Ugali and Sukuma Wiki

Karibu Kenya! This meal ugali and Sukuma Wiki came as a result of me reminiscing about my time in Nairobi. I would really love to go back to visit at some point. I posted a bit about my trip in my earlier blog post, you can read all about it here. It indeed was a great time. While I was there I tried my best to learn about the cuisine and realized in some ways it is similar to the Nigerian cuisine in the presentations but the spices were very different. Ugali is a thick dough made out of cornmeal similar to my post on Sadza from Zimbabwe. It is also called Posho in Uganda. You stir in the pot like mashed potatoes and allow to cook and continually stir till a thick dough is formed and you serve it with any soups or stews of your choice. I had my ugali with sukuma wiki and nyama choma which simply means meat. Sukuma wiki is a lightly stir fried vegetable sauce that is used as an accompaniment for the ugali. Before I spill the whole recipe, here you go.

Recipe for Ugali and Sukuma Wiki

Ingredients

Ugali

1 cup of white cornmeal

1.5 cups of water 

Sukuma Wiki

A small bunch of Kale (Substitute with green vegetables available to you)

3 Tomatoes (chopped)

1/2 bulb of Onion (chopped)

A handful of chopped carrots (optional)

Seasoning cubes or 1 cup of stock juice

1 cooking spoon of Vegetable oil

1 teaspoon of pepper

Salt to taste

Method

In a pan, heat up your oil, stir fry your onions on medium heat till translucent.

Next add your chopped tomatoes, carrots and stir fry with the onions.

Season with your stock juice or seasoning cubes and allow to simmer. If adding salt and pepper add here.

Lastly add your chopped green vegetables and stir fry for a minute and turn off the heat whilst leaving the pan or pot on the burner. The vegetable would cook without loosing it’s nutrients.

In a separate pot, bring your water to boil and stir in your corn meal till a thick dough starts to form.

Add a little more water, reduce the heat and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes on the lowest heat.

Increase the heat again and with a wooden ladle, stir till your dough is smooth. You may have to mash it towards the side of the pot and flip over and do that continuously.

Take off the heat, scoop and serve with the Sukuma wiki with any meats you have.