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Mishkaki

Name: Mishkaki
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tanzania
Ingredients: 500g Beef; 1 piece Ginger; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 tsp Curry Powder; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Chili powder; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 8 Bamboo skewers

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beef marinated in spices and lemon, skewered, and grilled over charcoal — a popular Tanzanian street food.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mishkaki are Tanzanian skewers: beef or goat is marinated in ginger, garlic, curry powder, lemon juice, and more, skewered, and grilled over charcoal. In the evening, savory smoke rises from street-corner grills as people on their way home buy one or two. They're also popular at Zanzibar's night market.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dusk at the Forodhani Gardens night market in Zanzibar, rows of skewers grill over charcoal as tourists and locals mingle.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 500g
Ginger 1 piece
Garlic 3 cloves
Curry Powder 2 tsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Chili powder 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Bamboo skewers 8

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into 2.5cm cubes.
Mix the grated ginger and garlic, curry powder, lemon juice, chili powder, oil, and salt, and marinate the beef for at least 2 hours.
Thread the meat onto bamboo skewers.
Grill over charcoal or under a fish grill for about 10 minutes, turning.
They're done when browned and cooked through.
Arrange on a plate.

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