Zambia, peanuts

Hello,

Second last country on my culinary tour of the world, for Zambia I decided to cook their signature dish of nshima and ishashi.

The nshima is eaten over much of Africa and is known as many different names although the ingredients used are slightly different due to the corn grown in the area. In any case cornmeal was added to the water and heated up, very simple to make, not unlike couscous.

Ifisashi is Zambia’s version of greens in peanut sauce. It seems that central Africans also like the taste of peanut sauce. The ifisashi was made with ground peanuts, kale (for collard greens), tomatoes, cabbage and beef.

While not one of my favourite meals it was a big improvement on pap (a dish similar to nshima) and I could eat it again if I really had to.

Goodbye

Sam’s rating: 6/10