5 Things You didn’t know about Ugandan food

Apollo Iragaba
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 1. WHAT IS THE DIET IN UGANDA?

Uganda’s diet ranges their most popular food matoke to beef, chicken, fries posho and beans ,Kikomando and Rolex which is the most popular fast food in Uganda . However most people in the country eat matooke mainly the country’s capital Kampala and the whole of the central region. It is also very popular in Western Uganda .


matoke

 

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2.WHAT DO THEY DRINK IN UGANDA?

Ugandans drink a variety of drinks from simple water,malwa, Bushera, to high end wines. However various regions in the country have various drinks but overall water and beer is taken highly in the country. In the Central region people mainly take water,beers, wines . 

Malwa a local drink made from millet which is taken as a wine . The millet floor is fried is fermented then fried for about 40 minutes , dried under the sun then mixed in hot water and stirred to make the wine ready for drinking.

Busheera which is a local drink in Western Uganda and popular Rwandan drink. It is made from sorghum flour mixed in hot water stirred for about 5 minutes to make the drink .

bushera popular drink in Uganda

 

 

3. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DISH IN UGANDA?

The national dish in Uganda is matoke which is also the commonest food in the country . Itis popular in the central region which holds the capital city Kampala with most of the country’s infrastructure and offices and the Western region which is the biggest producer of matoke or bananas

4. WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO THEY EAT IN UGANDA?

Ugandans eat various foods which include matoke(bananas), beef ,chicken irish potatoes, cassava, sweet potatoes, posho and beans. Most international fast such as burgers fries chicken in high end restaurants foods are also made in Uganda 

5. HOW TO COOK IN UGANDA?

Cooking in Uganda depends on the recipe you want to cook from matoke to Rolex each food has its own recipe for it to be cooked . Te commonest food matoke can be prepared as given

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However other food like popular fast food Rolex has its own recipe. 

Rolex is the most popular fast food made with a chapati and fried eggs mixed with other different ingredients such as cabbage ,carrot, green paper and onions.

rolex popular fast food in Uganda

 

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