African continent is completely
different from other landscapes of the world and the same goes to its food
habits and recipes. African food recipes
can get as diverse as they can but are highly nutritious for your health.
Among the many recipes Mopanestand out as a major nutrition source for the
natives and they food takes different form with different provinces of SA. Mopaneif
you do not know is a vegetarian worm that lives on the leaves of the mashonja
trees of the southern African regions. The worms are full of protein and other
nutrition and they are cooked with various combinations of spices to make
dishes that are delicious to eat.
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Mopane
worms offer 3 times more protein than beef
The African food recipes involving mopane are known by different names
with different provinces. In Botswana you can order Kalangamashonja and Tswana
– phane. The worm takes different name in Namibia and is called Ovambo –
omagungu. In Zimbabwe region the worm takes different name and recipe known as
Madora and in Congo they call the dish as mingolo. Is the mopane work really
healthy? As per nutritionists hailing from Zimbabwe, the worm provides protein
that is more than 3 times offered by beef.
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Mopane
tastes like chicken
How do they taste? They taste
like dried leaves or chicken. They are delicious to eat and with the right
combination of sauce they can great dish for celebrations. Where do they get
the worm from? The prime content of African
food recipes lives on Masonja trees and eat their leaves. It is completely
vegetarian and masonja harvest takes place when the winds pick up speed. They
are dried and seasoned before they are eaten and are put in hot water before
they are cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices. The dried up worms are put in
water before they are cooked so they could rehydrate and give somebody to the
dish. The natives eat them dry as they become crunchy after they are fried.
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Contains
all the essential nutrition
These African food recipes can give you 70 per cent of your protein
requirements and also provide with calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and minerals
& vitamins. If you do not know how to cook them, you can order them from
restaurants in the southern African regions. It is the cheapest avenue of
availing protein much needed for health and they can be really tasty to eat to
dispel any apprehensions.Online is the place you will find their dishes and
recipes and do some research before ordering.