Cuisine of Guinea
Culinary tradition
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Guinean cuisine, part of the larger West African cuisine, includes a variety of traditional dishes, sauces, and beverages.
In rural areas, food is eaten from a large serving dish and eaten by hand outside. Desserts are uncommon. Guinean cuisine has achieved some popularity overseas and there are Guinean restaurants in New York City, United States.[1]
Major ingredients
Corn is a staple with preparations and ingredients varying between the regions of Coastal Guinea, Mid Guinea, Upper Guinea, Forest Guinea, and the area of the capital (Conakry).[1]
Fonio is a pair of closely related cultivated grasses that are a vital food source in many rural areas, especially in the mountains of Fouta Djalon in Guinea.[2][3][4] Guinea annually produces the most fonio in the world, accounting for over 75% of the world's production in 2019.[5]
Other major recurring ingredients in traditional dishes include cassava, plantains, cocoyams, sweet potatoes, okra, peanuts, and hibiscus.
Notable dishes
Some traditional Guinean dishes include:
- Fou fou, also known as tôreuy, a savory dough topped with okra sauce[1]
- Bwayry[6]
- Cooked mango[6]
- Fried plantain[6]
- Patates[6]
- Gateau farine,[6] a variety of round cake
- Thiacri, a sweet Senegalese couscous and milk dish[6]
- Poule[6][clarification needed]
- Konkoé, smoked catfish and vegetable stew[1]
- Bissap, a hibiscus drink that is purple-coloured and sometimes includes mint
- Attieke, a dish with fish or tilapia sauce topped with cucumbers and tomatoes
- Katun, a variety of goat cheese
- Fouti, consisting of okra with rice
- Jollof corn
- Tapalapa bread
Sauces
Some traditional Guinean sauces include:
- Footi, a thick sauce consisting of water, eggplants, onions, kidney beans, tomatoes, and a bouillon cube
- Maffe tiga, a Guinean/Senegalese-style peanut sauce
- Maffi gombo, an okra sauce
- Maffi hakko Bantura, a leafy sauce with sweet potato
- Maffi supu[clarification needed]
- Sauce d'arrachide ou kansiyé, a sauce consisting of water, peanut butter, hot chili peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and onions[1]
- Maafe taku, a sauce made with okra
