World Cuisines

Kenya

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Nyama Choma

Kenya's fire ritual: goat, beef or chicken roasted over charcoal at roadside choma joints, cut on a wooden board and eaten with kachumbari salad and ugali. Ingredients: goat or beef (or chicken kuku choma), salt, chiles;…

Ugali

The white cornerstone: a stiff maize porridge stirred to a smooth mound, eaten with sukuma wiki greens, stews and choma across Kenya. Ingredients: white maize meal, water, salt. Recipe: 1) Boil water. 2) Whisk in maize m…

Pilau (Kenyan)

The coast's spiced rice: Swahili pilau — rice cooked in a whole-spice broth (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, cumin) with beef, served with kachumbari and banana. Ingredients: basmati rice, beef, onions, garlic, ginger, pilau…

Sukuma Wiki

'Push-the-week': kale or collard greens sautéed with onions and tomatoes — the humble side that stretches the family budget and completes every Kenyan plate. Ingredients: sukuma (collard greens) or kale, onions, tomatoes…

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