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What to eat in Botswana

The 10 best dishes in Botswana

Cattle country: beef pounded by hand, sorghum and wild greens.

1

Seswaa

Eaten all over Botswana

Beef boiled with salt for hours and pounded until it shreds, the national dish, served on pap.

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2

Pap

Eaten all over Botswana

Firm maize porridge that goes with everything.

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3

Bogobe

Eaten all over Botswana

Sorghum porridge, plain or cooked with sour milk as ting.

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4

Morogo

Eaten all over Botswana

Wild spinach and bean leaves cooked with onion and tomato.

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5

Magwinya

Eaten all over Botswana

Fat fried dough balls, the street breakfast.

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6

Mopane worms

Best: The north

Dried caterpillars rehydrated and fried with tomato and chili.

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Dikgobe

Eaten all over Botswana

Samp and beans cooked together until creamy.

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Serobe

Eaten all over Botswana

Tripe and intestines boiled and chopped, a celebration dish.

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9

Leputshe

Eaten all over Botswana

Wild pumpkin cooked soft with a little sugar.

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10

Phane stew

Eaten all over Botswana

Mopane worms stewed with onion, eaten with pap.

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