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African Bread Recipe from Congo – DRC

African Bread Recipe - Democratic Republic of the Congo
African Bread Recipe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

I love to cook. During my travels, and every time I can, I like to jump into the kitchen and learn how to prepare a local dish or recipe.

At Aru, during my trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I ‘ve learned how to make a local bread recipe. Aru is a town in the Ituri Region of the Orientale Province in DRC.

On this page, I’ll give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to make African bread. This bread recipe is very easy to prepare and doesn’t require much work.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ― Mahatma Gandhi


How to Make African Bread


Mixing the ingredients - African Bread Recipe

African bread ingredients:

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon of salt
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of yeast
  • warm water
  • vegetable oil

NOTE: Bread in Lingala language is MAPA and in Luba-Kasai is BOFOLO. Both are Bantu languages spoken throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, in Angola and the Central African Republic.


Bread Dough


Pour the water into a container and add salt, sugar, oil, yeast. Leave aside for approximately 5 minutes. Then mix gently. Add the egg. Mix gently again.

Wait 2 more minutes and add the flour, by kneading slowly – a light pressing – not too hard.

BEFORE - Easy African Bread Recipe
BEFORE – The dough before setting to rest

Cover with a cloth.

Bread Recipe
Bread Recipe

Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour and 30 minutes.


Shaping


Easy African Bread Recipe
AFTER

Grease the baking pan and sprinkle a little flour on a large board. Here the bread dough is stretched and kneaded before entering the pan.

How to Make African Bread
How to Make African Bread

Place the dough in the pan and let it rest for 1 hour. Be careful not to overfill the baking pan as the bread will grow larger. Cover with a cloth.


Oven


In the oven - African Bread Recipe
In the oven

Heat oven at high temperature before placing the bread pans. Remember that what will make the dough cook properly is the high oven temperature. You have to preheat it before putting the pans.


The final result


Bread Recipe - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bread Recipe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Delicious homemade bread.


The team


Learning how to make bread in Africa
Learning how to make bread in Africa