Some Traditional Food Names
Some traditional and historic Ugandan foods include:
- Ugali - usually from maize but also other starches, regional names include posho and kwon. Ugandan expatriates make ugali from cornmeal, masa harina or grits.
Kwon is a sort of ugali made from millet but in other regions like eastern Uganda they include cassava flour
- Groundnuts - peanuts are a vital staple and groundnut sauce is probably the most commonly eaten one. They are eaten plain or mixed with smoked fish, smoked meat or mushrooms, and can also be mixed with greens such as borr.
- Sim-sim - sesame - used particularly in the north, roasted sesame paste is mixed into a stew of beans or greens and served as a side dish, sesame paste may be served as a condiment; a candy is made from roasted sesame seeds with sugar or honey.
- Matooke - Mashed plantain boiled or cooked in a sauce of peanuts, fresh fish, and/or meat
- Luwombo - A traditional dish from Buganda, in which stew of either chicken, beef, mushrooms or fish is steamed in banana leaves
- Malewa - A traditional dish from eastern Uganda (Bugisu), made from bamboo shoots
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