Botswana Food Recipes
It is sweet delicious and a lovely dessert.
Botswana food recipes. Kalanga a heavily salted mashed up meat dish called seswaa is the national dish of botswana and is a perfect example of unique botswana cuisine. Seswaa recipe from botswana in honour of botswana s recent independence celebrations an easier version of this traditional shredded meat dish seswaa pounded shredded meat and bogobe polenta. Sep 30 2016 explore paul e hardman s board botswana food recipes followed by 270 people on pinterest. The afrikaans community introduced dishes such as vetkoek left a deep fried dough that is a bit like an un sweetened doughnut which is cut in half and filled with curried mince.
Malva pudding is an easy to make recipe that is found in many of the safari camps in botswana. Botswana food traditions and festivals edit. Botswana cuisine is often referred to as setswana food named after the predominant language spoken in botswana. Botswana has a large variety of holidays and festivals when the peoples cook special dishes and meals.
These 15 dishes offer a smorgasbord of delicious flavors and every meal will remind you why you wanted to come visit botswana. It is called pudding yet has a texture similar to cake when done. See more ideas about recipe collection african food recipes. The cake like texture is surprising after adding all that sauce halfway through the cooking process which makes it incredibly moist.
The most important botswana s event is independence day in september. Seswaa photo attributed to author. No doubt this is due to the high standard of international cuisine available in the hotels and restaurants of gaborone and to the wholesome quality of food served at even the most isolated bush camp. Traditional recipes or international cuisine the choice is yours ironically most visitors to botswana eat food very similar to what they enjoy in their own country.
Jan 25 2014 explore jensplaice s board jen s botswana recipe collection followed by 505 people on pinterest. However there is an abundant variety in the market either grown locally under irrigation or imported from neighbouring countries. Gaborone south east botswana botswana s semi arid climate limits the range of crops. Barbeques are also popular and people will often have one to mark a special occasion.
See more ideas about food recipes african food. Pulse based dishes are also popular as many kinds of beans and peas are grown in the country such as cow peas and ditloo an. Unique cultural influences and ingredients combine to create the hearty cuisine of botswana which is a favorite among travelers.