The Kenya cuisine takes on its own unique personality through the use of native spices and local ingredients. There’s a balance of different flavours cooked in healthy dishes.
Kenya offers a variety of delicious foods in a variety of cultures practiced by different communities. Wherever you visit, you will discover the ethnic heritage of Kenya in their local dishes.
Ugali is the most popular food in Kenya. Ugali is a staple starch cornmeal made with maize flour. Kenyans like to take Ugali along with saucy beef, mushroom or fish stew, Sukuma wiki or green vegetable soup.
Pilau meal consists of rice flavoured with spices cooked in stock meat, chicken or fish. Most Kenyan Pilau meals are made with goat meat. Kenyans really enjoy this scrumptious meal
Chapati or Chapos as Kenyans fondly call them.is Kenyans’ favourite bread for most meals. Chapati is very easy to make. It is made with white flour, salt and oil. Kenyans eat Chapati for breakfast with tasty stew or kachumbari. A truly delicious meal!
Grilled maize or Mahindi Choma as it is locally known is arguably the most popular street food in Kenya. It is maize that is grilled over an open fire and is loved by almost everyone on the Kenyan streets. It is a go to snack, that is found in almost every corner of the street.
Mutura is another popular delicacy on Kenyan streets it got its me. It is made of tripe (matumbo) stuffed with ground meat and sometimes raw blood .
Mukimo is a popular food in Kenya. This traditional delicacy is made with potatoes, peas, corn and onions. It is served at all major Kenyan events. Incredibly delectable .
Kenyans surely love their Nyama Choma. Nyama Choma is a grilled meat and it is barbecued over an open fire and usually eaten with Kachumbari. Utterly delicious!
Boiled Eggs These are usually cracked open and cut into two n topped with kachumbari (although you can choose to have it plain) and seasoned with salt. Most of the time boiled eggs and smokie are sold together with other snacks like samosa.
Luckily, sugarcane never goes out stock in many parts of Kenya, which explains why it will never miss on the streets. While it is possible to buy a whole stem and prepare on your own, most city people tend to be ‘busy’ and want everything simplified. The vendors therefore peel the sugarcane and cut into tiny chunks and packed in small transparent polyethene bags for convenience.
A smokie falls in the family of sausages and are usually used to make hotdogs. On the streets this smokie is known as smokie pasua because it is split and topped with kachumbari, tomato sauce and chilli sauce. The smokies are usually ready to eat.
Madondo is delicious meal made with red beans and other spicy ingredient. Some people cook the red beans with chicken seasoning instead of coconut milk.