Ingredients
1 cup peanuts,
½ teaspoon salt and
¼ cup warm water
Directions
- The peanuts should be roasted without oil in a frying pan. It should be stirred often so that they do not burn.
- A salt water solution has to be made and poured over the hot peanuts. It should then be cooked and stirred continuously at a very high temperature, till the water reduces. Once the water disappears, the nuts get coated with salt.
- The contents should be cooked for three more minutes to remove any remaining moisture.
This Zimbabwean Cuisine was the result of Portuguese invasion. The Portuguese were the ones who traded peanuts into the country in the sixteenth century. And most of the Zimbabwe Food Recipes constitute of recipes made of peanuts. Apart from these recipes, Zimbabweans live on staples like corn, cassava, millet, pumpkin and yams.
