Stewed green bananas (matoke) are a Kisii community classic — firm ndizi mbichi simmered in a fragrant tomato-onion base until tender, savoury, and deeply satisfying. Six...
Sweet potatoes with peanut butter is a Nubian community recipe — orange-fleshed viazi vitamu simmered in tomato-onion base, finished with groundnut paste. Kenya's most nutritious breakfast.
Yam stew is a traditional Meru delicacy — chunks of dense white yam braised with Irish potatoes and carrots in a tomato-onion base. One of Kenya's...
Make qita, a Burji maize-and-wheat flatbread from northern Kenya, with yeast, garlic butter and spices. Follow the rise, shaping and pan-cooking steps.
Pan fried sweet potatoes are a Kisii breakfast classic — orange-fleshed viazi vitamu boiled tender and fried to golden, caramelised perfection. Three ingredients, exceptional Vitamin A,...
Uji wa Ngano is the Nubian community's wheat flour porridge enriched with peanut butter and sugar — the only porridge in this series with groundnut butter....
Uji wa Mchele is a Swahili native infant porridge — rice flour cooked with cardamom and finished with coconut milk and sugar. Wonderfully fragrant, silky smooth,...
Pure finger millet ugali is the Kisii community's signature staple — 100% wimbi, dark, iron-rich, and packed with fibre. The most nutritionally dense ugali in Kenya,...
Gurdo and Marqa are Burji community ugali from northern Kenya — teff and sorghum flour cooked in fermented milk and finished with ghee. One of Kenya's...
Cassava flour ugali is the traditional Luo staple — silky white, gluten-free, and naturally energy-dense. Two ingredients, 20 minutes, and a flavour rooted in western Kenya's...