THREE MEALS YOU HAVE TO TRY IN BOTSWANA


1. Seswaa and phaletshe, or bogobe .....
 Botswana's national dish should definitely be tasted when you visit the beautiful country country. All the local dishes use sorghum or maize meal as their basis. Seswaa is usually prepared by men who find it an honor to cook meat as its a primary ingredient.



2.  Mophane worms are a popular dish. the blue and green caterpillar contains around 60% protein and a lot of calcium. They are hand-picked in the wilderness often by women or children. When the caterpillar has been picked, the outer shell is removed. After this they are either dried, according to the traditional style in the sun or  they are smoked. Here they gain a special flavour. They can also be stored for several months, as they are an important source of nutrition in lean times. You can eat them in different forms; boiled, fried, cooked and dried....





3.   Porridge ( bogobe) one dish for every day 
Porridge ( Bogobe) is made with sorghum, maize or millet flour, which is put in boiled water or milk. Somrtimes the sorghum is fermented ( ting) which eaten with sugar or milk. This dish is usually eaten in the morning. Sometimes it is cooked with Botswana's special melon juice and it is called bogobe jwa lerotse.

                              Happy cooking ....great taste :)