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Burundian Pili-Pili Oil

Name: Burundian Pili-Pili Oil
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Burundi
Ingredients: 10 Chili pepper; 1/2 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 150ml Vegetable Oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Lemon juice

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Chopped chili and onion steeped in oil — the hot condiment essential on Burundian tables.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pili-pili means chili in Swahili, and it's always on Burundian tables and at skewer shops. Finely chopped chili, onion, and garlic are steeped in oil and spooned a little at a time over skewers, fish, or beans for heat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a table at a Burundian skewer shop, a little jar with red chilies sunk in oil sits ready to be drizzled over fresh skewers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Chili pepper 10
Onion 1/2
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable Oil 150ml
Salt 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Stem the chilies and chop finely.
Mince the onion and garlic.
Warm the oil gently in a small pan and heat the onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat and mix in the chili, salt, and lemon juice.
Once cool, put in a clean jar and refrigerate.

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