By: Staff Writer

Food forms part of Africa’s cultural heritage. With a deep sense of hospitality, one never want to miss the royal treatment given to a visitor in an African country. Amongst the choice and richly nutritious dishes scattered around the continent, staple dishes form a large percentage of the list. In this article, we shall be sharing some of the unique staple dishes- something I like to call “pounded and mounded” dishes.

All over the world, seafood has become a relished meal. Serving as a source of high-quality protein, people look forward to consuming a soup bowl full of seafood at their convenience.

Muamba Chicken also is known as Muamba de Galinha, is an aromatic Angolan Chicken Stew, flavoured with garlic, chilli, vegetables and cooked in palm oil.

The roasted cauliflower dish is very low in carbohydrate and perfect for vegetarians. Roasting cauliflower brings out its sweetness. During preparation, it soaks up all the ingredients and oil but it becomes firmer and crispy.

Bobotie (pronounced ba-boor-tea) is a delicious national South African food that is made from a mixture of curried meat, fruit and creamy golden topping similar to moussaka. Often time bobotie, consist of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping and served with sambal. It is popular in the Cape Malay community (in the Cape of Good Hope) South Africa at which time it was made with a mixture of Mutton Pork.