Food of Kenya

 

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Food of Kenya

 In Kenya there are many different types of foods, we have both Western Menu and the typical African menus.  The western menu Includes the Italian foods Mainly found in Italian Restaurants around e.g. Tratoria Restaurant, Italian Restaurant, etc, Indian foods from Indian restaurants around, Chinees foods, and the English foods which is the common foods in today’s generation and times, from most of the Kenyan restaurants.

 The typical African Foods are found not in many big restaurants but in small hotels. 

 The most typical foods includes; Kienyeji food-which is made of Potatoes mashed with either Beans/Peas or Maize and Pumpkin leaves.  This together is fried with onions and served with either beef stew of just stew and vegetables, normally ordinary typical Kenyan would have that (only the Kienyeji) as the main and only dish.

 Irio 

This is Mixture of Maize and beans cooked/boiled together, and salted to taste, and in some parts fried with onions.  Today this meal is made and served fried with onion and tomatoes,  this can also be served with any kinds of vegetables or beef stew.

 Meal/ Ugali

 This is made of the Maize flour, and boiling water, To prepare it you just boil water to the size that you want and then when it is boiling, stir the flour inn making it thick to the soft level and continue cooking in the stirring form until all the flour is tataly mixed with the and cooked together.  This is served either with vegetables, beef, or beans/peas chicken etc Mostly in many African Bars and restaurants this meal is served with Nyama/Kuku Choma and kachumbari(Salad)

 Nyama/Kuku Choma

This is the normal meat or chicken roasted, served with Ugali(Meal) and Kachumbari (salad) it is the best ideal African food for people who are drinking. The date is incomplete unless there is Nyamachoma.

 Other typical african foods includes the Sweet potatoes, Pumpkins, Harrow roots, yams etc all this are carbohydrates /starch foods, normal way of cooking them is just boiling them but today’s time, people even fry them with Beef and vegetables to make them more delicious.