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Burundi

Boko boko harees, beans and grilled tilapia from Lake Tanganyika.

Iconic recipes

Slow-cooked wheat and chicken porridge from the Great Lakes Swahili tradition.

Whole tilapia from Lake Tanganyika grilled with garlic, lemon and chili.

Fried beans with onion, garlic and palm oil — a Burundian comfort side.

Kidney beans simmered tender then fried with onion and chili — a Burundian staple.

Tanganyika lake fish pan-fried then finished in tomato-onion sauce.

Lake Tanganyika fish grilled with palm oil, onion, tomato and chili — Burundi's signature.