Holiday Ayo - Basically, Angola's culinary specialties are culturally influenced by the Portuguese state. Most of the food is made from rice, flour, cassava, beans, fish or other marine animals, chicken, pork, and many more.

For those of you who have never tasted it, it doesn't matter, really. Come on, find out ten Angolan specialties below.

1. Chikwanga

source: TasteAtlas

Chikwanga is a cake made from cassava flour and wrapped in dry banana leaves, then steamed. It tastes delicious too.

Angolans usually serve chikwanga with a variety of African stews, soups and sauces.

2. Kizaka

source: TasteAtlas

Kizaka is the most popular vegetarian dish in Angola which is made from cassava leaves and peanuts. The two ingredients are boiled until the texture of the cassava leaves turns thick and the texture of the peanuts turns into a sauce.

3. Leite Azedo

source: Dreamstime

Leite Azedo is made from fresh cured cow's milk in a hollowed-out pumpkin. Then the cow's milk is allowed to ferment for a few hours until it turns sour before it is stirred vigorously for half an hour.

4. Catatos

source: Chef's Pencil

Catatos is an Angolan dish made of worms fried in garlic, onions, peppers and tomatoes. The texture is soft and crunchy. Catatos are even more delicious when eaten with rice, mushrooms and chili sauce.

5. Cocada

source: Our Big Escape

Cocada amarela is a pudding whose ingredients consist of water, sugar, salt, grated coconut, and eggs. This food has a characteristic bright yellow color.

6. Calulu

source: Chef's Pencil

Calulu is a typical Angolan soup containing fish, shrimp, meat, tomatoes, onions, eggplant, sweet potatoes, cassava leaves and okra. Calulu is best eaten with rice or funje, a type of cassava porridge with a thick texture.

7. Cabidela

source: A Moda do Flavio Furtado

Cabidela is a dish made of rice and chicken cooked with animal blood. To remove the scent from the blood, cabidela will usually be added with red wine or vinegar.