10 African Foods You Should Try

Daisy Atino
3 min readSep 15, 2022

I like to say that African food is the best food there is and this is because our meals give you flavor, taste, texture, sweetness and everything yummy all in one bite. The variety of food from the many cultures all over the continent is amazing because you can never run out of options. Here are my 10 favorites;

Rolex

Nothing beats this fried egg, chapatti and vegetable masterpiece from Uganda. If you haven’t tried it, I suggest you do so.

Katogo

The sweet taste you get from this meal is enough to heal any hunger you’ll have for days *chefs kiss

Smocha

It’s an abomination to land in the 254 and not try the smocha. It’s a tasty street snack that will organize and disorganize your taste buds all at once.

Beef fry, Ugali and Sukuma

Best eaten by hand because that’s the only way you’ll do this amazing meal justice.

Ghanaian Jollof and Plantain

I’d like to start with a disclaimer that all Jollof is nice but Ghanaian Jollof is nicer *wink

Vetkoek

Meat stuffed in bread! C’mon this is a banger and you know it!

Ful Medames

Sometimes you need a tasty protein based meal and this dish delivers on that.

Chips Mayai

All I ask is that you try this genius creation before judging because it’s delicious and filling.

Goat egusi soup with Fufu

My mouth waters just looking at this picture.

Moroccan Donuts

Soft, fluffy, not too sweetened pastry from heaven.

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