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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lizzy Davies

Cookbook puts pigeon pea on Malawi’s plates to combat food insecurity

A handful of shelled pigeon peas
Pigeon peas are drought resistant and grow well in the dry climate of southern Malawi. Photograph: Africa Media Online/Alamy

As recipes go, the ideas sound tempting if not particularly groundbreaking: one is for dal, another for meatballs, and a third for “six food-group porridge” (with an optional egg).

The suggestions in a new Malawian cookery book are also, in their own way, quietly revolutionary, as they are all made with an ingredient that the country produces in abundance but has often been overlooked: the pigeon pea.

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