clove – The Congo Cookbook

Plantains in Coconut Milk

Zanzibar, off Africa’s eastern coast, is called “the spice island”, famous for its cloves and vanilla. Zanzibar is the center of the Swahili civilization. The […]

Berberé

Berberé (or Berbere) is an Ethiopian spice mixture that is the flavoring foundation of Ethiopian cuisine, a basic ingredient inDabo Kolo, Doro Wat, and many other dishes. Berberé […]

Niter Kibbeh

Take unsalted butter and melt it slowly, cook it so that the moisture in the butter evaporates — the milk solids will sink to the […]

South African Malay Curry

This recipe is a typical South African Malay Curry. The first Malay people in South Africa were brought as slaves from what is today Indonesia. As […]

Biriani

Various Biriani rice dishes are common in the cuisine of India and neighboring countries. Swahili cuisine has both Biriani and Pilau, showing influences from both Arabia and India. Biriani rice […]

Zanzibar Pilau

The word pilau comes from the Persian word pilav or pilaw, which is also the origin of pilaf, as in “rice pilaf”. The pilav rice cooking technique is found throughout the Middle East […]

Kuku Paka

Kuku Paka, a chicken-coconut curry, is a Swahili dish from the coast of Eastern Africa. It is also sometimes called an Ismaili dish, and it […]

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