World Cuisines

Lesotho

4 topics — topics in this category.

Papa (Lesotho)

The mountain porridge: papa — a stiff maize porridge served with moroho greens and beans in the mountain kingdom's daily round. Ingredients: maize meal, water, salt; moroho (mustard/rape greens), beans, milk. Recipe: 1)…

Moroho

The wild greens: moroho — mustard greens, rape or wild spinach sautéed with onions (sometimes with a tomato) — Lesotho's green relish for papa. Ingredients: moroho leaves, onions, oil, salt, tomato (optional). Recipe: 1)…

Motoho

The sour porridge drink: motoho — a fermented sorghum porridge, tangy and refreshing, drunk across Lesotho as breakfast and field refreshment. Ingredients: sorghum meal, water, fermented starter. Recipe: 1) Cook a thin s…

Likhobe

The bean and maize pot: likhobe — whole maize kernels and beans simmered together with salt (sometimes pumpkin), a hearty highland one-pot. Ingredients: dried maize kernels, beans, water, salt, pumpkin (optional). Recipe…

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