Swahili pilau is a dish that has its origin from the Coastal region of Kenya. The Coastal people of Kenya have adapted the culture of spicing their food; which was a culture inherited from the Arabs traders who visited the East African coast very many years ago.
A cuisine is a traditional cooking habit. Kuku Paka is a Kenya dish. This dish is valued and enjoyed by the Kenyans. It consists of chicken, coconut milk and other spices.
Kenyan people do like Ugali, a stiff porridge. In Kenya if one prepare a ceremony without Ugali, they count it as a wastage of time, that is to mean Ugali is the best loved and respected meal in the country.
Irio is a Kenyan dish originate from Kikuyu staple made of green peas and potatoes being mashed together to give a greenish color dough like, later corn is added to accomplish the cooking process.
Mukimo (Moh-Kee-Moh) is a well-known Kenyan dish from Central Kenya. This cuisine is much popular among the kikuyu tribe.
Matoke is a well-known Kenyan dish from Gusii land. The dish originates from kisii land where bananas are grown in plenty.
There are so many dishes in the world, many we don’t know about. Today is about Nyama Choma. This is very delicious dish valued by the Kenya people.
Like I wrote in my past article on Banana cake, here is a meal that it is cooked with plantains. This is a plant that grows banana’s which is eating as fruit and plantains that is cooked or roasted before it is eaten.
The preparation of this meal is same as the preparation of a pot of beans. This is a very population dish in Kenya and other countries of Africa like Cameroon. Another name for Githeri is muthere. This meal originated from the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya.
Pilau is a typical local dish from the Kenyan coast. The dish had its origin from there since the coastal people are known to have high appetite of spicy food.
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