For the last and final alphabet, Z, I went on to do a Zambian Meal. Can't believe a month has so swiftly passed away and we are on the last day, doing this International Food journey around the world in 30 days, doing an ABC cooking for each day. We have cooked up 26 countries, however, with each of my BM buddy, being so enthusiastic, have cooked many dishes over for each alphabet. Be sure to check them out.
If you knew about my love for thalis, you must know this one is very much a mini one. I had wanted to do a thali at least for one country, in terms of cooking up multiple dishes, being paired well. Thali is not just about cooking up multiple dishes right, it's more about pairing them all together and cooking up a balanced meal.
I have been so shorthanded in terms of being able to plan a more elaborate theme. However I must confess that all the dishes that I had prepared for this series were hit, my kids loved them all. So I am not unhappy I did this theme.
However just to make myself happy by doing a simple meal for the final country, I searched for dishes that I can make for a meal. When I checked out Zambia, I was elated to see dishes that had Indian flavour to them. This Zambian Chapati from celtnet org, was supposed to be a traditional recipe, introduced by the Indian traders and settlers many years ago. This is a flatbread fried in oil and common among the Swahili speaking people.
The Zambian Chapati is different from the ones we make, at least based on my knowledge of doing different Indian flatbreads. I promptly decided that I was going to make this flatbread as the main dish and add on sides for it.
The dishes that were part of this meal were the
Zambian Chapati
Tomato and Peanut Relish
Beans with Tomatoes, Onions, and Green Bell Pepper
Zambian Peri Peri
Thank you for being part of this journey and I thank my BM buddies for all the encouragement they also give
Recipe
Zambian Chapati | Zambian Meal ~ Z for Zambia
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- Salt to taste
- Warm Water to knead
- 2 medium Onions pounded
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- Cooking Oil, Ghee for cooking
Instructions
How to prepare Zambian Chapati
- Wash and peel the onions, dice them small. In a mortar, pound the onion until it is partly a paste then scrape into a bowl.
- In a wide bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together, then add the pounded onion.
- Mix everything together and then slowly add water and knead to a stiff dough.
- Continue kneading well till the dough is soft and well kneaded.
- Cover with a cloth and rest for half an hour.
- When ready to cook the chapatis, heat a tawa, grease with cooking oil, and simmer.
- Divide the dough into small orange sized balls. Dust well and using a rolling pin, roll out as discs.
- When the frying pan is hot, place these discs on the griddle and cook. After a couple of minutes, when you find the bubbles coming up, flip to the other side and cook again.
- Apply cooking oil / ghee on both sides and cook till golden brown on both sides.
- Serve with side dish hot.
Varadas Kitchen says
It has been a pleasure reading your posts during this past month. Nice to know Konda was such a good helper. You have put together an awesome meal to end this month long journey.
Usha says
I you are a superwoman. Only you could pull it off on time, and the first one to post everyday though you were not fully prepared. It was fun doing the ABC international cooking though I was not sure I wanted to do it.
It is also wonderful that you would squeeze in a full meal for at least one country.
vaishali sabnani says
What a finale!!..fantastic, the complete meal looks so doable, the chapati is like onion paratha..very interesting.
the marathon has been a very interesting one and I am already looking forward to the next mega...you displayed some delicious dishes and I am so glad that Konda was such a help..you have a treasure:)
Thank you for giving us this opportunity to learn something new.
Priya Suresh says
Omg, looks like u finish this month's mega marathon with a bang..Beautiful meal, i can have happily this excellent meal anytime. Chappathi looks fabulous with those onion chunks.
Harini-Jaya R says
Wow! That was a finale with the whole meal!!
Pavani N says
What a lovely and wholesome Zambian meal. Everything looks super delicious.
The Pumpkin Farm says
loved your platter to round up this meal Valli...i am amazed with your enery and spirit...not only you cook, but you make us all think and cook and deliver....i am so grateful for you driving this entire BM thing single handedly...hats off
Vidhya Iyer says
Platter looks really delicious Valli.
Suma Gandlur says
Valli recently my daughter inquired whether you were leader when I mentioned about the marathon event and truly you are one. 🙂
Loved reading each and every post of yours and a great way to end this marathon with this homely meal.
Srivalli says
Thank you everybody! This wouldn't have been possible without all of you..
Suma I am so humbled by your words, thank you. What can I say, I have a wonderful group of friends, that my work mostly gets very easy all the time..:)..I always felt we should thank our family for supporting us in this way.
Gayathri Kumar says
I enjoyed going through all your posts Valli. And I am glad I did this BM with you all. This meal from Zambia looks so inviting..
Padmajha PJ says
Srivalli,thanks for pulling us all into this group and selecting this wonderful theme. Learnt a lot thro this journey.And it is so nice of Konda to help you with all the clicks.She has done a great job.Hugs to her.
And this is one of the flatbread recipes that I am sure to try...
It was great doing this marathon Srivalli 🙂
Sreevalli E says
Wow.. The spread of zambian meal looks very delicious.
Archana Potdar says
Valli you are great. Such a patient and excellent team leader. I am glad to be a part of this group. Had it not been for this group I would have never tried my hand in so many amazing dihes.
Manjula Bharath says
What an exotic meal to end the marathon with looks fantastic and mouthwatering 🙂 Lovely finale dish , you are really great to manage so many things in one go .. applause for your enthu 🙂
Chef Mireille says
I had wanted to do the African chapathi to go with my Z dish also but never got the time. Yours came out perfect
Sapana Behl says
Such a nice recipe to end the series.Loved your all dishes...