Kilishi

Kilishi is a West African technique for preserving meat by coating thin strips in a spiced peanut paste before drying. Meat, most often beef but sometimes camel, lamb or goat, is cut into thin strips and dried in the sun, then coated in a paste made from ground peanuts mixed with water, spices, salt and ground onions, sometimes sweetened with honey or dates. The paste coated strips are dried further in the sun for a few hours and then roasted briefly over high heat. The technique developed as a way to preserve meat for long journeys, giving traders crossing the Sahara a lightweight, protein-dense food that would keep without refrigeration.