10 Cameroonian Food You Must Eat Before You Die
Cameroon is described as “Africa in miniature” because
of its geographical and cultural diversity. There are over 250 ethnic groups in
Cameroon and these ethnic got various varieties of dishes.
Cameroon is the only country where one cannot get
bored when it comes to trying various delicacies. It is blessed trust me. Food is life hahaha.
This article would compile a list of 10 Cameroonian
mouth-watering delicacies you must eat before you die. What shall you gain if
you fail to taste these delicious dishes?
A bit of advice: keep a glass of fruit juice to sip
because you might not withstand the meals at glance. 10 Cameroonian Food You Must Eat Before
You Die numbers 5 and 7 will shock you.
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# 10. Corn chaff
Lastly but not the list is corn chaff. “The two shall
become one” is exactly what happens when cooking this meal.
It is a foodie marriage between handsome tasty yummy
corn and gorgeous mouthwatering red or black beans. When this two are bonded
together, no man can put it asunder hahaha.
Something similar to corn chaff in Nigeria is called
“Adula”
# 9. Koki Beans
The list of the 10 Cameroonian food you must eat
before embarking on a journey of no return could not be complete without Koki
beans being mentioned. Koki beans is a popular street food hawked by street
vendors.
The process of cooking koki beans is knackering but it
is worth it as the taste is out of this earth hahaha. Wherever the taste might
take you, it should not take you to mercury.
This meal is a pudding with black-eyed peas (koki
beans). In Cameroon, black-eyed peas can
be used to prepare koki or make accra beans. Nigeria has a similar dish to this
but they call it Moi Moi.
Koki beans can be served with ripe plantains, yams,
etc. Here is a link to the systematic way of preparing this tasty savory
delicacy
Achu soup is a traditional food in Cameroon, a yellow soup. It is made with cocoyam. Spices, water, palm oil, and (limestone), and fish are other ingredients. Yellow soup can alternatively be called "Ndza Nikki." In French, it is known as "sauce jaune".
# 8. Fufu, Njama Njama and Khati Khati
Fufu corn, Njama Njama, and Khati Khati is a
mouthwatering yummy meal that hails from the Northwest region of Cameroon. It
is eaten by the Nso, Kom, and Bali among other tribes.
The fufu is made from corn flour that is eaten with a
particular kind of vegetable called huckleberry (njama-njama). It cannot be
called fufu corn, Njama Njama, and Khati Khati without a glance at the burnt
chicken that is chopped and cooked with palm oil.
Many would bear me witness that just from the way is
it presented, one might be tempted to taste it even without being convinced. Check
out this recipe
# 7. Ndole
Ndole is another Cameroonian delicacy that you should
eat before you die. Ask me why? Well, the vegetable used to prepare ndole is
called “bitter leaf”. I guess from its name, you can imagine the taste already.
Trust me it is not as bitter as you might think.
This is because the vegetable is washed thoroughly. Some
of the importance of bitter leaf include: it helps in the regulation of the blood
cholesterol level, which is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke.
It equally helps in the treatment of treat fever,
feverish conditions, joint aches, different levels of intestinal complaints, stomachaches,
as well as parasite-induced diseases like malaria. With all this, are you still
holding back on trying this meal?
A traditional dish that belongs to the people of the
littoral region of Cameroon. It is prepared by making use of a green leafy
vegetable (Bitter leaf and or spinach) cooked in a creamy peanut/groundnut
sauce garnished with shrimp and onion, ginger, garlic, crayfish, etc., then
served with a variety of sides.
It could either be eaten with boiled plantains, dodo
(fried ripe plantain), and rice just to name a few. Because of its unbeatable
taste, Ndole often answers present on Cameroonian occasions
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# 6. Ekwang
Where are all the Oroko people? After consuming this
delicious dish, they can vibrate their back and shoulders for the world hahaha.
My love for this meal makes me wish to consume it daily but the process of
preparation is what slows me down.
It is a bit tedious but worth it. Ekwang is the
traditional dish of the Oroko people in the Ndian division in the southwest
region of Cameroon.
As earlier mentioned, it is a knackering dish made up
of various steps including peeling, grating, and wrapping of cocoyam paste into
cocoyam leaves.
It is then seasoned with flavor-filled spices unique
to Cameroon. This dish is loved and eaten by many people and some have added
other spices to the dish to give it their desired flavor or taste.
It should be noted that the natives of this meal do
not add tomatoes, onions, ginger, and garlic just to outline a few to it.
Equally, bear in mind that this meal is a finger-licking mouthwatering dish so do
away with forks and spoons!
Do you wish to learn the ingredients or recipe on how to prepare a sumptuous and mouthwatering Ekwang meal? Here is a link
Life is too short to go to heaven without trying out
the Cameroonian meal.
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# 5. Ogbono or Tanchot soup
The fifth Cameroonian food I recommend you eat before
you die is Ogbono or Tanchot soup. Ogbono or Tanchot soup is the traditional
meal of the Bayangi people in the Manyu division in the southwest region of
Cameroon.
Ogbono is one of the ingredients needed for the
preparation of this meal. In fact, it is the main ingredient because, without
this ingredient, one cannot call it ogbono soup.
Ogbono is the seed of a wild kind of Mango locally
called “Bush Mango”. Its scientific name is Irvingia Gabonensis. This
ingredient gives the soup a slimy nature like okra soup.
Though this dish does not top the list when it comes to
Cameroonian occasions, it is a mouthwatering dish I recommend to everyone to
try.
Do you know why? Food science studies indicate that Ogbono
has weight loss properties. Yes, you read that correctly. The seeds are used to
produce weight loss supplements.
Now that you are aware of this little secret, what are
you waiting for to make this meal a weekly routine? It all depends on you.
Ingredients for this traditional meal include Egusi,
Ogbono, bush or cow meat, crayfish, stockfish, vegetable (Okongobong, bitter
leaf, or tanchot leaves), and so on. It can be eaten with fermented cassava
(fufu) or garri, rich, etc.
Here is a link for a systematic process on how to
prepare this meal click here
# 4. Kwacoco and Banga soup
It is without doubt that Cameroon possesses various
delicacies that everyone should try before exiting from the surface of the
earth. What have you heard about Kwacoco and Banga soup?
Have you ever listened to this track “If
you want to marry a Bakweri woman, prepare! You have to prepare! Prepare to eat
Timanambusa. Prepare! Pardon me; I cannot remember the name of the
artist.
From the song, I guess you already know where this
delicious traditional delicacy hails from. It is the Bakweri people’s
traditional meal, Fako division in the southwest region of Cameroon.
It is called, "timanambusa" colloquially but
a typical bakweri man will call it "Timba na mbusa" which means “Go
and come back to meat more”. For practice on how to call it
“tim-ba-na-mbu-sa”. Again, but this time try to say it fast.
Kwacoco is made out of grated cocoyam paste while
Banga soup is made from palm nuts juice. Bakwerians consider the grated cocoyam
as fufu that needs to be eaten with soup.
Mbanga
Soup is made out of freshly extracted palm nut juice from the country Mbanga
(organic grown palm nuts characterized by a large seed with small flesh).
It
is seasoned with spices, accompanied by smoked fish from the Atlantic Ocean,
and garnished with fresh leafy vegetables.
From
the traditional name, I think I do not need to convince you more. A word for
the wise is sufficient. You might be interested in learning how to prepare this
meal. Here is the link
# 3. Achu and Yellow Soup
The
list of the various Cameroonian food I encourage you to try out would not make
sense without Achu and Yellow soup featuring. The dish is always compared to
fufu and Eru. It is a topic that can be debated for hours like Ronaldo fans
arguing with Messi fans.
Achu
and yellow soup hail from the Northwest region of Cameroon. Various villages
within the northwest and the country at large eat it but it is the traditional
meal of the Ngemba clan in Cameroon.
It
is mostly consumed in the North West Region and has been adopted by the people
of the West Region. In the West, the Bamileke people have made this dish a
traditional meal. During funerals, it is compulsory to serve this meal to the
elderly men accompanied by pork.
The
main ingredients for preparing Achu are cocoyams, unripe bananas, palm oil,
beef, cow skin, seasoning, "canwa or Nikki" (limestone), achu spices,
and pepper.
# 2. Poulet DG
Poulet
DG is another Cameroonian food I advise everyone to eat before he or she dies.
Just a glance at it, you do not need to be informed to try it. Do you believe
in love at first sight? Well, love, at first sight, is the perfect description of
this meal.
Have
you ever wondered why this food is called “Poulet DG”? Poulet DG is in French.
Poulet is chicken in English and the DG is an acronym that stands for Directeur
Général in French, managing director or CEO in English.
Poulet
DG simply means chicken CEO in English. The question is why choose this name?
It is called chicken CEO because it was a dish that was mainly served to the
upper-class or well-to-do people in Cameroon.
Given
the era we are, the reason why they choose to call it that way is ridiculous as
chicken is something common now. Anyone can purchase it. Without wasting your
precious time, Poulet DG features an unbeatable combination of chicken, ripe
plantains and vegetables (carrots, peppers, green beans), and various herbs
(herbs, stock cube) in a flavorful tomato sauce.
Unfortunately,
this write-up is not focused on providing the recipes for these delicious
delicacies. However, if you wish to learn how to cook this meal, you can make
use of this link
# 1. Fufu and Eru
It
is said, “The Manyu man is a proud man”. The only group of people who pride
themselves in their humility. This is not different when it comes to their
traditional meal.
Imagine
being punished or missing heaven simply because you failed to try fufu and Eru,
a sumptuous meal that hails from the Manyu Division in the Southwest region of
Cameroon (Bayangi people).
Eru
is a green leafy plant used in cooking one of the prominent traditional
vegetable soups of the Manyu people.
It
is a vegetable soup made up of finely shredded leaves of the eru or okok,
waterleaf, or spinach to make it soft, enough palm oil, crayfish, meat, cow
skin (canda), dry fish peeling strong canda to be precise, snails, stockfish,
Maggi, salt, and pepper.
Eru
is traditionally eaten with fermented water fufu or garri. In Nigeria, eru is
known as Afang or okazi leaves.
Permit
me to say that it is abnormal to attend any Cameroonian occasion without having
a glance at this delicious delicacy as well as consuming it.
If
you have not been opportune to try this, please do everything possible because
it falls among the top Cameroonian dishes you should eat before meeting your
creator.
Final Thoughts
Cameroon is blessed when it comes to delicacies to try
out. Trust me when I say, you cannot run out of what to eat as there are
numerous dishes across the nation.
Cameroon is described as “Africa in miniature” for
a reason. The country possesses over 250
ethnic groups, and each of these ethnic groups has different traditional meals.
Are you a foreigner who loves adventure when it comes
to food? Cameroon is a perfect place to try different dishes. The above-mentioned
delicacies are just the tip of the iceberg.
The article did not even make mention the most common
delicacies. Therefore, you can imagine how blessed Cameroon is.
Thanks for your time and feel free to comment on any other Cameroonian food you think one should eat before he or she makes heaven.
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