Togolese cuisine

Updated on Jan 20, 2024

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Togolese cuisine is the cuisine of the Togolese Republic, a country in Western Africa. Staple foods in Togolese cuisine include maize, rice, millet, cassava, yam, plantain and beans. Maize is the most commonly consumed food in the Togolese Republic. Fish is a significant source of protein, and bush meat is often hunted and consumed. People in Togo tend to eat at home, but there are also restaurants and food stalls.

Foods and dishes

Togolese style is often a combination of African, French and German influences. The cuisine has many sauces and different types of pâté, many of which are made from eggplant, tomato, spinach and fish. The cuisine combines these foods with various types of meat and vegetables to create flavorful dishes. Roadside food stands sell foods such as groundnuts, omelettes, brochettes, corn-on-the-cob, and cooked prawns.

Additional foods and dishes include:

Agouti, known as ‘grasscutters’.

Baguette bread

Chili peppers are often used as a spice

Fufu is very common, and is made from peeled and boiled yams which are then pounded with a pestle until reaching a dough consistency. Fufu is typically accompanied with sauces.

Select goat meat portions.

Koklo meme, grilled chicken with a chili sauce.

Kokonte is a pâté made from cassava

Pâté, a commonly consumed cornmeal cake.

Peanuts

Riz sauce d’arachide, a rice dish made with groundnut sauce.

Akume which is a solid food prepared from ground maize.