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Saturday, 7 September 2013

how posho/ugali as its called in swahill prepared

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


UGALI/POSHO
Ugali consists of maize flour (cornmeal) cooked with water to a porridge- or dough-like consistency. Pictured on the bottom-right of the plate, its served with beef and sauce.

Ugandan cooking lesson  Posho/Ugali

Another 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 water

2. Mix the same amount of maize flour as water you are boiling with about half as much water

3. Once the water boils, mix the maize paste in and stir for a long time until it gets thick

4. 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 done


Not 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.
its rich in carbohydrates,


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