Towards the end of last month, I attended the Nsima party which took place at the Hiroo JICA office here in Tokyo. This party was organized by the Malawi Society of Japan in liaison with the Malawi Embassy to commemorate Malawi’s independence day, 6 July. The Malawi Society of Japan, which was created in 1983, is composed of ex-Japanese volunteers who had served in Malawi under the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) program.
Nsima is the staple food in Malawi and many countries in East and Southern Africa. In East Africa, they call it Ugali while in Zambia and Zimbabwe, they call it nshima and sadza respectively. Nsima is prepared by boiling water with maize flour into porridge and then skillfully “paddling” (kuthyakula in my vernacular Tumbuka ) it to create a thick paste with the addition of more flour. The last time I ate Nsima was on 31March, 2008 just before leaving Malawi. Ever since I came to Tokyo, rice (gohan) has been my main dish with spaghetti here and there. As a result, I really enjoyed the Nsima party. I had to do several rounds even though my stomach was full. Here are some photos from the Nsima party:
The Nsima that we love!!!
Zotendera
Munali Spinach.Tamalizamo!!!
Eating is in progress!
Posing for a photograph with Sayaka , who works for Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges (YOKE)
Malawians at the party,me standing between the Ambassador and his wife
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackAnzathu! I miss nsima too.
From the picture, nsima doesn’t look very tasty, but looks can be deceiving…
Is it delicious?
YumYum, I did taste the Nshima before about 5 years ago, and I loved the exquisite taste…
Wow…it looks delicious.I am hungry now…lol
The food looks YUMMY! as the other fellows this is making me hungry!
Japan must be wonderful! Such great food! I´d really love to have been there!
the food looks delicious… yum yum…
Such delicious looking food
I wish I was in Japan =P
Man, you look very good between this VIP’s (ambassador and his wife), but the food….urgghh, sorry It doesn’t look tasty…
Greetings, I would like also to try this foods, it looks like delicious.
Yeah, I didn’t taste this Nsima, I am very eager to taste this, How can…I…..Yum..yum..?!
Wow Good people! the vegetables were skillfully prepared (zotendera). Who did that good job?
Dumi, I tell you since I came here,this is the only occasion where I ate Nsima.The dishes were prepared by the Embassy in liaision with the Malawi Society of Japan.Mzala, kuno mpunga wakoma ise kuno!
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wow… it looks very nice, my mouth is watering to see this dish yum.. yum…
well i wish i could be there…… but next time i will try to be there….. well till them enjoys you guys
Nsima…mmmmm…I heard about Nsima, is very tasty and everyone like this food. Could you tell me the receipe for Nsima???
If the Ambassador is still the one that was there in 2006, he is a very welcoming and generous man. In 2006 he took our group to most expensive hotel for dinner. Nsimayo nde ikusowedwatu. malovu azaza mkamwa kufuna kudya mpiru otenderawo
I am sure the Ambassador is still Mr Gondwe. His team is doing a good job here. By the way, we will have the nsima party next month. I am looking forward to it.
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Koma ndiye, namachero likuchedwa yayi?
You guys are going to have a nice time, kusilira ife.
@Iye: Lafika sonosono apa tinyamukenge tikarye sima.
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