| The most common staple food is a thick porridge known variously as ugali, sadza, nsima, or posho made from maize or finger millet. |
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| The village has no irrigation, no grain silos, and no tomatoes or cash crops to trade for nsima, the country's maize staple. |
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| Then she returned with a plate of steamed nsima, a puddle of oil in the center, and a bowl of vegetables in gravy and some tea. |
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| Then the women served the food — the chicken that had been grilling on the fire, and roasted corncobs, a bowl of nsima and stewed greens, a plate of dried fish. |
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