Season 2 Episode 8
Happy New Year Peeps!
It’s great to see you this new decade, welcome to Year 2020.
Our first post for the year will be on the Namibian traditional dishes; Kapana (Grilled Meat) and Oshikundu (Fermented drink).
Kapana
This is grilled meat that is cooked in open fire and is typically sold on the streets of Namibia, it is a delicacy you can’t resist.
Ingredients
- 1/2kg of meat
- Chili pepper (powder)
- Salt
- Cooking oil
Method of Preparation
- Set up the grill either a charcoal grill or gas grill.
- Place the chunk of meat on the grill and cook till it is done and sprinkle cooking oil to it.
- Cut the meat into small pieces.
- Sprinkle salt and chilli powder on the meat.
- You can eat it with sauce.
Oshikundu
This is a traditional beverage drink that is made from millet (Yoruba: Jero; Hausa: Gero) and sorghum (Yoruba: Okababa; Hausa: Dawa; Igbo: Achara) flour through fermentation process.
Ingredients
- Millet flour
- Sorghum flour
- Water
- Yeast
Method of Preparation
- Boil some quantity of water. Add the boiled water to the millet flour inside a container and allow to cool down.
- Add the sorghum flour to the cooled mixture.
- Add some quantity of water to the mixture and stir.
- After sometime, add yeast to boost fermentation process.
- Allow the mixture to remain overnight and it is ready to be served.
Written and edited by Ebenezer Oladokun
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