Sine-Saloum Street Food

5 dishes in Senegal

5 street foods from Sine-Saloum, Senegal: Mafé, Yokhoss, Ditakh, Bassi Salté and Mbakhalou Saloum. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Sine-Saloum

Groundnut Basin · Peanut Stew Mafé Peanuts aren't even native to West Africa — Portuguese traders brought them from South America in the 16th century, and colonial administrators… Beef, lamb or chicken simmers in a thick, roasted-peanut sauce with tomato and chili until the oil rises to the surface, served over rice. Kaolack sits at the center of Senegal's… 🦪 Sine-Saloum Delta · Smoked Dried Oysters Yokhoss The tiny island of Fadiouth, in the Sine-Saloum delta, is built on centuries of discarded oyster shells — its ground is literally made of them. Mangrove oysters are hand-harvested from the roots of the Sine-Saloum delta's mangroves, then boiled and sun-dried or smoked into small, intensely savory nuggets called yokhoss. They're… Wild Fruit Juice · Sine-Saloum Forest Ditakh Ditakh is a legume: the green, fibrous pulp wraps around a single hard seed inside a round fruit on a tree from the pea family. The green pulp of the ditakh fruit, gathered wild from Detarium senegalense trees on the Sine-Saloum islands, is mashed and strained into a sharp, faintly sour juice, usually sweetened… Festive Couscous · New Year Specialty Bassi Salté It's studded with raisins and dates alongside meatballs and vegetables, giving a savory couscous an unexpected sweetness. Steamed millet couscous is piled with a simmered sauce of small meatballs (diaguas), chickpeas, white beans, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, raisins and dates. It's a specialty of the… Saloum Rice · Peanut Powder & Dried Fish Mbakhalou Saloum The peanut powder comes from a crop that defines the region: the Sine-Saloum basin has been the heart of Senegal's groundnut belt since the colonial… Rice is cooked down with dried fish, meat, vegetables and chili, then finished at the very end with a generous stir of roasted ground-peanut powder, thickening the dish into something…

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