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Yassa, mafé and other classics

The dishes you will find on every menu.

Yassa is chicken or fish marinated in lemon and onions. Mafé is a peanut-butter stew. Thiebou yapp swaps the fish for meat. For dessert: thiakry, millet couscous with curdled milk.

Updated on 29 October 2026

Yassa, mafé and other classics · GANAALE