Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes Botswana Recipes Home Page

Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes section for recipes from the Southern African country of Botswana. Here you will find all the recipes from Botswana on this site all gathered into one place. I have attempted to gather together here as many Botswanan recipes as possible. The current collection represents the largest gathering of Botswanan recipes into one place on the web today. (Just scroll down for the recipes, they follow the brief introduction to Botswana given below.)

Please not that this recipe page (and all the other recipe pages on this site) are brought to you in association with the 'One Million People' campaign, which attempts to educate the children of Liberian refugees exiled to Senegal, West Africa [this is detailed below]. If you find this and the other recipes on this page informative and/or useful please consider giving a small donation to this cause... thank you!

Your donations keep this site going and they keep me motivated to add more and more content to the site as well.

You can also browse recipes from the following other African Regions:

North Africa West Africa Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa

Botswana and its Cuisine

Botswana, officially: Lefatshe la Botswana; Republic of Botswana Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. The capital and largest city is Gaborone. It is a mining country (the world's largest diamond producer) with its economy closely tied to that of South Africa. The official language is English, with Tswana accepted as a national language. Botswana counts as one of Africa's most stable countries and is the continent's longest-lived continuous multi-party democracy. The main ethnic groups are: Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%. The main languages include: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4%. The majority of the country is Christina, with religious divisions being: Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6%.

Botswana is dominated by the Kalahari desert and the most important dishes incorporate vegetables and fruit. Bushmeat also forms an important part of the diet, as does fish. In common with neighbouring countries the carbohydrate staple of this country is rice and ugali is also eaten. Lamb and chicken form the meat staples and are cooked in tomato-based stews and served with rice. Okra is often used to thicken these stews. The British influence in the country introduced meat pies that are made with chicken or lamb mixed with raisins and apples. Sweets are also an important components of meals and créme caramel is often served.


stefan and zogo small One Million People Campaign
If you can spare $1 then help support this site and change someone's life forever? Learn how and why on the One Million People campaign page. Or donate $10 and get my guide to spices ebook or The Recipes of Africa eBook as a gift for your donation!

The alphabetical list of recipes from Botswana follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 11 recipes in total:


Page 1 of 1



Botswana Beef
     Origin: Botswana
Botswanan Lamb Pie
     Origin: Botswana
Rice Balls
     Origin: Botswana
Botswanan Cabbage
     Origin: Botswana
Chicken in a Hole
     Origin: Botswana
Seswaa
(Pounded Meat)
     Origin: Botswana
Botswanan Chicken Groundnut Stew
     Origin: Botswana
Diphaphta
(Fried Muffins)
     Origin: Botswana
Vegetable Potjie
     Origin: Botswana
Botswanan Chicken Pie
     Origin: Botswana
Phane Stew
     Origin: Botswana

Page 1 of 1



Couldn't find what you were looking for? Search the web:



stefan and zogo small One Million People Campaign
If you can spare $1 then help support this site and change someone's life forever? Learn how and why on the One Million People campaign page. Or donate $10 and get my guide to spices ebook or The Recipes of Africa eBook as a gift for your donation!

The image above shows the entire continent of Africa with Southern Africa picked out in red. Southern Africa is formed from five states: 1: Botswana; 2: Lesotho; 3: Namibia; 4: South Africa and 5: Swaziland

This list of Botswanan recipes is brought to you by the One Milion People Campaign please take a few minutes to make a donation to help Liberian/Sierra Leonian refugee rebuild their lives (all donations are made securely via PayPal):

Solution Graphics

The Recipes of Wales — Modern and Traditional Foods

By gwydion | Published 2008-05-01 19:56:09 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

The traditional recipes of Wales are what might be thought of as 'peasant food' the kind of recipes made by the poor who want to make the most out of what little food they had. This, in some respects, has left Wales with a blank culinary slate where some very exciting modern foods, bringing together influences from all over the world have been created. Here I give an example of a traditional Welsh dish and an example of a recipe from the new breed of Welsh cookery...

Making a Home-made Hot Smoker

By gwydion | Published 2009-09-20 21:40:59 | 2009 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

A hot smoker is a method of cooking food, particularly fish, in a mixture of steam and wood chip or sawdust smoke. This article tells you how to make a very cheap home-made smoker from standard kitchen components, as well as telling you how to cook with it.

Waffles for Breakfast - The Art of Waffle Cooking

By gwydion | Published 2008-09-30 14:57:04 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

This article gives an introduction to the history of that classic breakfast food, the waffle, starting form the Medieval European origins to the invention of the classic American waffle. Recipes for traditional and chiffon waffles are also given as well as some ideas of how to adapt and very these classic recipes.

The Recipes of Liberia

By gwydion | Published 2008-08-11 11:59:42 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Liberia is a West African country formed by freed slaves. It is one of only two African countries never to have come under European rule. Liberia is also one of the few African countries with a tradition of baking. Sitting alongside these are ingredients sourced directly from the rainforest.

Wild Foods — Free Ways to Add Variety to Your Plate

By gwydion | Published 2008-06-16 21:02:00 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Those obsessive about wild foods will source a whole meal from the wild. But this is not the way that it's best to start with or even to keep going with wild foods. It's far better to gather a few fruit, wild greens or mushrooms and to add these to your everyday cookery. This way you get an introduction to the range of wild foods available and you begin to extend your cookery by adding wild ingredients.

The Traditional Cooking of England

By gwydion | Published 2008-06-22 13:58:47 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Much of what we know, historically, about English cookery originates from the grand houses, as only these recipes were written down in recipes. The food of the 'common man' had to rely on oral tradition to be transmitted through the ages. As a result we know far more about the cookery of the grand houses than the cookery of the common man. This all changed in the Victorian ear with the rise of the middle classes and the adoption of recipes, spices and cookery methods from elsewhere in the world.

Pork and Aubergine in Hot Sauce

By gwydion | Published 2008-02-17 19:47:19 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Pork and Aubergine in Hot Sauce is a classic Chinese dish, heavily influenced by the cuisine of Sichuan, China, with its use of hot chilli sauce and mouth-tingling Sichuan pepper (actually a citrus fruit rather than a true pepper!). Learn the secrets of this simple but delicious dish today.

Fish Recipes - Making the best of Fish

By gwydion | Published 2008-11-12 13:40:20 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Fish is the staple protein source for much of the human population. Fish is an important high-quality protein source that much of the Western diet is deficient in. In this article you will learn a little about fish as well as gaining two classic fish recipes.

Pizzas Made Easy

By gwydion | Published 2008-09-24 13:21:46 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

Pizzas have become a staple of modern cooking and a staple of fast food. The known history of pizzas stretch back over 2000 years, from topped flatbreads depicted in Pompeii to the first 'true' Neapolitan pizzas of the 1890s to the sweet pizzas of the 1980s. Here the recipes for a classic savoury pizza crust and a modern sweet pizza crust are presented. Once you can create a pizza crust to perfection then the remainder of the pizza is easy!

Cooking for the Crockpot

By gwydion | Published 2008-09-25 16:18:52 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information:

A crockpot (also known as a slow cooker) can be an excellent means of cooking proper meals slowly for a long time. It allows you to make the most of poor cuts of meat and lets you cook your food over night or slowly throughout the day whilst you are at work. There are lots of recipes for crockpot meals on the internet, but you can adjuist pretty much any recipe for a stew or braising dish to the crockpot. This article shows you how to do this using a classic Turkish lamb and onion stew as an example.


Advice Articles



Build a REAL business you can be proud of

Want to know more?


1. Take the tour
2. See the results
3. See the Proof
4. Take the Video Tour

Want to learn more? Talk to a real (and successful) SBI owner