Celtnet Gambian Recipes and Cookery, Home Page





Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes section for recipes from the West African country of The Gambia. Here you will find all the recipes from The Gambia on this site all gathered into one place. I have attempted to gather together here as many Gambian recipes as possible. The current collection represents the largest gathering of Gambian recipes into one place on the web today. (Just scroll down for the recipes, they follow the brief introduction to Gambia given below.)

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The Gambia and its Cuisine

The Gambia, officially: the Republic of The Gambia is the smallest country on the African mainland and is bordered on three sides by Sénégal. On 18 February 1965 The Gambia became independent from the British Empire and it became a republic in 1970. Banjul is its capital and Serrekunda the largest city. A wide variety of ethnic groups live in The Gambia with a minimum of intertribal friction, each preserving its own language and traditions. The Mandinka tribe is the largest, followed by the Fula, Wolof, Jola, and Serahule. The approximately 3,500 non-African residents include Europeans and families of Lebanese origin (roughly 0.23% of the total population). Muslims constitute more than 90% of the population. Christians of different denominations account for most of the remainder. Gambians officially observe the holidays of both religions and practice religious tolerance.

Gambia's cuisine is an admixture of Native, Arabic, Portugese and British influences. Fufu is the country's staple and it is a major local producer of cassava flour. Much of Gambian cuisine also reflects similarities with Senegalese cookery as the populations of the two countries are very similar.


The alphabetical list of recipes from The Gambia follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 18 recipes in total:


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Chakery
     Origin: Gambia
Gambian Beef Soup
(Gambian Beef Stew)
     Origin: Gambia
Nyebbeh with Oli Gravy
     Origin: Gambia
Chicken and Beef Benachin
     Origin: Gambia
Gambian Dessert Couscous
     Origin: Gambia
Poulet Yassa
(Chicken Yassa)
     Origin: Gambia
Churah Gerthe
(Rice and Peanut Porridge)
     Origin: Gambia
Gambian Pepper Soup
     Origin: Gambia
Serekunda Fish Benachin
     Origin: Gambia
Daomoda
     Origin: Gambia
Gambian Perch Benachin
     Origin: Gambia
Sosfarin
(Gambian Flour Soup)
     Origin: Gambia
Domada
     Origin: Gambia
Kebbeh Kunda Benachin
     Origin: Gambia
Superkanja
     Origin: Gambia
Domoda
     Origin: Gambia
Maffe
     Origin: Gambia
West African Cabbage and Pineapple Salad
     Origin: Gambia

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Please not that this recipe page (and all the other recipe pages on this site) are brought to you in association with the 'One Million People' campaign, which attempts to make a vailable a number of ancient texts (particularly those relating to recipes) available for free on this site.

The image above shows the entire continent of Africa with West Africa picked out in red. West Africa is formed from sixteen states: 1: Benin; 2: Burkina Faso; 3: Côte d'Ivoire; 4: The Gambia; 5: Ghana; 6: Guinea; 7: Guinea-Bissau; 8: Liberia; 9: Mali; 10: Mauritania; 11: Niger; 12: Nigeria; 13: Senegal; 14: Sierra Leone; 15: Togo. Also included are the islands of Cape Verde, off the Senegalese coast (not shown on the map).

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