ChilliCuisine: Africa

Flavor Principles

• Northern Africa (Maghreb) and Ethiopia: several mixtures of hot spices (e.g. Harissa, Baharat, Berbere)
• Western Africa: tomato, peanut, chile pepper
• Eastern Africa: piri-piri (the chile pepper and the sauces made from it)

Other Pungent Spices

Melegueta Pepper / 'Grains of Paradise' (Aframomum melegueta) in Western Africa
(apparently, the Brazilian word for chile peppers, malagueta, is related to this spice's name)