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🇪🇬Egypt

Bamia

بامية

A Egyptian okra stew with beef or lamb in tomato and garlic sauce, a daily and home classic

🇹🇩Chad

Bean Sauce

Souroundou

Chadian bean sauce; one of the ten most essential Chadian sauces; beans slow-cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spices into a thick, hearty sauce; a protein-rich dish; served with boule or kissar; a staple of everyday cooking, especially when meat is scarce.

🇹🇩Chad

Bean Stew

Moula Loubiya

Chadian bean stew; white beans slow-cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spices into a thick sauce; a protein-rich everyday dish; served with boule or kissar; similar to bean stews across the Sahel; a staple when meat is scarce; one of the many bean-based sauces of Chad.

🇸🇩Sudan

Bussaara

Dried okra and meat cooked with peanut butter and niaimiya into a thick brown stew served over asida or kisra.

🇹🇩Chad

Chadian Maharagwe

Maharagwe

Chadian red bean stew; red beans are part of the diet in southern Chad; beans slow-cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spices; a protein-rich dish; sweet and savory; served with boule or rice; a staple of southern Chad where agriculture is more prevalent.

🇹🇩Chad

Chadian Peanut-Okra Stew

Daraba

Traditional Chadian stew with okra, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, leafy greens, and peanut butter; okra thickens the stew naturally; peanuts add a creamy, nutty depth; a vegetarian dish sometimes enriched with meat or fish; served with boule or rice; a TasteAtlas-listed must-try.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Ful

ፉል

A warming breakfast of slow-cooked fava beans mashed and seasoned with garlic, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes and niter kibbeh. Topped with ayib and chopped tomato, served with bread for scooping. Borrowed from Egypt and made distinctly Ethiopian.

🇹🇩Chad

Lamb and Sweet Potato Stew

Bangaou

Chadian stew from the Arab north; made with lamb, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes; a hearty, warming dish; reflects the nomadic traditions of northern Chad where meat is central; served with boule or esh; a northern specialty that showcases the region's livestock.

🇬🇲The Gambia

Maafe

Sauce d'arachide

Beef, lamb or chicken stewed in a groundnut paste and tomato sauce with cassava, carrot and sweet potato, served over rice.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Molokhia

ملوخية

Jute mallow leaves cooked into a green stew with chicken or lamb, served over rice with vinegar, onion and toasted bread.

🇹🇩Chad

Mouloukhie

Mouloukhié

Chadian stew of jews mallow leaves; called gom or légume gluant locally; the leaves are cooked into a viscous, dark green sauce; similar to molokhia across the Arab world but adapted to Chadian tastes; served with kissar or esh; one of the ten most essential Chadian sauces.

🇸🇩Sudan

Mullah Sharmout

Sun-dried strips of beef rehydrated and cooked with onion and dried okra into a dark, intensely savoury stew.

🇹🇩Chad

Peanut and Squash Stew

Peanut Squash Stew

Chadian stew combining peanuts and squash; creamy, nutty, and sweet from the squash; a hearty vegetarian dish; peanuts enrich sauces with creamy, nutty depth; squash and sweet potatoes thrive in Chad's climate; served with boule; a seasonal favorite.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Shahan Ful

ሻህን ፉል

Stewed fava beans served with chopped fresh vegetables and spices — a lighter, salad-like cousin of ful medames, popular as a fasting dish and street breakfast.

🇹🇩Chad

Tagalie

Tagalié

Traditional Chadian and Sudanese sauce made with dried meat called charmout and dried okra; a hearty, intensely flavored stew; eaten with kissar galette, bread, or esh boule; one of the ten most essential Chadian sauces; a dish that preserves meat and okra for the dry season.