Yesterday I wrote about all the things that we used to buy at the school gate. I mentioned mbwire-mbwire which until yesterday I had no idea how its made. So I did what I should have done first. I asked.
Before modern transportation, people would have to walk long distances for whatever reason so they would carry food to eat on the way. Options would include things like mutetenerwa, maputi or roasted pumpkin seeds. Then some women(guessing here) came up with another option grinding maputi and adding some salt.With one rule: DO NOT TALK WHILE EATING IT! You will choke.
I had some Portuguese corn nuts at home. Technically fried maputi.
I put them in a blender and I made my own mbwire mbwire .