African Sides

Complete your African meal with flavorful sides that perfectly complement any main dish. This collection of easy bites is definitely a must-have, especially when creating your feast.

Mashed sweet potatoes like irio and pounded yams deliver delicious carbs. Sukuma wiki is a savory kale side, and fried plantains are a essential.

  • Pancakes (African Style)

  • Koki Beans

  • Kelewele or Aloco (Spicy Fried Plantains)

  • Stewed Spinach (African Style)

  • Ethiopian Spiced Butter (Niter Kibbeh)

  • Ethiopian Cabbage

  • Pounded Yam Recipe

  • Nigerian Jollof Rice

  • African Pepper Sauce

  • Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas

  • Okra and Tomatoes

  • Mushroom Rice

  • Coconut Rice Recipe

  • Easy Mandazi Without Yeast

  • Ugali (Corn Fufu)

  • Ghana Jollof Rice

  • Kachumbari

  • Green Seasoning

  • Peri-Peri Sauce

  • Sukuma Wiki

  • Homemade Flatbread Recipe

  • Lentil Soup Recipe

  • Fried Sweet Plantains

  • Puff-Puff (Deep fried dough)

  • Fried Banana Recipe

  • Chapati Recipe

  • Yuca Fries

  • Yellow Rice

  • Fufu Recipe

  • Cassava FuFu/Water Fufu

  • Jollof Rice (Plus VIDEO)

  • Irio (Mashed Sweet Potato with Peas and Corn)

  • Red Red (African Stewed Black-eyed peas)

  • Coconut Jollof Rice