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What to eat in Angola

The 10 best dishes in Angola

Portuguese and Bantu cooking with palm oil.

1

Moamba de galinha

Eaten all over Angola

Chicken stewed in palm oil with okra and squash.

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2

Funge

Eaten all over Angola

Cassava or maize flour stirred into a smooth, sticky paste, eaten with muamba and fish stews.

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3

Calulu

Eaten all over Angola

Dried fish stew with vegetables and palm oil.

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Mufete

Best: Luanda

Grilled fish with beans, plantain and sweet potato.

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5

Muamba de ginguba

Eaten all over Angola

Chicken stewed in a thick peanut sauce with garlic and chilli, served with funge.

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Kizaka

Eaten all over Angola

Cassava leaves pounded and cooked down with peanuts, a deep green side dish.

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Feijão de óleo de palma

Eaten all over Angola

Beans simmered slowly in red palm oil, eaten with fried fish or plantain.

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8

Cocada amarela

Eaten all over Angola

A yellow coconut pudding with egg yolks and cinnamon, Angola's favourite dessert.

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9

Jinguba

Eaten all over Angola

Peanuts roasted in their shells and sold in paper cones on every street.

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Gafanhotos

Eaten all over Angola

Grasshoppers fried with garlic and chilli, a seasonal snack in the provinces.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.