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), ground peanuts, water, salt, chiles, soda (traditional).
What it is
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), ground peanuts, water, salt, chiles, soda (traditional). Recipe: 1) Mix tuber powder and peanut flour into water. 2) Cook, stirring, as it thickens and darkens. 3) Pour into a dish; set firm. 4) Slice; serve plain, fried, or in sauce. Serve: at markets and weddings — meat-like in texture, entirely plant. Flavor: earthy, nutty, delicate. History: chikanda is unique to Zambia and its neighbours' borderlands; orchid harvesting pressure makes it a conservation conversation as well as a delicacy. See also: Ifisashi, Nshima.
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