Such a tasty yummy dish from Tutsi people, the tribe of Rwanda, Sardine roast is all people favorite, especially when you speak about lake sardines. In Rwanda we have rivers that provide at large these sardines, others are modern sardine fishing as well as imports from Tanzania and Burundi.
Our country, Rwanda is located in the eastern part of the African continent. Every morning around the streets in almost all parts of the country, everyone stands out the door waiting for purchasing the green leaves, mostly Tembele.
Traditional barbecued meat from Rwanda will surprise you. Normally we both know that barbecued meat will have to get cooked over heat, special charcoal cook, but from Rwanda things are little different here we marinate meat for about a day, then cook it smoked covered with greens for some hours.
Rwanda is an African country found on the eastern part of the continent, bordering Tanzania to it’s west. Many small farmers do cultivate fruits and vegetable for daily meals and sells. It is easy to work around the markets in Rwanda and found spinach all along each vegetable sales man table.
Mlenda is a “all African green leaf stew”, it is prepared almost in every part of the continent, but where for real does it originates, the answer comes from our title, in Rwanda.
Long time back, Tutsi soldiers (tribe in Rwanda) were given pearice dish on their long journeys, because they were traveling to very far places. Traditionally this cuisine will be prepared without any spices or meat mix, but nowadays people like to mix it with meat or potatoes, for improving taste.
In Rwanda Kumara is simply a sweet potato, boiled sweet potatoes with nuts is another taste to try. Sometimes modern ways of eating influenced by globalization brings a hearty challenge for this dish, although it still holds the front position to the most loved traditional dishes in the country.
Isombe is a vegetable of Cassava leaves, that are boiled fresh with water, then mixed with other ingredients to bring the best recipe. This cuisine is prepared in Rwanda mostly in rural areas, due to the availability of Cassava leaves being low.
Back during colonial era, Nyarwanda soldiers under chiefs leadership had a respective meal of stiff porridge with wild meat side dish, this cuisine were known as Warriors meal.
Rwanda is among the smallest countries in Africa, it found in the East of central Africa, bourdering famous countries like Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo.
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