00:00Survive Lusaka street food on a budget.
00:03If you want real street food, visit the streets of Lusaka.
00:06I have a 20 quachenote in my hand.
00:09This is roughly one US dollar.
00:11In some cities, this won't even get you a coffee.
00:15I love me a bargain buffet.
00:16Let's see how far this one back can go.
00:19Money is tight, but Lusaka street has the most incredible food.
00:24I'm guilty.
00:25I've gone over budgets, but this is so good.
00:29If you tried it, you would do the same.
00:32Lusaka hates you fast, but so does hunger.
00:35We start off light with vitumbua.
00:38These are fried dough balls.
00:40Whether you call them makonye, madanza, puff puff,
00:44these are loved by many and have many names.
00:47They are dropped into hot oil, fried until they are crisp.
00:52At only three quacha, this is the ultimate budget-friendly starter.
01:12They are not called Africa's delicacy breakfast for nothing.
01:17These are amazing.
01:19Next, we level up on the OG snack bag to tenem balala.
01:23Cassava is either boiled, slow-roasted, or deep-fried over coals until it's starchy and sweet,
01:31then served with a handful of rich, crunchy roasted groundnuts.
01:41This is a low-key origin of your basin.
01:45A small bag sets you back at ten quacha.
01:49Total brings me to thirteen quacha.
01:56Now with the heavy heater, roasted maize.
02:00It is fanned over charcoal until it becomes smoky and caramelized.
02:06A great comb size costs about seven quacha.
02:08This is Zambia's best street snack, maize.
02:20Alright, my budget is done.
02:22But I can't end this without the main character,
02:25Chikanda, known as African Poloni.
02:28This slab is made by boiling wild orchid tubers,
02:32with ground peanuts and chili until it reaches a meat-like texture.
02:37This is so, so good.
02:39To get a slice of the power slab, you need at least five quacha.
02:43But it's so good that you might go overboard.
02:49Yeah, yeah, I'm guilty.
02:51I've gone over budget.
02:53But this is so good.
02:55If you tried it, you would do the same.
02:58Listen, it's sustainable, plant-based, wild,
03:01and of course, it doesn't need a lab coat.
03:07Let's start with the home.
03:10Stumbua, nuts, cassava, and a cup of maize,
03:15and a piece of Chikanda.
03:18All for one, or maybe two.
03:20Not bad, right?
03:23I am officially over budget on flavor, but under budget on time.
03:28So, see you on the sidewalk.
03:31Yeah, you gotta go back and find a place called,
03:32Okay, let's start good.
03:32Let's go back.
03:32here in the kitchen.
03:32Make sure you're room,
03:32Let's go back.
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