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

Book aims to change attitudes to nutritious pulse the country produces in abundance for export but rarely eats at homeAs 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. Continue reading...