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Angola: Muamba de Galinha (Chicken Stew)

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Angola is located on the west coast of Southern Africa and is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking country behind Brazil. It is bordered by Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Princess Diana walked through the landmines being cleared by Halo in 1997, and met with landmine survivors. After a quarter century of Civil wars ended in 2002, Angola still remains one of the most landmine contaminated countries in the world. Her walk helped highlight the treaty being written to ban landmines. Her son, Prince Harry, did the same walk in 2019 as a tribute to the recognition she brought to the issue of landmines. Today, many of the landmines are cleared and communities have been built up in their place. 

CUISINE

Even being fairly adventurous, we skipped over the recipe for pan-fried caterpillar, assuming most of you would not show interest. Apparently, they taste like prawns.

Instead here is a recipe for the national dish, Muamba de Galinha, made with chicken, red palm oil, garlic, okra and Angolan hot chile pepper.

https://www.africanbites.com/muamba-chickenmuamba-de…/

Homemade Muamba de Galinha
Traditional Muamba de Galinha

WHAT’S NOT SO GREAT?

Palm oil. Although it’s traditionally used in this dish, it’s one of the worst oils because of its saturated fat content. The author does split the ratio to half palm and half canola. I might even take it a step further and use 1/3 palm oil and 2/3 grapeseed oil.

WHAT’S GREAT?

Butternut squash. Tomatoes. And Okra.

Okra is often used to thicken dishes. But it has health benefits as well! One cup provides:

  • 80% Vitamin K
  • 44% Vitamin C
  • 24% Manganese
  • 4g of Fiber

Okra is also a source of antioxidants, including phenolic compounds and flavonoids, such as catechins and quercetin.

WHILE YOU’RE THERE: Walking Safari At Kissama National Park

Kissama National Park is located in the northwestern part of Angola along the coast. Explore the natural park on foot with a guided tour. Some of the mammals in the park include the forest buffalo, eland, roan antelope, waterbuck and bushbuck among others. (Some are shown in the pictures above.)

https://www.africatouroperators.org/…/kissama-national…

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Sources: Wikipedia, tasteatlas, medicalnewstoday, immaculatebites, nutritiondata, africantouroperators, Time