Cuisine in Lesotho

Signature dishes

Papa

Staple food of firmly cooked cornmeal. Similar to South African 'mielie.'

Region: Nationwide
Main ingredients: Cornmeal, Water, Salt

Moroho

Side dish of greens stir-fried and simmered with garlic and oil.

Main ingredients: Spinach or turnip greens, Onion, Oil, Salt

Lekoa

Soup-like stew simmered with beans and vegetables.

Region: Highland rural
Main ingredients: Legumes, Tomato, Onion, Spices

Sesotho Bread

Round bread steamed and baked in a pot.

Main ingredients: Flour, Yeast, Sugar, Salt

Bohobe e Mohunu

Sourdough-flavored steamed bread used to wrap meat or vegetables.

Main ingredients: Flour, Yeast, Water

Mateke

Beef stew with offal. Festival dish.

Region: Rural areas
Main ingredients: Beef, Offal, Spices

Smoked trout

Premium item of rainbow trout farmed at Katse Dam smoked with mountain cherry.

Region: Katse Dam
Main ingredients: Rainbow trout, Salt, Fragrant wood

Mogobe (fermented sorghum porridge)

Sour traditional breakfast.

Main ingredients: Sorghum flour, Water

Basotho beef jerky

Beef dried naturally in the highland's dry wind.

Main ingredients: Beef, Salt, Spices

Maluti Lager

National beer enjoyed with meals.

Main ingredients: Malt, Hops, Water