How to pronounce Mbege

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /mbeɠe/. In plain English letters that is m-BEH-geh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Mbege?

Mbege is a drink of Tanzania. Where it comes from: Kilimanjaro. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes sweet and sour.

Where Mbege comes from

Mbege is one of 11 signature dishes of Tanzania on this map.

• Mtori · Soup & stew · Kilimanjaro

  Mtori is a thick Tanzanian soup or stew of green bananas and meat, sometimes with potatoes, milk or cream added.

• Mandazi maandazi · Bread & pastry · Swahili coast (Zanzibar)

  Mandazi are triangular or round pieces of slightly sweet dough, often flavoured with coconut milk and cardamom, deep-fried until puffed and golden.

• Chipsi mayai · Street food · Dar es Salaam

  Chipsi mayai, "chips and eggs", is an omelette cooked with French fries, made in a pan where beaten eggs are poured over hot chips and fried until set.

• Kachumbari · Snack · Dar es Salaam

  Kachumbari is a fresh salad of chopped tomatoes, onions and chilli, dressed with lime juice and salt, and sometimes coriander, cucumber or avocado.

• Ming'oko · Snack · Mtwara (Makonde Plateau)

  Ming'oko is a wild, yam-like root of the Makonde Plateau in southern Tanzania, the tuber of a climbing plant called mtipu, Dioscorea hirtiflora.

• Mnazi palm wine mnazi · Drink · Tanga

  Mnazi is palm wine made from coconut-palm sap, collected by tapping the young growth of the palm while it is still on the tree.

Food of Tanzania

Dishes like Mbege in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Mbege:

• Omunanansi · Drink · Buganda, Uganda

  Omunanansi, also called munanansi, is a non-alcoholic drink traditionally made in Uganda by boiling pineapple peels with ginger and tea leaves.

• Bissap · Drink · All Senegal, Senegal

  Bissap is Senegal's most popular drink: a purplish-red juice made by steeping the flowers of roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa, in water and sweetening it with sugar, sometimes with fresh mint or orange blossom.

• Karkade كركديه · Drink · Egypt

  Karkade is hibiscus tea, an infusion of the deep red calyces of the roselle flower, and in Egypt it is one of the most popular drinks served in teahouses.

• Limonana לימונענע · Drink · Israel

  Limonana is a lemonade made from freshly squeezed lemon juice and fresh mint leaves, which may be served over ice or blended with ice into a slush.