Zambia is a country located southern central of Africa, bordering Tanzania to it’s east, Congo from it’s north, Angola and Namibia to the west and Zimbabwe to the south. The country has a variety types of Gazelle that signify their traditional dish in a country.
Chikanda is among the best loved cuisine in Zambia, to be given a nick name “African Polony” due to the likeness of meat-like consistency. If you pass around streets in Zambia, this cuisine will have to be a friend of your eyes, since you will see in tables fast food points ready for take off.
It is made from ground cocoa when it is cooled, then wrapped in leafy greens and slowly, depending on your cooking preference, fresh or smoked meat, fish, cream, red oil, and other It is mixed with herbs. Aquang is a special kind of coconut broth. The shops here are labeled “Taro White” or “Pink Taro” while Cameron is called “Macabo Coco” in the logo.
Kalebula is a traditional dish, common to the Zambian people and is made from potatoes leaves. Normally, it is accompanied by so many other spices like tomatoes and onions, but what give the name Kalebula, is the potatoes leaves.
NASHIMA is a very important dish in Zambia. This ingredient is made from food, which is made from corn. In Zambia or South Africa, we used rape or more leaves instead of black, but black is a good alternative.
A cuisine is a traditional cooking habit. Nshima is one of the cuisines, Zambians consider as real food. It is heavy and made up of a combination of other spicy delicacies.
Ifishashi is a zambian dish, that is prepared from green plant leaves and it can be mixed with most of the foods in Zambia.
In this cusine we will use the yellow one (picture number 4), as they are easy to get and even preparation method it doesn’t consume a lot of time.
In every rainy season, you will see golden flies all around places in Zambia, they are flying termites. Here in Zambia we call them Inswa. In nearby country that is Tanzania, they usually call them “Kumbikumbi”.
Kalembula is name that whenever you will be required to list down Zambian cuisines, no wonder it must appear there. It’s a cuisine from Sweet potato leaves, mixed with vegetables to enhance taste and nutritional benefits.
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