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About Tanzania
Chef Issa Kapande (Curinary chamber)
Tanzania gifted chef. Blogs in Swahili about recipes from all over the world. Check out his presentation.- Colleges that teach Swahili in USA A good number of Colleges and Universities that teach Swahili Language and Culture in USA
Freddy Macha
writer and musician from Tanzania- Tanzania touarist board Information about Tanzania
About
Surrounded by Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Malawi on Africa’s east coast, Tanzania, is renowned for its snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest mountain – its wild life safaris, its tropical beaches, for Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, Lake Tanganyika, Africa’s deepest lake, the majestic Kalamba Falls, and for the spice islands of Zanzibar.
Less known is Tanzania’s distinctive cuisine. A Taste of Tanzania is a blog that intends to remedy that.
African foods are influenced by prior centuries of colonization, migration, and trade routes. Tanzania’s current population of more than 100 different ethnic groups, including people of Asian, Middle Eastern and European origin underscores its varied past and makes it the only country in Africa whose cuisine shows the influence of countries all over the world.
And then there are the spices that make Tanzanian cuisine special – the use of coconut, cardamom, garlic, saffron, turmeric, and pilau masala – a unique mix of black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and cumin used in many rice and stew recipes.
Tanzania is located in East Africa (Indian Ocean is on the East). Since Persians visited the coast of East Africa dated as early as 17th century, they introduced many things including spices and some recipes; example, Pilau, Haluwa, samosa, Bagia, etc. Our diet is a mainly African, and a little bit of Indian and Arabic. I hope you will enjoy these simple recipes from Tanzania and a few of my favorate from other countries.
Miriam Rose Kinunda started to post Tanzanian recipes just for fun in June 2004 with the domain name miriammalaquias.com; In 2006 I changed to mirecipe.com, In July 2009, I decided to give this site a name that fits, A taste of Tanzania
Contact Miriam Rose Kinunda rose@tasteoftanzania.com
To learn more about Tanzania visit Wikipedia
Hi Miriam
I followed a link in my visitor stats today and discovered you – and I’m delighted! What a great resource for Tanzanians (and other homesick Africans!) looking for a taste of home. I’m going to add you to my “Favourite African Blogs” blogroll if you don’t mind?
And I meant to say I *love* your profile picture!
Hi! The recipes here are fanstastic. Thanks for having this site. I just found a recipe for Eggplant Parmesan that I LOVE! The eggplant flavor is like beef, but without the fat and calories. It’s a really nice substitute for meat. Visit my site if you’d like to read more. Thanks again – great site!
Kazi nzuri ila naomba nikushauri ufikirie kuweka on hold domain taste of East Africa! Si unajua EA Block inavyoenda kasi, basi dada yangu jaribu kufikiria hilo! Pia a link between Tourism Industry and EA Federation, who knows may be you will be the main player on culinary staff by that time!
I hope my preparetion will also come up as good as yours. I will attempt this indian food recipe during holidays. I am confused if the frying is supposed to be on high flame or low flame ?
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@ KhanaKhazana,
Use medium heat. Some people prefer high heat, but I prefer my Maandazi to have a nice golden brown color instead of dark brown.