Dominique Manka Lifestyle

Cameroonian Pepper Soup 🇨🇲🌶️

These pepper soup spices travelled all the way from Cameroon to my kitchen here in Canada. I broke down the individual spices that give Cameroonian pepper soup its distinctive flavour—from the core spices to those that amplify the flavour.

I served mine with boiled ripe plantains, but you can pair yours with a side of your choice!

Kati Kati 🇨🇲🔥

A taste of home from Cameroon’s Northwest Region. In my village, Bambui, we use hard chicken (country fowl), fire-grilled completely unseasoned, chopped and simmered with palm oil, salt and seasoning cubes (Maggi or chicken bouillon). Simple ingredients, but so much flavour and tradition.

Best served with fufu corn and njama njama. ❤️

Let me take you to Cameroon’s Northwest Region 🇨🇲

Fufu Corn and Njama Njama is one of the traditional meals in Bambui, my noble village.

Njama Njama can actually be cultivated here in Canada during the summer. I used to grow mine on a rented community garden plot, and seeing those old clips makes me want to revive my little gardening era. 🌱

Now that I have my own space, I’m looking forward to growing it again next summer.

Just another little way of making life here in Canada feel like home. 🇨🇲❤️🇨🇦

The comments on my Bobolo video inspired this follow-up. 🇨🇲

The same fermented cassava dough can be used to make Water Fufu, but the preparation is what sets the two apart. Bobolo is wrapped and steamed for that firm, chewy texture, while Water Fufu is mixed with water and cooked on direct heat until smooth and stretchy. One cassava base, two distinct Cameroonian staples.

Let me take you to Cameroon’s Centre Region with Bobolo 🇨🇲, a traditional staple made from fermented cassava. Dense, chewy and slightly tangy, it pairs beautifully with groundnut paste, grilled fish and more.

Here are the ingredients I used for this simple yogurt parfait:

* 2 × 750 g plain Greek yogurt
* 1 cup condensed milk
* Strawberries
* Blueberries
* Granola

This batch made six 12-ounce cups, plus 2 servings. It can yield more with smaller cups.

These snails used came from Buea, Cameroon 🇨🇲

Ingredients:

• Snails
• Tomatoes
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 green bell pepper
• Onions
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Scotch bonnet pepper—or any hot pepper of your choice
• White pepper
• ⁠Black pepper
• Thyme
• Seasoning cubes
• Salt
• Vegetable oil
• Green onions
• Cilantro

Served with plantains, you can pair yours with any side of your choice😊

Mboh (groundnut paste) 🇨🇲, a simple Cameroonian delicacy and one of those dishes where simplicity really matters. Just groundnuts, water and salt, the way I grew up eating it.

Sunday, after Mass. 🧡