African Food Network: Authentic recipes from across the continent.

Edo Black Soup

had to drive past two robots in north end to find a shop with real uziza and bitter leaf! used the full 4 cups of palm fruit sauce and 1kg of beef and shaki. blending the leaves smooth really made it pitch black and so thick, totally lekker with some swallow.

Reviewed by Zanele Ndlovu · Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Papaya Smoothie for Weight Loss

Chale the squeeze of lime juice at the end really changes everything paa. I thought the papaya and greek yogurt would be too heavy together, but it is so smooth. Very refreshing in the morning oo.

Reviewed by Esi Bonsu · Ghana

How to Make Crispy Fried Chicken Feet

Mon dieu, keeping the cover on the fryer is the most important step! They pop so much from the remaining water. I bought the feet at H Mart here in Silver Spring because the regular grocery store never has them. Made them crispy like this and served alongside my pondu, exact taste of home.

Reviewed by Mireille Kabongo · Silver Spring, MD, USA

Garden Egg Stew (Earthenware Bowl Method)

my ghanaian neighbor used to make this with smoked herring and red habanero peppers ground roughly in that earthenware bowl. I tried boiling the garden eggs for 20 minutes first like you wrote instead of frying them raw, and the stew turned out much smoother without absorbing too much palm oil. No be small thing o!

Reviewed by Ngozi Chukwu · Lagos, Nigeria

Pork Trotters

I swapped it for cow feet because of halal sha. Boiled it for almost three hours until soft like butter then tossed in the fried onions with tomato paste and barbecue spice. The reserved stock added back at the end made the gravy so rich o.

Reviewed by Aisha Mohammed · Kaduna, Nigeria

Pap En Vleis

Couldnt find proper white maize meal at my local store so I had to run to the African market off Southwest Freeway to grab coarse white cornmeal. Pressing the pap into the greased muffin tins to make baskets worked surprisingly well, they held the ginger and sweet chilli beef strips without falling apart.

Reviewed by Yewande Balogun · Dallas, TX, USA

Amasi Recipe

Herh, finding authentic amasi starter in Tottenham was not easy at all oo! I had to go to a South African shop in Wimbledon to get a bit of live culture. Used organic Gold Top milk from Sainsbury's and covered the jar with a coffee filter. Left it 30 hours near the radiator because London weather is cold chale. Worked like a charm in the end.

Reviewed by Akosua Frimpong · Tottenham, London, UK

Nigerian Fisherman Soup

i managed to get fresh catfish from the fishmonger near the robot by the taxi rank. used exactly 1/2 cup of pounded yam flour mixed with hot water for the lumps. taking the fish out early like you said was crucial so it didnt shred into pieces, soup was so lekker.

Reviewed by Nomsa Dlamini · Soweto, South Africa