Lamb Meatloaf Recipe

South African Healthy Ground Lamb Meatloaf Bobotie Recipe

Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture

12-9-2012

South African Lamb Bobotie Recipe By Chic African Culture
African food recipe

Lamb bobotie contains healthy low-fat ground lamb, apricot jam, bananas, apples, curry powder, onions and tomatoes. Serve lamb bobotie with yellow rice and fresh vegetables.

South African Healthy Ground Lamb Meatloaf Bobotie Recipe

Serves 8
African food
Total time from start to finish 1.5 hours

Ingredients

2 pounds ground lamb

2 medium onions finely chopped

2 large tomatoes finely chopped

2 tablespoons white vinegar

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon apricot jam

1/2 banana sliced

1 large apple finely chopped

2 tablespoons curry powder

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Salt to taste

Directions

Brown lamb lightly and drain off excess fat. Remove lamb. Add onions to same pot lamb was cook in and cook onions until transparent. Add all ingredients into a large bowl, mix well, hands work best, and cook 350 degrees for 50 minutes in a bread loaf pan. Serve with yellow rice and fresh vegetables.

Did you know?
South Africa is the southernmost point on the African continent.

Rice bread

Liberian rice bread recipe is traditional bread from Liberia Africa

Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture

By Chic African Culture
African food recipe

Liberian rice bread recipe is time honored Liberian bread baked by households across the country.

Rice bread recipe

Serves 4
African food
Total time from start to finish 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups rice flour

3 mashed very ripe yellow plantains or very ripe bananas

Liberian rice bread

1 cup whole milk

2 large eggs

¼ cup granulated sugar

½ teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ cup vegetable oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl add all ingredients and stir until thoroughly blended. Bake in a well-greased loaf pan for about 40 minutes.

Liberia is Africa's oldest republic. Rice is eaten as breakfast, lunch and dinner in most Liberian households.

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Bananas have a long history in Africa, where they are an essential staple food for many people. Bananas make fritters, bread, chips, ketchup, beer, wine, vinegar, flour, oil, and more.

The arrival of bananas in Africa is around the sixth century AD, when they were brought by Muslim traders from South Asia and the Middle East. Bananas spread along trade routes from eastern to western Africa and were carried by Islamists who occupied parts of Madagascar. Bananas have different names and varieties in different regions of Africa, and they are used for both cooking and dessert. 

One name for bananas in West Africa is matoke, which refers to a specific group of starchy bananas known as East African Highland bananas. These bananas are usually cooked and mashed into a meal, and are considered a staple food in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and other countries in the region. Bananas are also known by other names in West Africa, such as amatooke in Buganda, ekitookye in southwestern Uganda, ekitooke in western Uganda, kamatore in Lugisu, ebitooke in northwestern Tanzania, and igitoki in Rwanda and Burundi.

Banana fritters 

Bananas are a staple food in many parts of Africa, used for cooking and eating. Bananas can be eaten raw, cooked, fried, baked, mashed, dried, or fermented. They can also be made into flour, beer, wine, vinegar, or oil. The diversity of banana dishes reflects the diversity of ethnic groups in Africa, which have different culinary traditions and preferences.

Banana fritters are a popular snack or dessert in many cuisines. They are made by coating ripe bananas or plantains with a batter of flour, sugar, eggs, and spices, and then frying them in hot oil until golden and crispy. Banana fritters can be enjoyed plain or with toppings such as powdered sugar, honey, syrup, ice cream, or coconut. They are a great way to use up overripe bananas and satisfy your sweet tooth.

Super Easy Banana Fritters

Ingredients

10 medium very ripe bananas
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 beaten egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
Sugar for dusting

Directions

Mash the bananas well in a bowl. Stir in nutmeg, cinnamon, and egg. Add 2 cups flour and mix well. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes. Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan. Drop 1 tablespoon at a time of the mixture into the oil. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with sugar. Serve hot.

If you're looking for a way to spice up your snacks and meals, look no further than Zambian sesame seed sauce. 

Have you ever tried Zambia sesame seed sauce? If not, you're missing out on a delicious and nutritious treat! Zambia sesame seed sauce is a thick paste similar in texture to peanut butter but made from sesame seeds. It's rich in protein, calcium, iron, and healthy fats. 

You can use it as a dip for bread, crackers, fruits, or vegetables, or as a spread for sandwiches, wraps, or burgers. It's also great for making sauces, dressings, and marinades. In this blog post, I'll show you how to make your own Zambia sesame seed sauce at home with just a few simple ingredients and steps. Trust me, once you taste it, you'll never go back to store-bought peanut butter again!

 Zambian sesame seed sauce is an easy African food recipe for a dip used for fritters and slices of bread and as a sauce for poultry. It has a nutty and slightly spicy flavor that will make your taste buds sing. 

Zambia Sesame Seed Sauce

Zambia Sesame Seed Sauce

Ingredients

1 cup toasted sesame seeds

½ teaspoon onion salt 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

Place all ingredients into a food processor, use the pulse setting on the processor, and slowly add oil while grounding until the mixture is the consistency of a peanut butter sauce. Tahini is also a paste made from ground sesame seeds used primarily in Middle Eastern cooking. Serve Zambia Sesame Seed Sauce as a dip, sauce on poultry, or sandwiches.

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Somalia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DRC, Mozambique top five African countries with least access to safe water from chemical and microbial contaminants.

Many countries on this list who suffer from lack of access to clean and or improved safe drinking water are suffering from poor governance, protracted internal conflict, underdevelopment, economic decline, poverty, social and gender inequality, and environmental degradation. Water systems in Africa that have ground water and surface water sources may be susceptible to fecal contamination. In many cases, fecal contamination can contain disease causing pathogens such as Legionella, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium..

African Country	Percent Without Clean Drinking Water	Population
Somalia	68%	11,259,029
Ethiopia	54%	108,386,391
Madagascar	53%	25,683,610
Dem. Rep of Congo	48%	85,281,024
Mozambique	46%	27,233,789

In Africa more than 25 percent of the population spends more than half an hour per round trip to collect water and sadly people living in the slums of Africa pay 5 to 10 times more for water than those living in higher income areas.

Africa’s rising population is driving demand for water.

Africa needs better ideas for providing clean water.

Africa has a lack of coordination among water authorities.

Somalia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DRC, Mozambique are the top five African countries with least access to safe water from chemical and microbial contaminants, here are 21 safe fresh water problems in Africa true facts.

Throughout Africa freshwater is increasingly exploited through population growth, urbanization, agriculture, and industrialization.

Half of humanity now lives in cities, and within two decades, nearly 60 percent of the world's people will be urban dwellers.

Two main challenges related to water are affecting the sustainability of human urban settlements: the lack of access to safe water and sanitation.

In rural areas, piped-in water is non-existent in the poorest 40% of households, and less than half of the population use any form of improved source of water.

About 65 percent of Africa is arid or semi-arid and more than 300 of the 800 million people in Africa below the Sahara desert live in a water-scarce environment.

Rivers, lakes, and wetlands cover about 18 percent of Uganda’s total surface, including Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake and one of the major sources of the Nile River, the longest river of the world. Almost the entire country lies within the Nile basin. However, 40 percent of the population still had no access to an improved water source and 57 percent had no improved sanitation in 2004.

In rural Africa millions of people share their domestic water sources with animals or rely on unprotected wells that are breeding grounds for pathogens.

About 66% of Africa is arid or semi-arid and more than 300 of the 800 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a water-scarce environment – meaning that they have less than 1,000 m3 per capita per year.

The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 3.7 miles or 6 kilometers.

Average water use ranges from 200-300 litres a person a day in most countries in Europe to less than 10 litres in countries such as Mozambique.

People lacking access to improved water in developing countries consume far less, partly because they have to carry it over long distances and water is heavy.

For the 884 million people or so people in the world who live more than 1/2 mile or 1 kilometre from a water source, water use is often less than 5 litres a day of unsafe water.

The basic requirement for a lactating women engaged in even moderate physical activity is 7.5 litres a day.

At any one time, close to half of all people in developing countries are suffering from health problems caused by poor water and sanitation.

Together, unclean water and poor sanitation are the world's second biggest killer of children.

Around 115 people in Africa die every hour from diseases linked to poor sanitation, poor hygiene and contaminated water.

It has been calculated that 443 million school days are lost each year to water-related illness.

Many schools have no water supply and almost half have no sanitation facilities. Of those schools with sanitation, only half had separate facilities for boys and girls.

Girls chose not to utilize coed bathroom facilities, either because they did not want to risk being seen to use the toilet, or because they were warned that these facilities were not private or clean enough.

Girls also avoided drinking water at school to avoid urination, thereby becoming dehydrated.

The Water for African Cities Programme, initiated in December 1999, facilitates the adoption of measures to ensure access to environmentally sound water and sanitation service provision to the unserved, as well as improved access for underserved populations of the target cities.

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Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham and Boko Haram in Chad over the past decade has killed an estimated 30,000 people.

Chad suffered three decades of civil warfare

The Republic of Chad is 495,800 sq miles or 317 million acres in area with a little less than 2 people living per mile, its Capital is N'Djamena and is largely semi-desert country rich in gold and uranium. The Republic of Chad is located in Central Africa and is Africa's fifth-largest nation with a population of 12.4 million.

During a ten year span from 1883 - 1893, Sudanese Rabih al-Zubayr conquers the African kingdoms of Ouadai, Baguirmi and Kanem-Bornu were located in present day Chad.

A gradual process of introducing Islam into Chad took place in the 16th and 17th centuries during the kingdoms of the Bagirmi and Ouaddai. In the 1880s, Chad was conquered by the Sudanese warlord Rabih al-Zubair.

Chad was first defined as a national territory in 1910, as one of the four making up French Equatorial Africa. Chad was a part of France's African assets until 1960. Chad suffered three decades of civil warfare, before a shaky balance was restored in 1990. In 1998, an ongoing rebellion in northern Chad, until the government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held presidential elections in 1996 and 2001.

In June 2005 fighting with Sudan began while President of Chad Idriss Deby held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Deby in 2011 was re-elected to his fourth term. N'Djamena, the capital of Chad experienced combat from Sudan in 2007- 2008, but fighting is at a standstill in part due to Chad and Sudan January 2010 agreement to prevent other armed groups from using any land in their counties to fight against the other. The agreement also states that Chad and Sudan will establish policies and procedures to jointly monitor and patrol their common border.

Major languages spoken in Chad are French and Arabic. Chad is 50% Muslim, 35% Christian, 15% animist and other and is characterized has having an Arab-Muslim North region and Christian South region. The average household income in Chad is $1,940 per person making Chad a lower middle-income African country according the World Bank Standards.

Learn more about the war on terror inside Chad.

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham
Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) want to implement ISIS's strict interpretation of Sharia; replace the Government with an Islamic state. They are based primarily in Northeast Nigeria along the border with Niger, with its largest presence in northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad region targeting civilians and military persons.

Boko Haram
Boko Haram wants to establish an Islamic caliphate across Africa, they conduct kidnappings, bombings, and assaults, including in the capital of Chad, N'Djamena. Boko Haram violently opposes any political or social activity associated with Western society, including voting, attending secular schools, and wearing Western dress. The Nigerian based Boko Haram insurgency has been plaguing the country since 2009, the armed group dramatically stepped up its campaign of violence capturing large areas of territory, displacing many tens of thousands of people.

Chadian troops
The military of Chad consists of the National Army Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard. Chadian soldiers are part of the G5 Sahel Force, a US-trained West African task force deployed to counter Boko Haram. The violence over the past decade has killed an estimated 30,000 people and forced about two million to leave their homes. Assailants usually crossover from neighboring Niger and Nigeria before launching attacks against Chad's military and citizens. Boko Haram has been fighting for a decade to carve an Islamic caliphate out of northeast Nigeria, and has carried out regular raids over loosely guarded frontiers into neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

North African Simple Almond Stuffed Dates

Make light sweet delicious two ingredient stuffed dates as an appetizer or dessert. This date nut recipe is so easy kids can create this tasty date recipe dish on their own.

 

Two Ingredient Almond Stuffed Dates

Ingredients
20 pitted dates
20 whole almonds

Directions
Open date, place nuts in the center of each date and close. Serve as a healthy appetizer at your next gathering.

Did you know? Dates may be stuffed with many different fillings such as walnuts, fruits, and Bree and goat cheese or simply drizzled with white chocolate.

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All company is not good company. 

Ten African Proverbs from the 12th largest country in the world, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Intelligence is like fire, people take it from others.

The basket that was used to carry a gift to a neighbor will bring back another gift.

The person who pursues two things will miss all of them.

After her house was burned down a Congolese woman clears land for a new home.

A small mistake can bring great damage.

The less important person is the one bringing many problems.

She prepares a good meal, but the husband says there is too much salt.

The rain said I have warned you through lighting to mend your homes.

Unity finished the greatness of the forest.

People love you when you succeed but when you are poor you smell bad.

Girls face the same issues that women face. 

More War Democratic Republic of Congo African Proverbs

The Congolese people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have endured decades of civil war and political turmoil. 

War African proverbs.

War cry rings louder than a mothers cry. 

All are not soldiers that go to the wars. 

 A growing youth has a hyena in his belly. 

 A fart cannot be dispelled with a fan. 

A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of trust. 

A hungry belly has no ears. 

Don’t water the fields of others, while your own are dry. 

All are not warriors that blow the horn of war. 

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow. 

A bad thing never dies.

Despite war in the Democratic Republic of Congo there are still people able to contribute positive energy to the world coming out the other side whole and well. Congolese people are children of light, not darkness.

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Omara “Bombino” Moctar and Tinariwen Tuareg desert musical political rock replace guns for guitars.  

The Tuareg are nomadic tribesmen in the Sahara and Sahel regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Tuareg is descended from nomadic people who have walked the desert dunes for a millennium. 

Along with fighting the dry harsh climate of the desert, the Tuareg have also been battling for their independence in Niger and Mali. Two Tuareg musicians Omara “Bombino” Moctar and Tinariwen are major influences on the desert political guitar rock culture.

Nigerien musician Omara “Bombino” Moctar is a globally celebrated Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter from the Ifoghas tribe Agadez, Niger. His songs are sung in the Tuareg language of Tamashek musically expressing issues concerning the Tuareg people.  

"With music, we can have dialogue," says Bombino, who lists Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure and Jimi Hendrix as major influences on him. "We can talk openly and explain ourselves without using violence, which isn't necessary."

The band Tinariwen made up of musicians from the Tuareg tribespeople of Northern Mali has been making music together since 1980 and in 2012 their album Tassili won a Grammy. Tassili was recorded in the Algerian desert in a tent paying homage to old times. Tuareg tribespeople of Northern Mali is of one of the oldest people on earth.

"There's the heat, there's the wind, but after all of that, you find yourself at night in the most beautiful place," says Bombino.

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