Burundi is situated in East Africa and has a territory full of mountains, savannas and agricultural fields, with forests in the surrounding rivers and waters. Agriculture is spread on 80% of the country's surface and it mainly includes coffee, tea, maize, beans and manioc. Burundi cuisine also includes beans, which are the staple of Burundi cooking, exotic fruits (mainly bananas), plantains, sweet potatoes, cassava, peas, maize, and cereals, like corn and wheat.

The Burundian people usually eat homemade food, from homemade vessels also used for drinking, carrying water and storing grain. Food security remains a major problem in Burundi.

Ingredients Most of Burundi's dishes are soups that consist of a variety of foods, spices, and herbs, such as:

Bananas Beans Cabbage Fish Goat meat Sheep Maize Onions Palm oil Plantains Sweet potato

Typical dishes

Ugali—maize or cassava flour porridge Curry Maharagwe—bean soup Ibiharage—fried beans Beans and bananas Bean soup Matura and mahu—type of sausage Boko Boko harees

See also

African cuisine

References

http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Burundian_Cuisine (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License)