Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Ombike

Clear home-distilled spirit made from wild palm fruit or berries

Namibia Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
RATE

A full recipe for this dish has not been written yet.

History

Ovambo households distil fermented makalani palm fruit, marula or berries in oil-drum stills; it is sold in the north and in Windhoek’s Katutura.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ombike?

Ombike is a wine & spirit from Namibia: clear home-distilled spirit made from wild palm fruit or berries. Ovambo households distil fermented makalani palm fruit, marula or berries in oil-drum stills; it is sold in the north and in Windhoek’s Katutura.

Made with

fruit

Cooked

distilled

Nutrition facts

Nutrition has not been calculated for this dish yet.

The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

Reviews

No reviews yet.

Cooked this? Say how it went — yours will be the first.

Leave a review

No account needed. Only the fields marked * are required, and an address is never published.

Your rating

More from Namibia

wine & spiritWindhoek LagerClean pale lager brewed to malt, hops, water and yeast alonesalad & sideOmajovagiant termite-mound mushrooms sautéed in butter, rainy-season delicacysoup & stewPotjiekoslayered meat and vegetable stew slow-cooked in cast-iron potwine & spiritOmaloduHome-brewed mahangu millet beer, thick, sour and served in a calabash

You'll also love

TaiwanMichiuCheap rice cooking wine splashed into sesame chicken, braises and postpartum soupsAustraliaTasmanian WhiskySingle malt matured in small ex-fortified casks; rich and honeyed.TanzaniaGongoFierce backyard distillate of fermented maize or cassava mashNauruFermented ToddyCoconut sap left to ferment into a sour, lightly alcoholic drink