What is the national dish of Mali?

[u/Vandal007]

I am making a series where I cook every national dish and my first step is to come to the sub and ask the question.

now I understand that not every country has a defined national dish and that some countries have many different regions with different cuisines. in that case I will make the one that you guys agree on best represents Mali. please let me know what you think

[u/MartyMcflysVest]

I be na mun tobi?

Tigadegena ka di!

[u/DeAngeloVz]

I think every answer will be peanut butter soup 😂 Definitely top 5 West African dish imo

[u/sheikahr]

Peanut butter sauce

[u/NAT_Forunto]

If you’re going for tigadege I would do it with fonio instead of rice, this is more culturally eaten in villages than rice

[u/Dugafola]

A ka di!

[u/lazylittlelady]

Ris gras and bisap!

[u/andr386]

Riz gras was the most common thing I would eat there. And otherwise they have a kind of poulet byciclette (runnin chicken that they catch and prepare for you) often in a spicy hot peanut sauce but I don't know the name of that dish.

One thing for sure is that I barely ate a vegetables in one month over there. It's pretty sad as I am pretty sure they used to produce a lot of fruits and vegetables. Maybe part of it was replaced by force with cotton and the rest is only for export. But at the end of that month I start dreaming about salads which had never happened before.

[u/ParsleyTechnical6025 → u/andr386]

Runnin chicken that they catch 😂😂😂

[u/shoesofwandering]

Tigadegena in the south, facohoy in the north.

[u/SnazzyDaddy1992]

Capitaine with a butter sauce is the best local dish I ate in my 3 years living there. Maybe not the national dish but a treasure for sure.