Village Food in Central Africa - RWANDAN FOOD and AMAZING DANCING in Rural Rwanda, Africa!

cassava

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Quinoa is a healthier grain alternative, while potatoes are often less expensive.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: almonds

Sunflower seeds provide a similar crunch with fewer calories, while almonds can often be found at lower prices.

Travel to a village community in Rwanda to learn about local culture and food.

Fetch water from a borehole, carrying it back to the house.

Prepare the ingredients by peeling the beans and cassava.

Boil precooked beans with peeled cassava in a mud stove with wood fire.

Add sweet potato and pumpkin to the boiling beans and cassava.

Use an eco-designed stove to save energy while cooking the beans and cassava.

Pound dry cassava using a wooden mortar and pestle to make a type of cassava ugali.

Prepare plantains by frying them with garlic, onions, and tomatoes.

Cook a pork dish called akabenz in a clay pot over the fire without adding oil, allowing the pork to sizzle in its own fat.

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