Two Zanzibar Cookbooks

Tue Jan 7 15:54:34 UTC 2003

Is this the real life?  Is this just fantasy?
--Freddie Mercury (Zanzibar resident of the rock group QUEEN, from "Bohemian Rhapsody")

   A TASTE OF ZANZIBAR--which I had posted in part--was written by an author who lives in the "Freddie Mercury house" here in Zanzibar.
   Here are two other cookbooks.  Some Swahili food names deserve to be considered worth recording for the OED.

ZANZIBAR TRADITIONAL COOKERY
by Amir A. Moh'd
Zanziber: Good Luck Publishers
First edition 1999
Second edition 2000
87 pages, paperback

Pg. 13:  CHAPATI (MKATE WA KUSUKUMA)
Pg. 14:  SOFT CHAPATI (MKATE WA GOLE)
Pg. 16:  WHEAT FLOUR (SWEET) (ANDAZI LA MAFUTA)
Pg. 17:  BAKED BUN (SWEET) ANDAZI KAVU (HAMRI)
Pg. 18:  RICE BUN (SWEET) (VITUMBUA)
Pg. 19:  RICE PAN CAKE (MKATE WA CHILA)
Pg. 21:  SIMSIM BREAD (MKATE WA UFUTA)
Pg. 22:  RICE PIE SWEET (MKATE WA KUMIMINA)
Pg. 23:  SPONGE CAKE (MKATE WA MAYAI)
Pg. 25:  CAKE (KEKI)
Pg. 26:  JAM BUTTONS (VILEJA)
Pg. 27:  WHOLE WHEAT PORRIDGE (UJI WA NGANO)
Pg. 28:  MILLET FLOUR PORRIDGE (UJI WA MTAMA)
Pg. 29:  RICE PORRIDGE (UJI WA MAPANDE)
Pg. 30:  HOT GINGER DRINK (CHAI YA TANGAWIZI)
Pg. 31:  MILK YOGHURT (MTINDI WA MAZIWA)  (OED for Mtindi?--ed.)
Pg. 32:  GUAVA JUICE (MAJI YA MAPERA)
Pg. 33:  BEAN PORRIDGE (UJI WA KUNDE)
Pg. 34:  SWEET MILLET DRINK (TOGWA)
Pg. 35:  BEEF PILAU (PILAU YA NYAMA)
Pg. 37:  BEEF BIRIAN (BIRIANI YA NYAMA)
Pg. 39:  COCONUT MILKED RICE (WALI WA NAZI)
Pg. 40:  RAW BANANAS (NDIZI MBICHI ZA NAZI)
Pg. 41:  MAIZE FLOUR MEAL (UGALI WA SEMBE)
Pg. 42:  MAIZE FLOUR PORRIDGE (UJI WA SEMBE)
Pg. 43:  COCONUT MILKED CASSAVA (MUHOGO W ANAZI)
Pg. 44:  SUN-DRIED CASSAVA MEAL (MAKOPA YA NAZI)
Pg. 45:  SUN-DRIED CASSAVA FLOUR MEAL (UGALI WA MUHOGO)
Pg. 46:  COCONUT MILK KIDNEY BEANS (MAHARAGE YA NAZI)
Pg. 47:  COCONUT MILKED BREAD FRUIT (MASHELISHELI YA NAZI)
Pg. 48:  POUNDED BOILED BREAD FRUITS (MPONDA WA MASHELISHELI)
Pg. 49:  RICE MIXED WITH GRAMS (MSETO WA CHOOKO)
Pg. 50:  COCONUT MILKED GRILLED FISH (SAMAKI WA KUPAKA)
Pg. 51:  COCONUT MILKED SQUID (NGISI WA MCHUZI WA NAZI)
Pg. 52:  CHICKEN CURRY (MCHUZI WA KUKU)
Pg. 53:  LENTIL CURRY (MCHUZI WA ADESI)
Pg. 54:  MINCED MEAT CURRY (MCHUZI WA CHUNDO)
Pg. 56:  COCONUT MILKED VERMICELLI (TAMBI ZA NAZI)
Pg. 57:  BOKOBOKO RECIPE (BOKOBOKO) (OED?--ed.)
Pg. 58:  COMMORIAM RICE PIE (MKATE WA KINGAZIJA)
Pg. 60:  COCONUT MILKED SPINACH (MBOGA YA MCHICHA YA NAZI)
Pg. 61:  COCONUT MILKED CASSAVA LEAVES (MBOGA YA NAZI YA KISAMVU)
Pg. 62:  COCONUT MILKED COCOYAM LEAVES (MBOGA MAYUGWA YA NAZI)
Pg. 63:  BEEF SAMOSA (SAMBUSA YA NYAMA)
Pg. 65:  MEAT KEBAB (KABABU YA NYAMA)
Pg. 66:  ROASTED MEAT (NYAMA CHOMA--MISHIKAKI) (OED?--ed.)
Pg. 68:  MILLET FLOUR BALLS (LADU YA MTAMA)
Pg. 69:  FRIED BREAD FRUITS (MASHELI SHELI YA KUKAANGA)
Pg. 70:  FRIED RIPE BANANAS (NDIZI MBIVU ZA MKONO ZA KUKAANGA)
Pg. 71:  FRIED VERMICELLI (TAMBI ZA KUKAANGA)
Pg. 72:  RICE FLOUR DESSERT (VIPOPOO)
Pg. 73:  COCONUT MILK PUMPKIN (BOGA LA NAZI)
Pg. 74:  SWEET MEAT (HALUWA)
Pg. 76:  SWEET FLOUR PUFFS (KAIMATI)
Pg. 78:  LARGE SWEET PUFFS (VILOSA)
Pg. 79:  PUDDING (PUDIN)
Pg. 80:  CHINA GRASS DESSERT (FALUDA)
Pg. 81:  POUNDED RAW RICE (PEPETA)
Pg. 82:  COCONUT FUDGE (KASHATA YA NAZI)
Pg. 83:  GROUNDNUT FUDGE (KASHATA YA NJUGU)
Pg. 84:  SIMSIM FUDGE (KASHATA YA UFUTA)
Pg. 85:  LIME PICKLES (ACHARI RA NDIMU)
Pg. 86:  MANGO PICKLES (ACHARI YA EMBE)
Pg. 87:  FRESH FRUIT MIX (FRUIT MCHANGANYIKO)

THE PLEASURE OF COOKING WITH SPICES
FROM THE SPICE ISLAND ZANZIBAR
by Bharti R. Ved
Zanzibar: Gifts and Spices
32 pages, paperback
No Date

Pg. 9:  Masala Tea; Lemon Grass Tea; Arabic Coffee
Pg. 10:  Zanzib Iced Coffee; Fruit Cup; Mint and Ginger Cup
Pg. 11:  Cheese Sticks; Mustard Potatoes; Chorafari; Cottage Cheese
Pg. 12:  Noodle Soup; Mchuzi-Eoupe (Clear Soup); Leek Soup
Pg. 13:  Banana Relish; Fresh Fruit and Ginger Cocktail; Green Salad
Pg. 14:  Egg Curry; Vegetale Chilly Fried
Pg. 15:  Sweet and Sour Turkey; Chinese Rice Saute
Pg. 16:  Chiches (Chick-Peas)
Pg. 17:  Mixed Vegetable Stew; Cauliflower & Cottage CHeese Stew
Pg. 18:  Peas and Cheese; Baked Pineapple Vegetable; Vegetable Jhalfrazie
Pg. 19:  Cheese Souffle; Mackerel en Papillote
Pg. 20:  Fish Cutlets; Chicken Croquettes
Pg. 21:  Prawn Saute (Masala Prawns); Pork Curry
Pg. 22:  Cumin Parathas; Cheese Paratha
Pg. 23:  Naan
Pg. 24:  Vegetable Biryani
Pg. 25:  Green Pullav; Buttered Rice
Pg. 26:  Chocolate Ice-Cream; Spicy Ice-Cream
Pg. 27:  Saffron Sundae; Vanilla Caramel Sundae
Pg. 28:  Pears Delight; Vedic Kheer
Pg. 29:  Party Cake
Pg. 30:  Traditional Christmas Cake; Sweet and Spicy Cakes
Pg. 31:  Pemba Honey Loaf
Pg. 32:  Ginger Biscuits; Kaju Barfi; Mango Pickle