Cabbage can sometimes be so bland and boring when you eat it the same old way EVERYDAY!! So this quick and easy variation, which my mum also used to prepare, makes all the difference, especially when you’re sick of cabbage rakaboiliswa (sp :D) (plain boiled cabbage) or cabbage fried with […]
Spaghetti Bolognaise is a somewhat well known dish here in Zimbabwe. It is one of the pasta dishes that Zimbabweans enjoy together with other pasta dishes such as Macaroni and Cheese, Lasagne and noodles just to name a few. There’s nothing complicated really to this dish, it’s just your spaghetti, […]
Beef stew is amongst one of the very common meals in Zimbabwe. It’s the typical relish found at most dinner tables across the majority of Zimbabwean society. When you hear people saying Sadza nenyama (pap with meat) in most cases they are referring to sadza and beef stew. Despite the […]
This was another one of my mum’s specialty meals. Ideally she used fresh parsley which at the time I was preparing this dish I couldn’t find. However, you can easily find parsley in supermarkets such as Spar, Born Marche, TM or OK or any fruit and veggie shop. Though the […]
Spaghetti is one of the most simple pasta dishes to make. Most spaghetti packets come with instructions on them. It’s really not complicated to make spaghetti without exaggerating it as simple as ABC. The main issue, though, that I find confronting many people is how to make non-sticky spaghetti which […]
This is a pretty quick, easy and tasty chicken. All you need is the marinade, your chicken and you are ready to roll. Let’s get on with it! Quick Instructions For this recipe I used lime and mayo marinade. Click here to see the step by step recipe for the […]
A large number of Zimbabweans love pork chops especially when it is braai-ed. Am sure there are many of us who have fond memories of doing this sort of thing kwaMereki. However, if you don’t want to braai your pork chops this is another quick and easy way of preparing […]
Mushrooms are a pretty tasty vegetable. However, when I was growing up I did not like mushroom, lol. I would just eat them because my mum would say you have to and not because I enjoyed them…. KIDS 😀 Anyway, mushrooms are popular with many vegetarians and am sure this […]
Meat balls are tasty, especially those that are made with flavor such as the ones in this recipe. The two important things to keep them together and not break apart when frying are the egg and refrigerating them after you have formed the meat ball. You can have these at […]
Mazondo (trotters) both beef and pork are common in the Zimbabwean cuisine. Mostly men enjoy these and some women too. It’s pretty straight forward how one prepares them. I prefer to slow cook them. In this way, you avoid adding too much water which my affect their taste at the […]
This is one of the many Zimbabwean traditional delicacies and a definite no-no for others. For those in the latter group it could be a fear factor (according to some of my friends) or perhaps just a matter of preference. Aurther did the first version which you can find here. […]
I had a good laugh when preparing these maguru (tripe). After I had washed them and cut off excess fat and was ready to boil them my 5 year old daughter took one look at them and was flabbergasted – astonished what this was all about. My other four year […]