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I have grown to appreciate this recipe. It definitely wasn’t a favorite of mine growing up, but as my palate grew more sophisticated, I picked up on the subtlety of the lightly salted palm oil mixed with the lightly acidic attieke…
Name: Ablo
Eaten in: West Africa
Category: Traditional
I decided that I was going to make ablo, and ablo I was going to make. They are traditional corn and rice flour dumplings that are made and sold by women on street corners in Côte d’Ivoire. If you have a good ablo supplier…
Kachumbari (derived from the Gujarati “Kachumbar”) is a tomato and onion salsa served with meat and vegetable dishes in East Africa. It is a fresh, and healthy dish perfect for warm weather. …
Plantains are very special in my opinion, because they can be eaten and still be delicious no matter how ripe they are. I am hard pressed to think of another starch that has similar attributes: I cannot remember how many times I went to the grocery store, determined to buy fresh vegetables to incorporate into scrumptious dishes, …
