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Gonré

Name: Gonré
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Burkina Faso
Ingredients: 200g (dried) Black-eyed peas; 1/2 tsp Salt; 150ml Water; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Chili powder; 1/2 Onion; To taste Banana Leaves

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Black-eyed pea flour batter wrapped in leaves and steamed — a street snack of Burkina Faso.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Gonré is a beloved snack in Burkina Faso: a batter of black-eyed pea flour, water, and salt is wrapped in small leaf parcels and steamed. It's unwrapped and eaten topped with oil, chili powder, and onion. Sold at stalls in the morning and evening, it's popular as a quick bite.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Ouagadougou stall in the evening, small leaf-wrapped steamed cakes are unwrapped, doused with red chili and oil, and handed over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Black-eyed peas 200g (dried)
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 150ml
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Chili powder 1/2 tsp
Onion 1/2
Banana Leaves To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the black-eyed peas overnight, skin them, and blend with water into a smooth paste.
Add salt and mix.
Wrap in long parcels of banana leaf.
Steam for 1 hour.
Open the leaves and top with oil, chili powder, and sliced onion.

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