Food of Gambia
Gambian cooking is rice-and-fish at its heart, with peanuts everywhere. Domoda, benachin, and yassa are staples, with fish from the river and sea. Plenty of onions, tomatoes and hot pepper flavor the dishes, which are shared from one large bowl.
Domoda
Rich peanut stew with meat and pumpkin.
Staples
- rice
- fish
- peanuts
- onion
- cassava
Signature flavors
- peanut
- tomato
- onion
- hot pepper
- lemon
Main dishes
Rich peanut stew with meat and pumpkin.
Key ingredients: peanut butter, beef, pumpkin
One-pot rice with vegetables and fish.
Key ingredients: rice, tomato, fishFull guide →
A traditional dish of Gambia made with chicken, onion, lemon, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: chicken, onion, lemonFull guide →A traditional dish of Gambia made with okra, palm oil, fish, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: okra, palm oil, fish
A traditional dish of Gambia made with greens, palm oil, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: greens, palm oilA traditional dish of Gambia made with millet, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: milletA traditional dish of Gambia made with fish, potatoes, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: fish, potatoesBreakfast
A traditional breakfast dish of Gambia made with pastry, fish, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: pastry, fish
A traditional breakfast dish of Gambia made with beans, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: beansStreet food
A traditional street snack of Gambia made with millet, milk, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: millet, milkA traditional street snack of Gambia made with fish, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: fishDesserts and sweets
A traditional sweet treat of Gambia made with flour, sugar, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: flour, sugarDrinks
A traditional drink of Gambia made with hibiscus, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: hibiscusA traditional drink of Gambia made with baobab, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: baobabFruits and produce
Mango is a well-loved fruit or crop in Gambia, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: mangoFull guide →
Cashew apple is a well-loved fruit or crop in Gambia, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: cashew
Baobab is a well-loved fruit or crop in Gambia, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: baobabDish guides from Gambia
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Domoda Senegal: Marshiayers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jollof Rice with Stew: Noahalorwu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Poulet Yassa Chicken rice with onion sauce: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palava sauce w- cocoyam leaf (5612472154): benketaro from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fatayer: Joe Foodie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Beans Ball-Akara: AkinkuotuFunmi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cashew apples: Abhishek Jacob, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baobab and elephant, Tanzania: Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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