Ugali/Posho and Cabbages
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
Ugandan cooking lesson Posho/UgaliAnother staple food of Uganda is posho (called ugali in Swahili), an almost-bread made out of maize (corn) flour and water. Unfortunately, like many things that are cooked here, there isn't an exact recipe for it. But here is my general directions for it:1. Boil some water2. Mix the same amount of maize flour as water you are boiling with about half as much water3. Once the water boils, mix the maize paste in and stir for a long time until it gets thick4. Steam the resulting mixture until it gets firm - this can be done by wrapping it in banana leaves, but if you don't have those, you can do my baking method - put some water in a big pot, then put a smaller pot containing the posho inside, cover the big pot, and boil until the posho is doneNot particularly detailed, I know, but that's how to cook Ugandan style
As
you can see, posho is covered with a sauce similar to what you can do
for matooke - this one is beans, carrots, and onions. Of course peanut
butter sauce is great too.
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Saturday, 7 September 2013
how posho/ugali as its called in swahill prepared
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