Kenya Eating: Fish, Ugali, and Sukuma Wiki
Mandazi to sukuma wiki: Last week I shared five foods we ate while traveling in Kenya earlier this month. Here is one last stop for Kenyan food -- a popular Kenyan eatery in Nairobi that serves comple...
Posts tagged “Kenya”
Word of Mouth: Mandazi (Kenyan Doughnuts)
Mandazi [mahn-dahz-ee] noun: Fried doughnut or roll served as dessert or a warm teatime snack all over Kenya and East Africa. We came home one evening to our guest house in Kenya to find our very kin...
Word of Mouth: Chapati
Chapati [chuh-pah-tee] noun: Pan-grilled unleavened flatbread eaten in India, East Africa, and most of South Asia. Chapati is ubiquitous in Kenya; big golden wedges of this flat, chewy bread were se...
Word of Mouth: Sukuma Wiki
Sukuma wiki, noun: This Swahili word literally means "stretch the week," but it usually refers to a simple dish of cooked greens like kale or collards. "Stretch the week!" That's what basic cooked g...
Word of Mouth: Ugali
Ugali [oo-gahl-ee] noun: In Kenya, ugali is the name for the most common mealtime starch: a thick, stiff porridge made from white cornmeal or red millet. In Kenya, ugali is one of the most common di...
Word of Mouth: Irio
Irio [eer-ee-o], noun: In the Kenyan tribal language of Kikuyu, irio just means food. But it usually refers to a simple, plain dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and peas or greens. I spent last week i...
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