Bagea is a food kind of like a hush puppy but made with
potato that women sell at the markets here.
Of course, being that it is pretty much just a deep fried potato, it is
delicious. So I asked Elizabeth to show
me how to make it. On Saturday I bought
what I thought were the correct potatoes and yesterday Elizabeth came over to
cook. I brought out the potatoes and she
started laughing hysterically. Who knew
that not just any potato will work for bagea.
“Hamna Shida,” Elizabeth said, which means no problem. And then she had me follow her outside. We walked over to her sister-in-laws house
where we went around back and started digging.
Apparently her in-laws grow Magimbe, which is the potato used for bagea. What a blessing to be able to go to the neighbor’s
garden when we don’t have the right ingredients! Elizabeth and I spent the afternoon cooking
with her daughters who stopped by and the bagea were delicious!
Will you be able to get the right kind of potatoes here so you can make it for me when you get home????
ReplyDeleteXOXO Mom