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Tangawisi

Name: Tangawisi
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: DR Congo
Ingredients: 150g Ginger; 1/4 Pineapple; 120g Sugar; 1 Lemon; A pinch Mint Leaves; 1.2L Water; To taste Ice

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Grated ginger mixed with pineapple and sugar — Congo's fiery cold drink.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tangawisi is Lingala for ginger, and in Congo it refers to a cold drink of grated ginger steeped in water and flavored with sugar, lemon, pineapple, and mint. Fiery and refreshingly sweet, it's sold in plastic bottles at markets and by the roadside.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a hot Kinshasa market, chilled yellow ginger drink packed in plastic bottles is taken from an ice box and sold.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Ginger 150g
Pineapple 1/4
Sugar 120g
Lemon 1
Mint Leaves A pinch
Water 1.2L
Ice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the ginger and chop the pineapple.
Let stand with the water for 30 minutes to infuse.
Strain through cloth, squeezing out the juice.
Add the sugar and lemon juice and dissolve.
Add the mint, chill, and drink over ice.

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