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🇰🇪 The food of Kenya

10 dishes from Kenya, best known first.

Blood sausageMeat 🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA sausage made with animal blood, fillers and spices, cooked or dried until firm Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

ChapatiVeganचपाती 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreUnleavened flatbread cooked on a griddle and served hot with meals Bread, Breakfast, Lunch OodkacMeat 🇸🇴 Somalia and 3 moreSomali preserved meat cubes cooked and stored in butter Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch

UgaliVegan 🇰🇪 Kenya and 5 moreA dense maize porridge served as a staple across much of Africa Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

BobotieMeat 🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 moreSpiced minced meat baked with an egg topping, often with dried fruit Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

MatokeVegan 🇺🇬 Uganda and 4 moreSteamed and mashed green bananas, a staple meal in East Africa Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch

Nyama chomaMeat 🇰🇪 Kenya and 1 moreGoat or beef grilled over coals and shared at gatherings in Kenya and Tanzania Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Matoke: Krugen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bobotie: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chapati: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ugali: Mark Skipper, CC BY 2.0, source
Nyama choma: Shyqo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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