Tiwi beach Ingredients (for a No. 2 potjie, 6 to 8 people):
3 Tsp of cooking oil
2 Tsp of Mrs Ball’s chutney (which you will have brought all the way from South Africa)
1 cup of chicken stock (if you’ve got a cube lying around in your food box)
Sugar, to taste
Bring back a few Spices from Zanzibar:
- 5 cardamoms
- 1 fresh ginger root
- 1 handful of fresh garlic
- Pili-pili (pepper) and salt
- 2 Tsp of curry powder
- 1 pinch of cinnamon powder
- 1 pinch of turmeric powder
- 1 fresh chili (which you could also have brought from Fred and Caro’s garden in Moshi)
Take Wahid’s dhow from Kendwa Rocks (on Zanzibar Northern coast) to Pangani, on the main land.
3 Tsp of cooking oil
2 Tsp of Mrs Ball’s chutney (which you will have brought all the way from South Africa)
1 cup of chicken stock (if you’ve got a cube lying around in your food box)
Sugar, to taste
Bring back a few Spices from Zanzibar:
- 5 cardamoms
- 1 fresh ginger root
- 1 handful of fresh garlic
- Pili-pili (pepper) and salt
- 2 Tsp of curry powder
- 1 pinch of cinnamon powder
- 1 pinch of turmeric powder
- 1 fresh chili (which you could also have brought from Fred and Caro’s garden in Moshi)
Take Wahid’s dhow from Kendwa Rocks (on Zanzibar Northern coast) to Pangani, on the main land.
On Wahid's dhow, with Mike and SarahIn Pangani, go to the local market. It is also the bus station. While you wait for the “dala-dala” (public taxi bus) that will take you back to Peponi campsite (where you have left your vehicle), buy the following:
- 8 medium onions
- 8 medium potatoes
- 8 tomatoes
- 1 large mango
- 1 small pineapple
- 1 coconut (drink the juice and keep the flesh)
- 4 big carrots
- 1 green pepper
Cut the veggies and coconut
Twiga campsite
- 8 medium onions
- 8 medium potatoes
- 8 tomatoes
- 1 large mango
- 1 small pineapple
- 1 coconut (drink the juice and keep the flesh)
- 4 big carrots
- 1 green pepper
Fresh fruits and vegetables from the market
Cut the veggies and coconutDon’t worry if you do not find everything at Pangani’s market: “Hakuna matata!” (No problem!). You will find the rest along the road from Peponi (Tanzania) to Tiwi Beach (Kenya).
Once on board the “dala-dala”, notice the guy with the big yellow buckets: he is carrying fresh prawns to Tanga’s market. Pull out your Tupperware and buy 1kg of big fresh prawns.
Keep the prawns in your car’s fridge overnight (that is if your battery – unlike ours – is working). For your last dinner with new friends (Mike and Sarah), grill the Kingfish steaks which Wahid gave you. (The one he caught on the trip back from Zanzibar while you were struggling with sea-sickness, and gave to you to make you feel better. May he be blessed by Allah).
Have a good night’s rest at Peponi, then head for Tiwi Beach, Kenya the following morning. Consider the state of your fridge battery and prawns while dealing with border formalities in the hot sun.
On your first evening in Kenya, go for a swim, light a fire, and pour a whiskey.
Once on board the “dala-dala”, notice the guy with the big yellow buckets: he is carrying fresh prawns to Tanga’s market. Pull out your Tupperware and buy 1kg of big fresh prawns.
Keep the prawns in your car’s fridge overnight (that is if your battery – unlike ours – is working). For your last dinner with new friends (Mike and Sarah), grill the Kingfish steaks which Wahid gave you. (The one he caught on the trip back from Zanzibar while you were struggling with sea-sickness, and gave to you to make you feel better. May he be blessed by Allah).
Have a good night’s rest at Peponi, then head for Tiwi Beach, Kenya the following morning. Consider the state of your fridge battery and prawns while dealing with border formalities in the hot sun.
On your first evening in Kenya, go for a swim, light a fire, and pour a whiskey.
Twiga campsiteNow get started with your potjiekos:
Fry the onions, garlic and ginger in the cooking oil.Add the tomatoes, 1 cup of chicken stock, the mango and spices.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir in the carrots, green pepper and potatoes.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir in the carrots, green pepper and potatoes.
Immediately after; layer the prawns, coconut and pineapple. Do not stir, but leave as a layer on top. Close the pot.
Simmer for 1h30.
Add sugar to taste.
Have some more whiskey. Check out the bush-babies eating baobab flowers.
Watch the full moon rise over the palm trees.
It's ready !
PS: It will keep for a day or two if you buy a new battery for your fridge in Ukunda.
Simmer for 1h30.
Add sugar to taste.
Have some more whiskey. Check out the bush-babies eating baobab flowers.
Take pictures of the resident hedge-hog.
Watch the full moon rise over the palm trees. It's ready !Bon appetit!
PS: It will keep for a day or two if you buy a new battery for your fridge in Ukunda.
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