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Land Area: 752,618km2
Population: ~14,309,466
Capital: Lusaka GDP (PPP) per capita: $1,473 Official Language: English Known For: Zambezi River; Victoria Falls |
At first apprehensive she googled with gusto and soon came up with a Zambian-inspired trifecta of 'village chicken' in a peanut sauce, served with nshima (a kind of cornmeal porridge) and homemade pineapple chutney. Mum wasn't all that impressed with any of the dishes but I liked the blend of chicken, banana and peanut (peanut butter) in the stew, sort of like satay chicken with a sweet fruity banana twist. The banana also gave more texture to the dish, with soft (but not mushy!) slices mixed in with the coarser flakiness of the chicken. All in all it made for a summery dish, especially if not served piping hot.
We both agreed the cornmeal was bland and a little soupy (would recommend making a drier mix!), but it was made more palatable by the intense flavour of the chutney. I think nshima would be great when readily available in places where other sources of nutrition were scarce, but our version will not be making a place on our 'Top Discoveries' list.
(Appologies for having no photo of our dish...we did not anticipate cataloguing our culinary adventure at this stage!)
Rating (out of 5):
Village Chicken 4/5
Nshima 1/5
Pineapple Chutney 3/5
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