When the in-laws come visiting over the upcoming Christmas holidays, the struggle to impress officially begins. Impressing in-laws is no easy task as they have an opinion on everything you do. The best way to win them over is by showing off your impressive skills in the kitchen.
While the likes of lasagna and fancy dishes you eat at restaurants are good, ditch this if your in-laws are Kenyan. They want to make sure their son is fed well like an African man. So for that reason, polish up on your skills in preparing traditional meals.
Here are the best meals to prepare in such an occasion.
Chapati
Chapati made well is bound to impress your inlaws immensely. Everyone loves chapati and you can even make enough for them to take back home.
Mukimo
Mukimo is a favourite especially among in-laws from the central region. Their love for anything potato related remains undefeated and mukimo is sure to impress their taste buds.
Chicken
Is it really a celebration if no chicken is involved? Most Kenyans wouldn’t agree. Chicken is great and can be made into a variety of ways including dry fry or wet fry.
Roasted Mbuzi
Kenyans love to celebrate and mbuzi is always associated in such gatherings. Roast that goat meat and esure it remains tender. Thank me later.
Ugali
Lots and lots of ugali. If your in-laws are from the Luhya community especially, you better make the best and biggest ugali.
Pilau
Pilau is great and is a favourite for people from the coastal region. Whatever you do, don’t make pilau njeri, make the real pilau with all the meat and spices.
Githeri
Githeri is a traditional Kenyan meal made of maize and beans. Githeri is very much appreciated among central region peeps as it is one of their staple foods.