Our vegan world tour has brought us to Cameroon in Central Africa. Here we cook vegan koki beans, a steamed packet of black-eyed peas, red palm oil, and scotch bonnet. Equally popular on the street as on the wedding feast, this meal is easy to prepare but takes a bit […]
Africa
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We’ve arrived in Nigeria where we are making vegan egusi soup. From our previous stop in East Africa where we visited Tanzania, we crossed the continent to arrive in West Africa where we prepare a true Nigerian classic, egusi. This thick soup or stew gets its characteristic texture and flavour […]
We have arrived in Tanzania on our vegan world tour. In this East African country, we prepare vegan urojo, a popular street food with notable influences from India. To make urojo, you start with a silky smooth, slightly sour potato soup and then cover it with delicious toppings, such as […]
For our stop in Namibia, we cook not one but two vegan Namibian recipes. Oshifima, a stiff millet porridge is served with ombidi, a juicy spinach and tomato stew. This type of stiff porridge is popular in many regions of the African continent and is something you have to try […]
Today we are visiting Rwanda to cook vegan agatogo. From our last stop in Eastern Europe, we head south and find ourselves once more in East Africa. Agatogo is a Rwandan tomato-based stew with plantain or matoke. Read on to learn more about Rwandan cuisine and agatogo or jump straight […]
For Burkina Faso, we cook a vegan babenda recipe, a simple one pot dish with rice and leafy greens with flavour from fermented locust beans.
From our vacation in The Bahamas, we return to East Africa where we visit Burundi. For this visit, we are making a filling and simple dish of beans and bananas, a Burundi classic featuring two important Burundi ingredients. Read on to learn a little of Burundi cuisine and the dish […]
From the steppes of Mongolia where we made milk tea with dumplings, we head down to Central Africa and visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the DRC, we make vegan fumbwa or fumbua, a creamy stew with leafy greens, peanuts and smoked tofu. Read on to learn a […]
From our last stop in Serbia, we head southeast across the sea and find ourselves in Egypt. Today, we prepare ful medames (pronounced like fool), an ancient fava bean dish. While the dish has likely been made for thousands of years and is incredibly popular across Northern Africa, the Levant, […]
It’s time for our first stop in Central Africa. Today we visit Angola and cook a vegan version of calulu, a filling stew with red palm oil, okra, eggplant and tomatoes. Read on to learn a bit about Angolan cuisine and the influences from Brazil and Portugal or jump straight […]