What are the traditional food dishes of the Ndebele?
Xhosa people like most in the rest of South Africa eat or used
to eat maize and in many different cuisines. Maize is their staple
food even though now rice seem to be taking over. Things they make
from maize: umbona, umphokoqo, ipapa, isidudu, amarhewu, umqa.
Other delicacies include umngqusho, iinkobe, indyandya,
intyabontyi. Umngqusho, ipapa are usually eaten with meat and
vegetables. Amarhewu is almost like a drink (think yogurt). Isidudu
is breakfast porridge. They pour a bit of vinegar, butter, milk and
sugar. Umphokoqo is eaten with milk or amasi (creamy milk) or both
if you like. And their drink is umqombothi which is alcohol.