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Firigisi za Kuku (Chicken Gizzard Appetizer)
Firigisi za Kuku (Chicken Gizzard Appetizer) is a traditional Tanzanian recipe for a classic upscale starter of chicken gizzards fried with chillies, garlic, ginger and curry powder. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Tanzanian version of: Chicken Gizzard Appetizer (Firigisi za Kuku).
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
80 minutes
Total Time:
100 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : CurryChilli RecipesChicken RecipesFowl RecipesTanzania Recipes
Like any meat, gizzards are gourmet items in much of
Africa but are cheap in
Europe and
America, mostly because people either don't like the thought of eating internal organs or don't know what to to do with them. This is a classic dish that's served in the upscale bars of
Tanzania.
Ingredients:
Gizzards of 2 chickens
2 garlic cloves
0.5cm piece
ginger root
4 dried
chillies (preferably piri-piri)
1/2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp
Malawi Curry Powder
1 tsp lime juice
2 tbsp oil
Method:
Clean the gizzards, wash them and cut into bite-sized chunks. Crush the garlic and grate the ginger then mix. Pound the chillies to a paste in a pestle and mortar then mix with the salt and Malawi Curry powder.
Add half the oil to a pan and gently fry the gizzards for a minute or two. Add the chilli powder mix and fry for a minute further. Add a little water and simmer for about 70 minutes, topping-up the water as required. Allow the remaining water to boil away, add the remaining oil and the garlic mix. Fry for a few minutes then add the lime juice. Heat through and serve as an appetizer, garnished with lime slices. Traditionally this is served with ice-cold beer.
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