Malawian Recipes

Malawi has a rich cuisine that contains many recipes made from diverse types of meat and vegetables. There are many crops grown
in Malawi. Some are: potatoes, cassava, beans, maize, rice, and tea. Together with different types of meat, these vegetables are
ingredients for Ndiwo, the popular Malawian relish. Below you can see some Ndiwo recipes.
Mkhwani with Groundnut (peanut) Flour is a popular Ndiwo made from pumpkin leaves, tomatoes and groundnut flour. The leaves
of the pumpkin are considered by the Malawians every bit as tasty as the pumpkin itself.
Futali is another very popular Ndiwo. Its main ingredients are pumpkin, sweet potato, cassava, green bananas, groundnut flour and
salt.
For breakfast, many Malawians eat Ngaiwa Phala, a porridge sweetened with a lot of sugar. People in this country eat Fried White
Ants as snacks. This dish is prepared by boiling the one day-old white ants in water with salt. A popular Malawian dessert is Banana
Fritters, made using ripe bananas, ufa, salt and sugar.
Mbatata (Sweet Potato) Cookies
Description
Malawi is known as the "warm heart of Africa" due to the friendliness of Malawian people. These cookies can be cut in the shape of
hearts to commemorate the Malawian people.
Ingredients
3/4 cup mashed sweet potato
1/4 cup milk
4 tablespoons melted margarine
1 1/4 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons Sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sweet potatoes, milk, and melted margarine and beat well. Sift and stir in the remaining
ingredients and t ingredients. Turn onto a floured board, knead lightly and roll out 1/2 an inch thick. Cut with a cookie cutter. Place cookies on
a greased baking baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle some cinnamon/Sugar mixture on top.

Malawian Pancakes
Ingredients
1 teaspoon dry yeast
2-1/2 cups warm water
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
oil
Directions
1. Dissolve the yeast in the water, add it to the flour, and mix well. Let the mixture stand at room temperature overnight. (In
Winter it allows winter it takes 2 days to allow fermentation.)
2. Stir in the baking powder and let the mixture stand for 10 minutes.
3. Put about 1/2 teaspoon oil in large skillet, add about 1/2 cup of the batter, and fry over low heat for 1 or 2 minutes. When
bubbles appear bubbles appear, cover the skillet for 15 seconds. Turn out the pancake to a dish. Prepare all the pancakes this way, frying on
one side only one side only.






Mtedza (peanut) Puffs
Ingredients
3/4 cup finely chopped peanuts
1/2 cup margarine
2 Tbs. Sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
powdered sugar
1 pinch of salt

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. cream margarine and Sugar. Add peanuts, vanilla, and flour. Roll into small balls. Place on a
baking greased baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and while still hot, roll in powdered sugar. Repeat rolling
when cold when cold.






Nthochi (banana) Bread

Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine or shortening
1 cup Sugar
2 cups flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
5 ripe bananas, mashed
Directions
1. Grease a loaf pan well. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. cream margarine with Sugar. Beat in egg. Add flour, salt, baking
powder powder, milk, and bananas. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about one hour. Cool well and slice.





Nsima
Ingredients
1 cup ufa (cornmeal or cassava) for two people
2 3/4-3 cups water for each cup ufa
butter or margerine optional
Directions
1. Use a wooden spoon to stir nsima.
2. Heat the water in the saucepan until luke warm.
3. Mix a little of the ufa with the water, stirring well to make sure there are no lumps.
4. Bring to a boil, stirring well, then lower the heat and let boil gently for a few minutes.
5. The mixture should look like a thin transparent porridge.
6. Sprinkle the remaining ufa over, a little at a time, stirring continuously to avoid lumps from forming, until the desired
consistancy consistency is reached.
7. Keep stirring until the nsima is smooth and well cooked.
8. A little butter or margerine may be stirred in at this stage. Serve in a dish accompanied by a relish such as pumpkin leaves
or tabasco sauce.




Zitumbuwa (banana fritters)

Ingredients
3 ripe bananas
1 tsp. Sugar
1/2 cup ufa (cornmeal)
1 pinch of salt
oil for frying
Directions
1. Mash the bananas and mix well with the salt, Sugar, and ufa. Fry spoonfuls of this mixture in very hot oil.






MANGO CHICKEN(Malawian)
Ingredients
1 boiled Chicken shredded
SAUCE:
1/4 C pineapple juice
1/4 C soy sauce
2 tbs vinegar
1tbs ginger
2 tbs flour
2 tbs Sugar

Directions
1. Mix the above ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add sauce to the shredded Chicken and let marinate at least one hour.
3. Stir fry the marinated Chicken with 2 sliced green peppers Add water if too dry. Then add 1 sliced mango and peanuts.
4. Cook only long enough for the mango to get hot.
5. Serve over a streaming bed of rice.