Sadza nemunyevhe une dovi

Sadza is a staple food of Zimbabwe.it is a thick porridge made of fine mealie meal and water.it is more like polenta but more pliable.it is eaten by hands.You mold sadza into a ball and dip into your meat stew or leafy vegetable.Well cooked sadza does not stick on the fingers when eating.Sadza that sticks on fingers is called "mbodza" which means not properly cooked.There are many types of sadza and many ways to cook it.Thee will cover in next blogs.The traditional Zimbabwean kitchen is a round thatched hut which is separate from other rooms.In urban areas its another story ,you find beautiful house with beautiful kitchens.Sadza cooked over the fire tastes better than the one cooked on stove.In rural areas you find an African old lady bending gracefully over the fire cooking.Sadza is served with a meat stew or leafy greens.Today I am cooking sadza and munyevhe with peanut butter.Munyevhe is a weed that grows during rainy seasons.it has a bitter taste but thats what makes it different.Dovi means peanut butter in shona

With Iove from my zimbabwean kitchen.

Let me introduce myself. My name is lydia.I am fairly new to blogging but l hope you will enjoy what l have to offer and your comments are greatly welcomed.its sad the art of cooking traditional food is being lost with the introduction of machine ground mealie meal which is not as best as the traditional one which is grinded by mortar and pestel.its rainy season at the moment and food is in abundance that is chibage-maize,nzungu-groundnuts,hwowa-wild mushroom,nyimo-black eyed peas,muboora-pumpkin leaves etc.All these are also dried for later use in the next season.