Vegan African Recipes (simple ideas and good books)

vegan Africa

Learning to cook your own food is empowering, as you no longer have to rely on expensive plastic-wrapped ready-meals and takeaways. Master your favourite cuisines at home. Then every night is restaurant night!

Vegan Africa offers a wealth of plant-based dishes, from Ethiopia to Senegal. The 70 recipes includes recipes from 15 African countries including the Ivory Coast (the author’s home).

Read up on food safety for people and pets. Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps (acids may harm compost creatures). Same with tea leaves and coffee grounds.

For tinned ingredients, rinse cans and remove lids (or pop ring-pulls back over holes) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.

Recipes include:

  • Roasted Sweet Potato Hummus
  • Roasted Cauliflower with Peanut-Ginger Sauce
  • Creamy Corn Soup with Peanuts
  • Rwandan Vegetable Soup
  • Kenyan Corn and Bean Stew
  • Coconut Rice Pudding
  • Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream
  • Coconut Mango Milkshake

A rich tapestry of dishes, perfect for the home cook. A true feast for the eyes, it’s a beautiful journey through native African foods, and its diverse culinary history. The author’s coconut lime French Toast is the end-all-be-all French toast recipe, as far as we’re concerned. Delish

Marie Kacouchia is a young Parisian who embraces the cultural references of her two homelands: France and the Ivory Coast. Passionate about cooking, she lives in Paris, France.

Afro Vegan (plant-based Nigerian recipes)

Afro vegan recipes

Afro-Vegan by a London-Nigerian cook, with rich recipes that blend modern flavours and rich colours with traditional tastes of her childhood. Recipes include:

  • Jollof Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
  • Cheesy Kokoro
  • Asaro-stuffed Sweet Potatoes
  • Fluffy Coconut Layer Cake
  • Nutty Plantain Brownies.

Teff Love (vegan Ethopians recipes)

Teff love

Teff Love is a fun and unique book by a Portland (USA) author who visited an Ethiopian restaurant, and taught herself to cook this naturally vegan cuisine.

Discover the holy trinity of Ethiopian cooking: berbere spice, injera (fermented sourdough), and ye qimem zeyet (vegan clarified butter). Includes tips on cooking for a crowd!

Tamu (a journey through Africa’s plant-based cuisine)

African plant-based cuisine

Tamu is a richly personal cookbook that celebrates plant-based cuisine from across Africa, through regional traditions, powerful storytelling and vibrant nourishing recipes.

In her debut cookbook, African plant-based food educator and chef Jane invites readers on a journey of this vast continent – guided by the flavours and food memories that have shaped her life.

From her roots in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to her current home in Cape Town, South Africa.

Blending deep cultural roots with a modern approach, the author brings warmth, insight and soul to African cooking. Organised by region (South, East, West and North Africa), the book features over 70 tasty recipes including:

  • Amarnath leaf stew (South Africa)
  • Spicy cassava (Rwanda)
  • Jollof rice (Ghana)
  • Moroccan tagine

Each dish is grounded by memory and tradition, with personal reflections on the emotional and cultural meaning behind the meals.

Jane Nshuti is founder of Tamu by Jane, a company that delivers nutritious plant-based Sunday lunches and hosts cooking classes and African feasts. The book features photographs by Livhuwani Ravele (who lives here in Buckinghamshire!)

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