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Goat meat

Burkinabé cuisine, the cuisine of Burkina Faso, is similar to the cuisines in many parts of West Africa, and is based around staple foods of sorghum, millet, rice, maize, peanuts, potatoes, beans, yams and okra.^[1] Grilled meat is common, particularly mutton, goat, beef and fish.^[2]

Common dishes

Pan-fried fish

A plate of fufu (right) accompanied with peanut soup

Location of Burkina Faso

• Tô (Saghbo in Mooré), a bitter pulp made from crushed, cooked millet, sorghum or corn. The dough is mixed with a sauce made from vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, sumbala and carrots. The resulting stew is sometimes supplemented by a piece of meat like mutton or goat.^[2]
• French green beans
• Fufu
• Poulet Bicyclette, a grilled chicken dish common across West Africa.^[2]
• Ragout d'Igname
• Riz gras, rice cooked with onions and tomatoes.^[2]
• Riz Sauce
• Sauce gombo
• Brochettes

Restaurants generally serve Burkinabé dishes alongside those of neighbouring countries. Foreign dishes include a fish or meat stew called kédjénou from Côte d'Ivoire and poulet yassa, a chicken stew with lemon and onions from Senegal.^[2]

Common beverages

The fruit of the African Baobab tree

• Bissap/Bisap, a sour-tasting drink made from Roselle (Bissap) flowers,^[3] and sweetened with sugar
• Dôlo, a beer made from pearl millet or sorghum^[4]
• Toédo, Baobab fruit
• Yamoku, Ginger
• Zoomkoom, a soft drink made from millet flour, ginger, lemon juice and tamarind^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Oxfam's Cool Planet - Food in Burkina Faso". Oxfam. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/burkina/food.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-21. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Marchais, p. 99
3. ^ Grubben, p.321
4. ^ Steinkraus, p.273

Sources

• Grubben, G. J. H. (2004). Vegetables: Vegetables (PROTA 2). PROTA. ISBN 90-5782-147-8. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6jrlyOPfr24C. 
• Marchais, Julien (in French). Burkina Faso. Petit Futé. ISBN 2-7469-1601-0. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6jsBLSzJWYsC. 
• Steinkraus, Keith (2004). Industrialization of Indigenous Fermented Foods. CRC Press. pp. 273. ISBN 0-8247-4784-4. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WfjPq9dfTuMC. 

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