Nyama choma
Nyama choma, from above
Non vegKenya

Nyama choma

Slow grilled goat with salt and smoke. Kenya's weekend ritual of meat, friends and patience.

100 minTime
62 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayGoat, salt, smoke and time.
The original
367kcalsame
62 gproteinsame
0 gfibresame
100minutessame

Classic nyama choma.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Mutton (goat meat)1.2 kg goat ribs or leg, on the bone
Salt2 tsp coarse salt
Black pepper1 tsp, crushed
Garlic3 cloves, crushed
Lemon juice2 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Rub the meat with garlic, lemon, oil, pepper and half the salt. Rest 30 minutes.
  2. 2Grill over medium coals or in a 180 C oven, turning every 10 minutes.
  3. 3Finish over high heat for colour. Rest 10 minutes and chop into bite size pieces.
  4. 4Sprinkle with the remaining salt and serve with kachumbari and ugali.
Serve it like this

Chop on a wooden board, serve with a mound of salt for dipping, kachumbari and ugali alongside.

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What goes with Nyama choma: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Swahili pilau80 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Ugali with sukuma wiki35 min
On the side Kachumbari10 min
On the side Mukimo40 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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