Tanzania recipes
Recipes from Tanzania: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
Mshikaki Recipe: Tanzanian Grilled Beef Skewers
Mshikaki are the grilled meat skewers loved at Tanzania's evening street stalls. How to marinate beef with garlic, ginger, lime, and coriander and grill it over charcoal or on a griddle, the Zanzibar table, other meats, a sour mango-tamarind sauce, and storage. Street-stall sides included.
Samaki wa Kupaka: Zanzibar-Style Grilled Fish in Coconut Sauce
How to make samaki wa kupaka, the Swahili coast fish dish: white fish seasoned with turmeric and cumin, pan-seared and finished in a lime-bright coconut cream sauce. Covers reducing the sauce, keeping the fish intact, and serving with ugali and kachumbari.
Ugali: How to Make East Africa's Stiff Maize Staple
An authentic recipe for ugali, the East African staple made from just maize flour and water, served with sukuma wiki greens and nyama choma grilled meat. Covers the two-stage method, using a mwiko, Kenyan and Congolese variations, history and food culture.