Tales from the Fire: Traditional
Cooking experience
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Step away from the usual tourist routes and into the heart of everyday local Namibian life with this fascinating traditional cooking experience in the informal settlement of Katutura township.
This 3-hour traditional cooking class takes you into the township, where you’ll learn to prepare local, authentic Namibian dishes over an open fire in a local family home, guided by a passionate traditional cuisine hobbyist and expert. where food is prepared the way it has been .for generations
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This three-hour cooking experience takes place in Katutura, one of Windhoek’s best-known township areas. After a short drive from central Windhoek, you are welcomed into a local family home, where food is prepared outside over an open fire rather than in a formal cooking-school setting.
You’ll help prepare traditional Namibian dishes using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Depending on what is available, this may include fetching water, cutting vegetables, pounding millet, preparing mahangu and learning how food is cooked over fire in many Namibian homes. Your host will explain the ingredients, techniques and the role these foods play in everyday family life.
The experience also introduces the way similar dishes may differ between local cultures, including Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama and Otjiherero traditions. Once the cooking is done, everyone sits down to share the meal together in a relaxed home setting.
