Cuisine of Swaziland

Location of Swaziland

Homemade beef biltong, a type of cured meat that originated in South Africa

The cuisine of Swaziland is largely determined by the seasons and the geographical region. Staple foods in Swaziland include sorghum and maize, often served with goat meat, a very popular livestock there. The farming industry mainly depends on sugar cane, tobacco, rice, corn, peanuts, and the exportation of goat meat and beef. Many Swazis are subsistence farmers who supplement their diet with food bought from markets. Freshwater produce and imports from coastal nations are also part of the cuisine of Swaziland . Some local markets have food stalls with traditional Swazi meat stew, maize meal and seasonal roasted corn on the cob.

Traditional foods

Maize

Pumpkins

Sorghum

Various types of beans

Sishwala

Thick porridge normally served with meat or vegetables

Incwancwa

Sour porridge made of fermented cornmeal

Sitfubi

Fresh milk cooked and mixed with cornmeal

Siphuphe setindlubu

Thick porridge made of mashed ground nuts

Emasi etinkhobe temmbila

Ground corn mixed with sour milk

Emasi emabele

Ground sorghum mixed with sour milk

Sidvudvu

Porridge made of pumpkin mixed with cornmeal

Umncweba

Dried uncooked meat (biltong)

Umkhunsu

Cooked and dried meat

Siphuphe semabhontjisi

Thick porridge made of mashed beans

Tinkhobe

Boiled whole maize

Umbidvo wetintsanga

Cooked pumpkin tops (leaves) mixed with ground nuts

Emahewu

meal drink made from fermented thin porridge

Umcombotsi 

Traditional brewed beer in Siswati is called 'Tjwala'

See also

• African cuisine
• Umtsimba - marriage ceremony