Pumpkin Leaves with Peanut Butter
Ingredients: (2 bunches de-veined pumpkin leaves (2 cups if dried)) (2 medium tomatoes) (½ cup chopped shallots) (1 tablespoon butter or olive oil) (2 tablespoons fresh cream) (½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda) (½ cup water) (Salt to taste) (Chilli (optional)) Instructions: Directions: PUMPKIN LEAVES WITH PEANUT BUTTER Zimbabwean Method: 1. Instead of butter or oil […]
Kapenta/ Matemba Fish
Ingredients: (1 cup dried kapenta) (1 medium onion, chopped) (1 large tomato, chopped) (Green pepper) (1 tsp curry powder) (3 tablespoons olive oil) (Salt) Instructions: Directions: 1. First clean the dried kapenta then soak them in warm water for about 10 minutes to remove the fish residue. 2. Remove from the water and rinse over […]
Road Runner/Village Chicken Stew
Ingredients: Method: (my grandmother’s method) (1 medium or large chicken, coarse salt and 2 litres or more of water.) (Traditionally, Road Runners are organic and therefore do not require cooking oil. Their own natural juices and fat are enough.) Modern method (1 medium or large chicken) (4 ripe fresh tomatoes) (2 large onions) (4 teaspoons […]
Mozambican Frango (chicken) a Zambeziana
Ingredients: (1 Whole Chicken) (1 Cup Lemon Juice) (2 tsp Garlic (Crushed)) (1 tsp Fresh or Dried Red Chilli) (2 tsp Salt) (2 Tbsp Olive Oil) (½ Tin Coconut Milk) COCONUT RICE – (1 Cup Rice) (2 Cups Water) (½ Tin Coconut Milk) Instructions: Combine lemon juice, coconut milk, garlic, chillies and salt in a […]
Jollof Rice
Ingredients: 4 cups of cooked rice Three or four medium red bell pepper (tatashe) ½ can of plum tomatoes or two medium size tomatoes 1 1/2 Scotch bonnet (Atarodo) Two cups of beef or chicken stock 120 grams of tomato paste Two onions 100 ml / six table spoons of cooking oil Two table spoons […]