The food blog is HERE! Enjoy :) (I do!)
- Ugali- The white lump you see is called "Ugali". It is maize (corn) flower that is stirred into boiling water to create a relatively tasteless starch food. You don't usually eat it by itself, although some eat it with just margarine (well, its actually cooking fat).
- Sukuma Wiki- Kale... thats really all it is, but it is delicious! You mix it with onions, tomatoes, and coriander, and you have a delicious dish you can eat with your ugali.
- Chapati- Literally the most delicious bread you will ever have (at least I think so). That may have something to do with the fact it is fried with a bunch of oil, but you give me a fresh, hot chapati, and I am a happy girl for that day!
- Githeri- In the top right corner. It is a mixture of pigeon peas and maize, usually cooked with onions. It is a favorite for the Ukambani area of Kenya that I stay in. However, because you have to boil the peas and maize, seperately, for a long time, it is only made once or twice a week.
- Kapigi- or cabbage. Also cooked with lots of oil, onions, and tomatoes (sometimes). It is delicious! One of my favorites :)
- Stew- In my house we eat a lot of meat, either cow or goat. My host mom likes meat, so we have stew often. Also cooked with onions and tomatoes (catching a trend here?) Kenyans like their meat well done, and I often find myself gnawing meat off of a large bone.
- Ndengu- My FAVORITE! Love it :) They are also known as green grams, or lentils (I think, I may be wrong about the lentils). Cooked with onions and tomatoes, it is the BEST accompanying dish to chapati!
- Chicken- This is just chicken. What is unique about this chicken is it was freshly slaughtered right before it was cooked for us (seriously, I heard it, and I was seriously tempted to become a vegetarian!). They served every part of the chicken except for the head... I can't say it was the best experience of my life. It wasn't very appetizing to hear my food being killed before I ate it.
- Chips and Sausage- This is the Kenyan version of fast food. It is delicious, although you need a good nap after eating it! We don't eat it often. That red sauce is not ketchup, don't be fooled! It is tomato sauce, or really watery sauce that sort of tastes like tomatoes.
- Chai- We have chai (milk tea) every morning for breakfast, at 10am tea break, and at 5pm afternoon tea. I drink a lot of tea! But, it is really good!
- Pancakes- Yup! That is right! We eat pancakes every so often for breakfast. Usually breakfast is white bread, tea, and some type of sausage or hot dog. Pancakes are a nice treat when we get them :)
Well that is all for this week! If you have any blog requests let me know! Feel free to ask any questions about the food (or anything else!).
i like it,true we like meat.
ReplyDeleteWow, the culture is really different over there when it comes to food, isn't it? I had Jason read this post and he says he remembers eating this type of food in South Africa too. So you have been to Nairobi and now Kitui- Will you be visiting other towns in Kenya? How often do you travel to other locations? I was looking at google maps with Jason and he was wishing he could visit parts of Kenya and other parts of Africa. It must be so beautiful there!
ReplyDeleteJulia! Yes I travel around a little bit. Mostly is Ukambani (that is the area of Kenya I am in, it is the land that is occupied by the Kamba tribe). I will also get to go up to Kisumu, near Lake Victoria, and hopefully on a safari in Massei Mara!
DeleteIt is beautiful here, and the people are great. I have been very welcomed here :) If you get the chance to visit, it is a good place to come!