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But East African cuisine has been hugely influenced by its history, the Arabs settled on the Swahili coast over 1000 years ago introducing rental car atlanta hartsfield airport different cooking methods and many new ingredients, best know are the spices including saffron, cloves, cinnamon grown on Zanzibar rental car atlanta hartsfield airport islands. The Portuguese introduced different methods of roasting and marinating, and from their colonies brought fruits like lemons and limes as well as chilies, tomatoes, pineapple, bananas and the maize used to make ugali. Later the British and the Indians came, bringing their own flavours like Indian vegetable curries and chapattis.
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When the Afrikaners left the British territories during the great treck they had to make use of what they could carry on their wagons rental car atlanta hartsfield airport and cook everything over a fire so their cuisine adapted and evolved with many interesting dishes like the always popular 'Potjiekos', a stew made with meat and vegetables and cooked over coals in cast-iron pots.