Mopani Worms

Name: Mopani Worms
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Zimbabwean
Ingredients: 2 cups dried mopani worms; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; Oil, for frying

Madora/mah-DOH-rah/

Also known as: Mopani Worms

About this dish

Dried, protein-rich caterpillars, typically rehydrated and fried or stewed with tomato and onion.

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Ingredients

🐛2 cups dried mopani worms

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

🛢️Oil, for frying

Method

Serves 3

Soak the dried worms in water until softened, then rinse well.

Sauté onion and tomato until softened.

Add the rehydrated worms and fry until slightly crisp.

Season with salt and chili.

Serve as a side with sadza.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mopani worms are a traditional, valued source of protein in Zimbabwe and across southern Africa, harvested from mopani trees.

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