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Zimbabwean Food: 10 Must-Try Dishes of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean food is usually defined by fresh ingredients and traditional recipes unchanged over decades. Many Zimbabwean dishes are considered to be staple dishes in Africa as they utilise ingredients that are abundant across much of the continent. Zimbabweans have always been very resourceful when it comes to preparing their food. They tend to maximize the …

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Stewed Kapenta (Matemba) with Sadza Recipe: Zimbabwean/Zambian

Kapenta (or matemba as it is locally pronounced) is a beautiful fish that is eaten almost exclusively in the African regions of Zimbabwe and Zambia due to the large fisheries that harvest them in the nearby Lake Kariba. Traditionally, before cooking the kapenta is dried in the sun on a rack over the course of a …

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