Spices mania! Discovering the amazing and tasty food of the coast and islands of Tanzania is a travel across taste, history and traditions of this areas...
Spices are the special touch, and local people really know how to use them to make unique dishes. You will probably buy some of them, if you visit any market. So, why not to learn as well how to use and mix properly?
It will be fun to try some experiments in the kitchen, and get back memories of your holidays with tasty and aromatic food.
Let’s see how to do!
Ginger
It's a perfect seasoning for meat and fish, such as in the Zanzibari tradition. But it is good also for baked recipes, like cakes and bisquits - put some sweet and spicy together!
Cinnamon
Enjoy its taste in sweet recipes made with apples, chocolate or cream. Pulverize, maybe, on whipped cream. Or use it to flavour tea... delicious!
Black Pepper
Common in the Western kitchen as well, it is commonly used to flavour any kind of salty food. Perfect with meat and for sauces, it can be used in grains or grinded.
Cloves
Both for sweet and salty dishes! Good to flavour fowl and cheese, but also dessert made with apples, wine and liqueurs. Excellent also in infusions, during the cold season.
Nutmeg
A classy touch for dessert, especially pudding and creams. Used also to flavour mashed potatoes and white sauce… at its best, used in the filling of stuffed pasta.
Cardamom
A very versatile spice, commonly used all over the World in very different ways: for curry in India, with coffee in Arabic countries, with wine and hot cakes in Scandinavia, and with many other sweet and salty dishes.
Vanilla
One of the most popular ingredients in bakery. It is widely used as flavour for sweets, cakes and chocolate. In Africa and Asia, suprisingly, also in salty recipes. To try!
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