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🇨🇲 Traditional dishes from Cameroon

3 dishes people actually cook in Cameroon: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Eru

30 min · medium · 6 ingredients

Eru, a traditional dish from Cameroon

A flavorful spinach dish packed with nutrients!

  • 500 g eru leaves
  • 50 g ground crayfish
  • 100 ml palm oil
  • 200 g smoked fish
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp salt

Ndole

60 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Ndole, a traditional dish from Cameroon

A rich and flavorful Cameroonian spinach stew.

  • 200 g bitterleaf
  • 100 g groundnut paste
  • 1 onion
  • 50 ml palm oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 200 g fish
  • 500 ml water

Poulet dg

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Poulet dg, a traditional dish from Cameroon

A flavorful chicken and plantain delight from Cameroon!

  • 800 g chicken
  • 4 plantains
  • 2 onions
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 3 garlic
  • 50 ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp chicken seasoning

What do people eat in Cameroon?

The three dishes from Cameroon documented in Copper are Eru, Ndole and Poulet dg. Onion and palm oil each appear in more than one recipe. All three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Cameroon?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Palm oil is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 18 use palm oil. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Cameroon take?

Eru is the quickest at 30 minutes. Ndole is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Cameroon is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Cameroon here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Eru is the shortest way in.

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