Recipes · Ivory Coast

Fritters of very ripe mashed plantain, fried to a deep brown, sold on street corners across Abidjan.

Fermented cassava pressed into a cake and steamed, served as an accompanying bread across southern Ivory Coast.

Plantain and cassava pounded into a smooth elastic dough, served with a peanut sauce simmered with aubergine and chilli.

Very ripe plantain fried in red palm oil, served with a raw onion and chilli sauce pounded in a mortar.

Ivorian cassava couscous served warm with a sharp tomato and onion salad and slices of fried sweet plantain.