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About African Cooking It is generally the women of Sub-Saharan Africa who do most of the work related to food. This includes work on the "plantations" or "shambas" (as cultivated fields are called), such as planting, weeding, harvesting, as well cooking as cooking and serving the food. The African kitchen is traditionally outside or in a separate building apart from the sleeping and living quarters. By far the most traditional and to this day the most common sight in an African kitchen is a large swing blackpots filled with meat, vegetables, and spices simmering over a fire. The pot usually sits on three stones arranged in a triangle, and the fire slowly consumes three pieces of wood that meet at a point under the pot. Common Ingredients for Traditional African Food (where available): Vegetables: Yams, Okra, Watermelon, Cassava, Groundnuts, Black-eyed Peas, Cabbage, Maize - corn, Groundnuts, Sweet Potatoes. Meats: Chicken, Pork, Beef, Fish of local varieties Spices: Garlic, Melegueta pepper - West African (substitute use cardamon), cloves, black peppercorns, cardamom, nutmeg, turmeric, pilau mix, curry powder Other: Lemons, Rice |
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