How to pronounce Mafé

Mafé is written mafe where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /mafe/. In plain English letters that is MAH-feh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Mafé?

Mafé is a main dish of Senegal. Where it comes from: All Senegal. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are nuts & seeds and beef. It tastes rich and savory.

Where Mafé comes from

Mafé is one of 13 signature dishes of Senegal on this map.

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  Soupe kandia, or soupou kandja, is an okra stew cooked with palm oil and served with rice.

• Lakh laax · Dessert · All Senegal

  Lakh, from the Wolof laax, is a thick porridge of millet served with sweetened curdled milk.

• Bissap · Drink · All Senegal

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• Attaya ataaya · Drink · All Senegal

  Attaya, also written ataya or ataaya, is the green mint tea of Senegal and the elaborate ritual of preparing it.

• Thiéboudienne ceebu jën · Rice dish · Saint-Louis

  Ceebu jën, written thieboudienne in French, means "rice and fish" in Wolof.

• Yassa · Main dish · Casamance

  Yassa is chicken or fish marinated for hours in lemon juice, mustard and a mountain of onions, then grilled and simmered in the marinade until the onions turn soft and golden.

Food of Senegal

Dishes like Mafé in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Mafé:

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  Massaman curry is the Thai curry most marked by foreign trade.

• Egusi soup ọbẹ̀ ẹ̀gúsí · Soup & stew · Southern Nigeria, Nigeria

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