Highland cooking of beans and starchy foods: ibijumba (sweet potato), ibiharage (beans) and boiled plantain. Lake fish like mukeke appear on tables.
Specialties
- Ibiharage
- Mukeke
History
Burundian cooking depends on farming in a high-altitude, crowded land where beans are the main protein.
Ingredients
- Beans
- Plantain
- Cassava
- Sweet potato
- Fish
- Palm oil
- Spinach
How it's made
- Boil beans until soft
- Stew plantain or sweet potato
- Cook fish with tomato
- Serve with ugali or rice
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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What Burundi drinks
Impeke (banana beer), Primus beer, urwarwa
Ratings & notes
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