The national dish of Chad is Daraba

🍲 Daraba

Daraba is a hearty vegetable-and-peanut stew, typically made with:

  • Okra
  • Tomatoes
  • Leafy greens
  • Ground peanuts
  • Sometimes meat or dried fish

It’s commonly served with millet or sorghum porridge, or with rice. Daraba reflects Chad’s 🇹🇩 Sahelian food traditions, where simple, nourishing ingredients are adapted to a hot, arid climate.

Other notable Chadian dishes

  • Boule – millet dough eaten with sauces
  • Kisra – fermented sorghum flatbread
  • Salanga – grilled meat skewers
  • Jarret de bœuf – slow-cooked beef shank