Zambian Food Guide

Ingredients

• 1 cup of dried bean leaves
• 1 tomato
• water
• 1 cup of powdered groundnuts
• cooking oil (optional)
• 1 medium onion
• Salt to taste

Method

• Remove stalks from the dried bean leaves
• Cook for 10 to 15 minutes
• Add tomato, onion and the powdered groundnuts
• Mix continuously until groundnuts are cooked

Serve with nshima.

Ingredients

• Rape leaves
• 1 tomato (not very ripe)
• 1 small onion
• 2 or 3 table spoons of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash the leaves
• Cop the leave into fine stands
• Place the rape into a pot and add boiling water
• Pour the rape into a colander to drain the water
• Fry the onion and tomato in sauce pan
• Place the drained rape into the sauce pan.
• Mix continuously

Serve with nshima.

Ingredients

• 3 or 4 cups dried mushrooms
• 1 medium tomato or tomato paste
• 1 medium onion
• Salt
• Powdered groundnuts

Method

• Clean the mushroom
• Boil the mushroom
• Add onion, tomato, powdered groundnuts, and salt
• Add a little water if it becomes too think

For fresh mushroom heat with onion till brown, add tomato.

Serve warm with rice or nshima.

Ingredients

• 2 or 3 cups of pounded cassava leaves
• 1 Medium tomato
• 1 small onion
• 1 _1/2 cups of pounded groundnuts
• 3 table spoons cooking oil
• Salt to taste
• Chilli (optional)
• Water

Method

• Place the cassava into boiling water
• Boil till tender
• Add onion, tomato, cooking oil, salt, chilli and powdered groundnut. Stir continuously.

Serve with nshima.