from one part of their territory to another in resonance with the rainfall and in search of water and fresh food for their large herds. The Highland Nilotes are the Kalenjin people who live in Kenya's Western Highlands. 

Due to their geographical positioning and good climatic condition, the Kalenjins are able to practice both pastoralism and agriculture.

 

Did you know?
Kenya's other, smaller tribes are independent or sub-tribes of the larger tribes. Just like the large tribes, Bantu, Cushite and Nilote, each of Kenya's small tribes are culturally unique.

These tribes are spread out across the country, residing in different parts of Kenya. However, the population of Kenya is heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria.

The other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast.

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Osso Bucco is an African comfort food recipe popular in Nigeria.

Make easy beef osso buco African food recipe tonight for dinner since all the ingredients are found at your local supermarket. Serve our Nigerian recipe with boiled yams for a traditional comfort food dish.

A little note about beef osso buco or cow leg African food. Osso buco or cow leg is the cut of meat in the back of the cow's leg between the ankle and knee. It is a heavily worked cut meaning, cuts from parts of the cow that are most active and typically have more beefy flavor, and a dark red color. 

You need to braise osso buco for a long period of time, because there’s inner-muscular sinew and a marrow bone in the middle of the cut. When the sinew and marrow renders, it melts into the meat, adding a level of richness.When you braise osso buco for a long time the cut of meat becomes thick, delightful and delectable.

The recipe below for Nigerian Beef Osso Buco uses leg shanks for a traditional African food dish.

Nigerian Beef Osso Bucco African Comfort Food Recipe

Ingredients

3 cups yams, diced 

7 hot peppers, chopped

1 cup palm oil

1 tablespoon dried crayfish powder

2 cow legs cut into bit sized pieces (ask your butcher or local supermarket meat section to cut the cow leg for you)

2 yellow onions, diced

2 bell peppers, diced

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 vegetable maggi cubes

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 dry bay leaf

2 whole cloves

1 tablespoon lemon zest

6 cups water

Directions
In a large pot add baking soda, spices and herbs and boil the cow meat until the beef is tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Add the onions and peppers and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add the yams and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes more. Add broth or water if the stew is dry. Serve with garri or fresh bread.

Bonus recipe
Best Garri Fritters Recipe to Eat with Nigerian Beef Osso Bucco.

 

Ingredients

2 cups cassava flour

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

1 tablespoon white sugar

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 - 1/3 cups water

1-2 cups oil for frying

Directions
In a large frying pan heat vegetable oil. Add all ingredients, mix well and form small fritters, fry until golden brown about 3 minutes on each side. Sprinkle with extra salt or curry powder before serving.

Make easy beef osso buco and fried garri African food recipes for dinner. Serve our Osso buco or cow leg African Comfort Food and add African food richness.

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