FOOD TABLE

Some other foods found in Africa include Rice, beans, cassava, soy beans, corn, wheat, plantain both ripe and unripe, yam, cocoa yam, gari (made from cassava), yam flour, eba, lafun (made from cassava). With time more will be added. The food items listed below are found in Africa. The list is not exclusive.

FRUITS

· Lemons
· Oranges
· Mangoes
· Pineapple
· Apples
· Grapes
· Grape fruits
· Pears
· Bananas
· Water melon
· Corn
· Paw paw
· Guavas
· Tangerines
· Plantain
· Lime
· Cashew

Vegetables

· Cabbage
· Okra
· Green peas
· Lettuce
· Onions
· Pepper
· Spinach
· Carrots
· Cucumber
· Celery
· Garden egg
· Potatoes
· Ginger
· Parsley
· Radish
· Basil

SEEDS AND NUTS

· Pumpkin seeds
· Beni seed
· Walnut
· Groundnut

WHITE MEAT

· Turkey
· Chicken
· Duck
· Guinea fowl

SEAFOOD

· Shrimps
· Crayfish
· Periwinkle
· Snail
· Mackerel
· Liver
· Oyster
· Salmon
· Crab
· Prawn
· Sardine
· Herring

RED MEAT

· Beef
· Mutton
· Goat meat

OIL

· Groundnut oil
· Codliver oil
· Melon seed oil
· Beni seed oil
· Rapeseed oil

Making of rice, soy, wheat, corn, plantain flours : In the case of rice, soy, wheat and corn, they are grounded dried at the miller, while in the case of plantain, unripe plantain is used. The peels are removed and the plantain is sun dried before it is turned into powder.

SOY BEAN CAKE

Ingredients:

a. 2 tins of wheat flour/ 2 tins of corn flour
b. ¾ tin of soya flour
c. 1 egg (optional)
d. 2/3 spoon full of water
e. Pepper
f. Onion
g. Salt to taste

Method:

a. Mix the soy flour with the wheat/ corn flour
b. Add the egg, pepper, onion and salt
c. Fry in a hot oil until it becomes golden brown

Serves 3 people