This dish, like the popular Caldeirada de Peixe (fish stew) reveals the strong influence of Portuguese cuisine on this former colony, and is considered one of Angola’s national food treasures.Also known as chicken muamba, this is a spicy, somewhat oily stew made with with palm oil or palm butter, garlic, chilis and okra. Variations of chicken muamba, such as poulet.. Read more
No one’s quite sure how bunny chow came to be named, but what is certain is that this hollowed-out half- or quarter-loaf of white bread filled with a blistering-hot curry is one of South Africa’s most treasured street foods.The meat and vegetable curries that fill bunny chows were bought to South Africa by Indian indentured laborers who came to South.. Read more
Mozambique’s cuisine is a heady blend of African, Portuguese, oriental and Arab flavors — think fragrant spices, hot piri piri and creamy coconut sauces, with hints of cashews and peanuts.Sizzling, spicy prawns and seafood are often a first choice for visitors to Maputo, but don’t miss the iconic Mozambican dish Galinha à Zambeziana, a succulent feast of chicken cooked with.. Read more
Given that the first “barbecue” might well have taken place in Africa, this is a continent that can arguably claim to have invented cooking.But African dishes — especially those south of the Sahara — are still woefully under-represented on the world culinary scene.From the humble maize/grain porridges and root vegetables that form the basis of so many diets, to grand feasting.. Read more