Zambia
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Ifisashi
Zambia's peanut greens: pumpkin leaves (chibwabwa) or other greens simmered in a groundnut sauce — ifisashi is the relish that defines the Zambian plate. Ingredients: pumpkin leaves, spinach or sweet-potato leaves, groun…
Nshima
Zambia's stiff maize porridge: nearly identical in spirit to its neighbours' (sadza, nsima, ugali) and fiercely its own — nshima with relish is lunch and dinner for most Zambians. Ingredients: maize meal (mealie meal), w…
Chikanda
The 'African polony': a loaf made from wild orchid tubers and groundnuts, sliced and eaten cold or in a spicy sauce — chikanda is Zambia's botanical marvel. Ingredients: chikanda (orchid tubers, dried and powdered), grou…
Kapenta
The tiny fish of Lake Tanganyika: kapenta sardines sun-dried and then fried with tomatoes and onions into Zambia's punchiest relish. Ingredients: dried kapenta, onions, tomatoes, garlic, chiles, oil, salt; nshima and gre…
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