page_title: Burkinabe cuisine
section_title: Common dishes
hierarchical_section_title: Burkinabe cuisine / Common dishes
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of a plate of fufu made from mashed potato &amp; farina, and a bowl of peanut soup made by my mum&#160;;)
context_page_description: Burkinabé cuisine, the cuisine of Burkina Faso, is similar to the cuisines in many parts of West Africa, and is based on staple foods of sorghum, millet, rice, fonio, maize, peanuts, potatoes, beans, yams and okra. Rice, maize and millet are the most commonly eaten grains. Grilled meat is common, particularly mutton, goat, beef and fish. Vegetables include, besides yams and potatoes, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, leeks, onions, beets, pumpkins, cucumbers, cabbage, sorrel and spinach. Although imported products are becoming more common in urban areas, meals in more rural areas typically consist of tô, a sauce of corchorus or baobab leaves, as well as the calyx from Bombax costatum, dried fish, and spices such as chili and soumbala.
context_section_description: Tô (food) (Saghbo in Mooré), cooled polenta-style cakes made from ground millet, sorghum or corn. The tô is served with a sauce made from vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, sumbala and carrots, sometimes supplemented by a piece of meat like mutton or goat. Eaten by hand, this traditional dish is the staple of the Burkinabè diet.
  French green beans
  Fufu
  Poulet Bicyclette, a grilled chicken dish common across West Africa.
  Ragout d'Igname, a yam stew dish native to Burkina
  Riz gras, rice cooked with onions, tomatoes and meat.
  Riz Sauce
  Sauce gombo, a sauce made with okra.
  Brochettes
  Poulet Braisé, grilled chicken very popular in the city, almost all restaurants and bars propose that dish.
  Babenda, a stew of fermented beans, fish, cabbage, and/or spinach.
  Restaurants generally serve Burkinabé dishes alongside those of neighbouring countries. Foreign dishes include a fish or meat stew called kédjénou from Côte d'Ivoire and poulet yassa, a chicken stew with lemon and onions from Senegal.
caption: A plate of fufu (right) accompanied with peanut soup
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