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Lesotho

Lesotho is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa.

Featured Dishes from Lesotho

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Bahobe ba metsi

Pap

Pap

Cornmeal porridge, often served with stewed meat and/or vegetables

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Phala

Cornmeal porridge

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Ting

Fermented sorghum or corn porridge, serve with milk and sugar

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Jello and custard dessert

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Makuenea

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Savory cookies

Cookies or scones, can be crushed up in a jello-custard dessert

Carling Black Label

Carling Black Label

Gemere

Gemere

Joala

Joala

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Lesbese

Milk from cows, sheep and goats

Tea

Tea

Often served with makuenea

Umqombothi

Umqombothi

Homemade beer made from fermented corn and sorghum malt

Braai

Braai

A barbecue get together, a national pastime where any number of meats and sausages are grilled

Bunny chow

Bunny chow

Hollowed out quarter loaf of bread filled with a spicy meat and/or vegetable curry

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Dipabi

Mealie powder mixed with water, sugar and salt

Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish

Hare

Hare

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Khoho e halikilloeng

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Lekhotloane

Stewed and shredded beef or lamb

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Lesheleshele

Unfermented sorghum porridge, typically a food for babies and young children

Mahe

Mahe

Mealie pap

Mealie pap

Cornmeal porridge

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Motoho

Sour sorghum porridge made with fermented sorghum

Nama ea khoho

Nama ea khoho

Nama ea khomo

Nama ea khomo

Beef, eaten more in the winter months, culturally beef is the most important meat in the country, typically served at important gatherings like weddings or funerals

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Nyekoe

Stewed sorghum, rice, linaoa, pumpkin, typically a winter dish when papa is not as available

Oxtail stew

Oxtail stew

Pap

Pap

Cornmeal porridge, often served with stewed meat and/or vegetables

Rice

Rice

Typically eaten when papa is not available

Samp

Samp

Dried and boiled corn kernels, commonly cooked with beans, stews, meat

Samp and beans

Samp and beans

Sugar beans and corn cooked with vegetables, meat, spices, curry

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Sechu sa khoho

Wild game

Wild game

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Bahobe ba metsi

Beetroot salad

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Beetroot salad

Chakalaka

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Chakalaka

A spicy vegetable dish made with tomatoes, onions, peppers, beans, carrots, many different variations, serve with pap to make a main dish

Coleslaw

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Coleslaw

Fruit

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Fruit

Apples, apricots, peaches, pears, quinces

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Leqebekoane

Steamed dumplings made with fermented maize meal

Lihoete

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Lihoete

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Linaoa

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Mangangajane

Sun-dried vegetables

Maotwana

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Maotwana

Chicken feet, stewed, boiled, fried, spiced

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Mokopu

Mashed pumpkin or squash

Morogo

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Morogo

Leafy greens, often served with stews, pap

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Pea salad

Polony

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Polony

A bologna-like pork, beef and/or chicken sausage, this processed meat sausage is different from chikanda, also called African polony, which is a vegetarian loaf made from orchid tubers, peanuts, chilies and baking soda

Poone

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Poone

Corn on the cob, roasted over an open fire pit

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Sekokomogane

Spice made from ground marula seeds

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Sephaphata

Pan-fried bread

Sereleu

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Sereleu

Tomato gravy

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Tomato gravy

Tomato sauce, serve with pap or rice

Vegetables

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Vegetables

Corn, potatoes, tubers, spinach, cabbage, peas, pumpkins, sugar beans

Walnuts

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Walnuts