The guy's mother is Zambian?

Question

What makes a good Zambian dish that I can prepare for him as a supprise when he comes to see me this evening at my apartment. I am madly in love with him and would want to show him how much I care by learning some of his hiden cultures from his mother's side that he does not see everyday in our country.

Answer 1

CASSAVA PANCAKES
cassava pancakes. Serve alone or with akamu (maize pap).
Ingredients

1 egg
2 Chicken
1 cassava (Raw, Sweet)
1 onions
oil
Groundnut
pepper
salt
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Directions

Wash, peel and grate cassava. Grate or chop the Onion and add to the cassava.
Add salt and pepper. Beat eggs, add to the cassava, and mix well into a batter.
Drop spoonfuls of batter into hot oil. Brown on both sides, drain and serve hot.
Serve alone or with akamu (maize pap).

Answer 2

African dishes(including Zambian) are composed of TWO parts at every meal ie carbohydrate or starch on one hand and protein on the other. I am happy you see something in this fellow and remembering the TWO parts above will thrill both of you. Rice or pap(polenta) accompanied by chicken or beef stew is easy to do but most Western dishes that include rice totally suffice. Asian chicken or lamb are ideal substitutes whenever rice exists.

Answer 3

Hello,

Here's a few

Ifisashi
Ingredients:

2 bunches fresh collard greens (or spinach), washed and chopped
250 ml raw peanuts, ground
Salt to taste
1 onion, sliced
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
Water

Preparation
In a medium-sized saucepan, boil the onion and tomatoes with the ground peanuts, adding salt to taste and water as needed. After a few minutes, add chopped greens. Stirring occasionally, continue cooking until the peanuts are soft and the mixture has become a fairly thick buttery sauce (15-20 minutes). Serve hot or cold.

Nshima
Ingredients:

1 cup cold water
3 cups hot water
2 to 3 cups corn meal

Preparation
Boil water in a saucepan. Make a paste using some of the meal with the cup of cold water. Add the paste to hot water. Stir with a wooden spoon until thickened like porridge. Cover the saucepan and simmer for some time (about 15 minutes). Lower the heat a little. Remove the lid and gradually add corn meal, stirring constantly and flattening any lumps that may form. Continue to add meal and stir until nshima thickens to the desired consistency (some people like it thin, and others prefer it thick). Cover and reduce heat to very low. Leave for a few minutes to allow further cooking. Stir the nshima once again and serve in a slightly wet serving dish. Cover to keep it warm. Serve with meat, poultry, fish, or vegetables.

BEAN DROPS

Ingredients
1 pound black-eyed Beans (Peas)
2 teaspoons salt
1 small Onion, very finely chopped
2 cups oil

Directions
Pour dry Beans in a blender with a cup of water. Chop for one minute. Pour in large bowl
add water. Stir until skins float. Strain into colander; allow all skin and eyes to flow out.
Blend Beans, Onion and pepper. Pour in a bowl, add salt, and stir with a wooden spoon for
two minutes. Heat oil until moderately hot. Drop mixture into oil with spoon. Fry until golden
brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
Small balls can be served with toothpicks.

CURRIED GAZELLE

Description
This land-locked Central African country once thrived on its copper reserves, which are now dwindling.
Farming methods are primitive, using bush-fallow cultivation methods, but the potential of agricultural
expansion is promising. Peasant farmers grow the bulk of local foodstuffs but there is little surplus
for sale so that currently a great deal of food is imported. In the bush the hunter can rely on a more
substantial meal. Zambia is renowned for its prolific wild life, with large game parks teeming with classic
African animals such as the elephant, lion, leopard, giraffe, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, zebra, antelope
and many more.

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Ingredients
1 kg of gazelle rump Steak, or Beef chump Steak cut into bite-size cubes
2 onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 large chillies, seeded and finely chopped
2 plantains or bananas, sliced
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp seedless Raisins
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp paprika
2 tsp mild curry powder
1 tbsp vegetable oil
300 ml coconut milk

Directions
Lightly sauté the onions in the oil for 3 minutes and then add garlic. Fry for 1 minute then add chillies,
frying for another 3 minutes. Add Steak and brown on all sides. Add the tomato paste, Raisins, curry powder
and spices, stirring. Pour in the coconut milk and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to simmer and add plantains.
Cook, covered, for another 30 minutes. Test occasionally to ensure the liquid has not boiled away too much -
there should be a rich sauce.
Serve curry on a bed of rice.
Serves 4.

FRIED PLANTAINS

Ingredients
oil
plantains, one per serving (plantains can be cooked while they are unripened and green)
salt or African Hot Sauce

Directions
Peel and cut plantains, either into thin slices, or slice each plantain in half
and cut each half lengthwise. Heat the oil in a pan or skillet on the stove top.
Add plantains (in a single layer) and fry until golden.
Serve with African Hot Sauce or salt as a snack, an appetizer, or a side dish.
Can also be served sprinkled with Sugar as a snack or dessert.

ZAMBIAN CHICKEN STEW

Ingredients
1 fryer Chicken, cut up
2 tablespoons oil
1 Onion, sliced or chopped
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted peanuts finely ground or 1/3 cup Peanut butter

Directions
Fry Chicken pieces in hot oil in a heavy stewing pan until well browned. Drain Chicken and set aside.
In same oil, sauté Onion until golden brown. Add water and salt and bring to a boil.
Return Chicken pieces to pan and simmer 20 minutes. Add ground nuts or Peanut butter and continue cooking
until Chicken is tender.
Serves 4 - 6.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup(s) of milk
1 egg
2 chickens
500 gramme of sweet potatoes
3 tablespoon(s) of coconut (Grated)
1/2 cup(s) of Sugar
2 tablespoon(s) of baking powder

Directions
Boil, peel and mash the sweet potatoes.
Beat eggs and add sweet potato and other ingredients, mixing thoroughly.
Bake at moderate temperature in a greased dish until the surface becomes brown.

Well That is a few, Good luck!