Dishes made with palm oil
21 dishes from around the world that list palm oil as a main ingredient.
NkwobiMeat
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreCow feet cooked in palm oil and spices, a specialty from Nigeria's Igbo people
Main dish, Dinner, Snacks
Jollof rice
🇸🇳 Senegal and 5 moreWest African rice simmered in tomato, chili and spices, often served with meat or fish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
AkaraVeganàkàrà
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreWest African bean fritters, deep-fried and eaten hot as street food or breakfast
Street food, Breakfast, Snacks
Moqueca
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreBrazilian seafood stew simmered with tomatoes, onions, lime and coriander
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Moin moin
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreSteamed bean pudding from Nigeria, often served with rice or on its own
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
EbaVeganẸ̀bà
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 2 moreCassava flour dough eaten with soups in West Africa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Afang soupMeat
🇳🇬 NigeriaVegetable soup from southern Nigeria made with afang leaf and waterleaf
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
VatapáMeat
🇧🇷 BrazilA creamy Brazilian dish of bread, shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts and palm oil
Main dish
Eru
🇨🇲 CameroonLeafy soup from southwestern Cameroon, often served with fufu or garri
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CaruruFish or seafood
🇧🇷 BrazilOkra and dried shrimp stew from Bahia, cooked with palm oil and nuts
Stew or curry
Achu soup
🇨🇲 CameroonCameroonian yellow soup made with cocoyam, palm oil, and spices
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Ogbono soup
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreA thick, slippery Nigerian soup made with ground ogbono (dika nut) seeds
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Efo riroẹ̀fọ́ riro
🇳🇬 NigeriaYoruba vegetable soup cooked with leafy greens, peppers, and assorted proteins
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Amiwo
🇧🇯 Benin and 1 moreSavory corn pudding from Benin, flavored with tomato, onion and palm oil
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Edikang IkongMeat
🇳🇬 NigeriaA rich Nigerian vegetable soup with pumpkin and waterleaf
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Palaver sauce
🇬🇭 Ghana and 3 moreWest African stew of leafy greens, meat or fish, and palm oil
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Ofada rice
🇳🇬 NigeriaUnpolished Nigerian rice, often served with spicy pepper stew in uma leaf
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ofe onugbuMeat
🇳🇬 NigeriaIgbo soup made with bitterleaf, cocoyam, palm oil and assorted meats
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Gbegiri
🇳🇬 NigeriaYoruba bean soup often served with amala or ewedu
Soup
Ikokore
🇳🇬 NigeriaGrated water yam pottage from the Yoruba people, rich with fish and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Acarajé
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil and stuffed with spicy pastes
Street food, Snacks, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Eba: Kethsa Kingsley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Achu soup: Minette Lontsie, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Acarajé: Claudia Baiana, Public domain, source
- Nkwobi: Bukky658, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Akara: AkinkuotuFunmi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Moqueca: BR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vatapá: Elingunnur, CC BY 3.0, source
- Moin moin: Rka11111, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caruru: Catarina Leite, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Afang soup: Yemisi Ogbe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eru: Minette Lontsie, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ogbono soup: Xtacywura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Efo riro: James Moore200, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Edikang Ikong: Aderiqueza, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amiwo: Adoscam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ofada rice: Ijeoma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palaver sauce: benketaro, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ofe onugbu: Edriiic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gbegiri: Bukky658, CC BY-SA 4.0, source