Vegetarian Swazi Recipes
Every dish here is Swazi cooking that is naturally vegetarian, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle vegetarian on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
6 recipes
UmncushuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 2 h 15 minSwazi samp and beans: dried maize kernels and sugar beans slow-boiled together until soft and creamy, a homely Eswatini staple.
Umncushu SidvudvuMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 40 minSweet pumpkin cooked down with maize meal into a smooth, comforting porridge, a traditional Eswatini favorite.
IncwancwaMbabane, Eswatini · easy · 1 dayEswatini's sour fermented maize porridge, tangy from a day or two of natural souring and eaten spoonable or thinned to a drink.
KoeksistersMbabane, Eswatini · medium · 1 hPlaited dough fried crisp and plunged into ice-cold spiced syrup, a sticky sweet loved across Eswatini.
Umbidvo Wetintsanga (Pumpkin Leaves with Groundnuts)Mbabane, Eswatini · easy · 40 minTender pumpkin leaves simmered with onion and tomato and made creamy with crushed groundnuts, a cherished Swazi dish.
Tinkhobe (Swazi Boiled Whole Maize)Mbabane, Eswatini · easy · 3 h 5 minWhole dried maize kernels boiled slowly in plenty of water until their skins crack and the insides turn soft and chewy, then salted: a plain, filling Swazi snack.
← Browse all collections