Rice, maize and millet are the most commonly-eaten grainsGrilled meat is common, particularly mutton, goat, beef and fish. Vegetables include, besides yams and potatoes, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, leeks, onions, beets, pumpkins, cucumbers, cabbage, sorrel and spinach.

Common dishes

a bitter pulp made from crushed, cooked millet, sorghum or corn. The dough is mixed with a sauce made from vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, sumbala and carrots. The resulting stew is sometimes supplemented by a piece of meat like mutton or goat

French green beans

Fufu

Poulet Bicyclette, a grilled chicken dish common across West Africa.

Ragout d'Igname

Riz gras, rice cooked with onions, tomatoes and meat.

Riz Sauce

Sauce gombo, a sauce made with okra.

Brochettes

Restaurants generally serve Burkinabe dishes alongside those of neighbouring countries. Foreign dishes include a fish or meat stew called nou from  d'Ivoire and poulet yassa, a chicken stew with lemon and onions from Senegal.