Angolan cuisine  Angolan cuisine is the cuisine of Angola, a country in south central Africa. Because Angola was a Portuguese colony for centuries, Portuguese cuisine has significantly influenced Angolan cuisine, with many foods being imported from Portugal. Staple ingredients include beans and rice, pork and chicken, various sauces, and vegetables such as tomatoes, onions. Spices such as garlic are also frequently seen. "Funge" (or "funje", ) and "pirão" () are very common dishes, and in poorer households often consumed at every meal. The dish is often eaten with fish, pork, chicken, or beans. "Funge de bombo" (), more common in northern Angola, is a paste or porridge of cassava (also called manioc or yuca), made from cassava flour. It is gelatinous in consistency and gray in color. "Pirão", yellow in color and similar to polenta, is made from cornflour and is more common in the south. "Fuba" () is the term for the flour that is used to make either "funge" and "pirão", also used to make "angu", the Brazilian polenta. Both foods are described as bland but filling and are often eaten with sauces and juices or with "gindungo" (see below), a spicy condiment. "Muamba de galinha" (or "chicken moamba", ) is chicken with palm paste, okra, garlic and palm oil hash or red palm oil sauce, often served with rice and "funge". Both "funge" and "moamba de galinha" have been considered the national dish. A variant dish of "moamba de galinha", "muamba de ginguba", uses "ginguba" (, peanut sauce) instead of palm paste. Other dishes common in Angolan cuisine include:   A number of beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, are typical to Angola. Various homemade spirits are made, including "capatica" (made from bananas, a Cuanza Norte specialty), "caporoto" (made from maize, a Malanje specialty); "cazi" or "caxipembe" (made from potato and cassava skin); "kimbombo" (made from corn), "maluva" or "ocisangua" (made with palm tree juice, sometimes described as "palm wine," a Northern Angola specialty), "ngonguenha" (made from toasted manioc flour), and "ualende" (made from sugarcane, sweet potato, corn, or fruits, a Bie specialty).