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Benga

Name: Benga
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Burkina Faso
Ingredients: 200g (dried) Red kidney beans; 200g Rice; 1 Onion; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Chili powder; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Rice

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Kidney beans and rice cooked together and topped with oil and chili — Burkina Faso's everyday meal.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Benga means 'beans' in Burkina Faso and refers to kidney beans cooked with rice. It's eaten topped with oil, chili powder, onion, and sometimes tomato sauce. Cheap and filling, it's sold as lunch at stalls outside schools and in markets.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Ouagadougou market stall at midday, beans and rice are spooned onto plates and topped with red oil and chili.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Red kidney beans 200g (dried)
Rice 200g
Onion 1
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
Chili powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the beans overnight, change the water, and boil 1 hour.
Keep 500ml of the cooking liquid and add the rinsed rice and salt.
Cover and cook on low for 20 minutes.
In a separate frying pan, fry the oil, sliced onion, and chili powder.
Spoon out the beans and rice and top with the oil and onions.

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