Ugali with sukuma wiki
Ugali with sukuma wiki, from above
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Ugali with sukuma wiki

Stiff maize ugali and garlicky greens. Kenya's everyday plate, honest and filling.

35 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayMaize ugali and sautéed collards.
The original
395kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
11 gfibresame
35minutessame

Classic ugali na sukuma wiki.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
White maize meal (white cornmeal, maize meal)2½ cups
Water4 cups
Saltto taste
Collard greens (haak)1 large bunch, finely sliced
Onion1, sliced
Tomato2, chopped
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp
Green chilli1, sliced

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Bring 3 1/2 cups water to a boil. Sprinkle in a third of the maize meal and stir into a thin porridge.
  2. 2Add the rest of the meal in stages, stirring and pressing with a sturdy wooden spoon on medium heat.
  3. 3Shape into a mound with a wet bowl and turn onto a plate. Cover.
  4. 4For the sukuma, fry onion in oil until soft, add tomato and cook down, then add the greens, chilli and salt with a splash of water.
Serve it like this

Turn the ugali dome onto a plate with sukuma alongside; pinch a piece of ugali, press a dent with your thumb and scoop.

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What goes with Ugali with sukuma wiki: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Nyama choma100 min
With a main Maharagwe ya nazi50 min
With a main Classic beef stew150 min
On the side Kachumbari10 min
On the side Mukimo40 min
To drink Sweet lassi10 min
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