Zambian Cuisine

5 dishes · Community built

Zambian Dishes

#1

Village Chicken

★ 4.982 ratings

Free-range chicken slow-stewed in tomato and onion until deeply tender.

#2

Vitumbuwa

★ 4.8161 ratings

Sweet, fluffy banana fritters, a favorite Zambian breakfast treat.

#3

Zambian Nshima

★ 4.6117 ratings

Zambia's staple maize porridge, eaten daily alongside vegetables and meat.

#4

Ifisashi

★ 4.6130 ratings

Leafy greens stewed in rich ground peanut sauce.

#5

Kapenta

★ 4.4201 ratings

Small dried fish from Lake Kariba, fried crisp and eaten with nshima.

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