BEEF TUMBUKIZA || KENYAN STYLE BEEF STEW WITH UGALI.

 Without a doubt, the most popular Kenyan food is Ugali.

Millions of Kenyans enjoy it daily and is our country’s staple food. Kenyans really love it; it is pocket friendly, easy to prepare and is very filling. Ugali is usually served with a side of greens, and/or some meat (either beef/liver/chicken/fish). Sometimes with a cool glass of traditional fermented milk (locally known as mursik or mala/maziwa lala) or yoghurt.

The greens could be Sukuma wiki (kale), spinach, cabbage, or kunde (It was suggested to me that Kunde in English is referred to as Black nightshade).

Ugali - Everybody will mention Ugali because it moves the economy and food security of Kenya. It's a simple, 5-minute fix using only maize flour and water.

Ugali is a noun, so there's no English name for it. :)

Pilau - Mostly a coastal dish, but popular countrywide. It's heavily (mostly natural) spiced rice that comes out brownish.

Pilau is also pilau. There's no English name for it. Don't ask for rice, because it will be different.

Nyama Choma - It's meat grilled/roasted over charcoal, must feature in any social gathering, with friends. Best took with Ugali, and a larger beer.

Kenya is a very ethnically rich nation and each ethnicity happens to have its own sort of unique identifying dish. On average, however, there are meals which are known almost by all and we do recommend all our visitors get to sample each of these delicacies.

For a start, there’s what we call nyama choma. Nyama is Swahili for meat, choma is a Swahili verb meaning burn. Basically roast meat. We have this in plenty, and also  a variety of either beef, mbuzi(goat), Kuku(chicken), or pork. Our choma is accompanied mostly by ugali, which is a ‘caked’ corn flour meal, and kachumbari(small pieces of o

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