# The best Beninese dishes

Amiwo, akassa, wassa-wassa and atassi: the pastes, sauces and fritters of Benin's cuisine.

- 1 vote · 18 items
- Feb 19, 2020 · Geneviève Gagnon
- https://even.best/en/l/3332/the-best-beninese-dishes

## Top 18

1. **Telibo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dark paste of dried yam flour.
2. **Amiwo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Red cornmeal paste cooked with tomato and palm oil.
3. **Akassa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fermented corn starch paste.
4. **Pounded yam** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pounded yam with peanut or vegetable sauce.
5. **Wassa-wassa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yam couscous from northern Benin.
6. **Atassi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice and beans cooked together.
7. **Peanut sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Peanut paste and meat sauce.
8. **Ademe sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Slimy sauce of ademe green leaves.
9. **Fonman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vegetable tomato sauce.
10. **Dambou** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Couscous with moringa leaves.
11. **Aloko** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried ripe plantains.
12. **Gari** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Toasted cassava granules.
13. **Kuli-kuli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crunchy fried peanut cakes.
14. **Yovo doko** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet wheat-flour doughnuts.
15. **Tale tale** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ripe banana fritters.
16. **Afitin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fermented locust bean seasoning.
17. **Bissap** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hibiscus flower drink.
18. **Sodabi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Palm wine spirit.

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