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                          Ashleigh Graham by Ashleigh Graham
                          May 28, 2022
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                          What are the traditional foods in Nairobi? This is the question you may be asking yourself as you plan your visit to Kenya. Although many restaurants serve all cuisines from Italian, French, Japanese to Chinese, knowing what your local host may serve you would be prudent. Most foods have a traditional background of what most communities took as their stable food. However, a few improvements are usually made to go with the changing times, and the bottom line is that most of the foods eaten here are traditional African foods.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Ugali

                          Ugali (hard porridge) is Nairobi’s staple food. Unlike other foods, it is eaten by all communities in Nairobi and Kenya. Usually, in some communities, it is eaten almost daily. It may be eaten with beef, pork, fish and green vegetables like the sukuma wiki (kales).

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_Ugali
                          Source: Tripadvisor

                          How to prepare ugali

                          Boil water on a cooking pan. Add a small amount of white maize flour as you continually stir with a wooden spoon. Continue adding the flour as the stirring continues. Once the cake is hard, reduce the amount of heat and mould the cake into a ball. Cover it with a lid for three minutes. Serve when hot.

                          Ugali may also be prepared using flour from wheat, millet and sorghum.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Githeri

                          Githeri is a traditional food of the Agikuyu people of Kenya. However, it is the most eaten food by Nairobians after Ugali. Most of the communities will cook their githeri differently; however, what makes the meal githeri is the presence of maize and beans.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_githeri
                          Source: Local Guides Connect

                          How to prepare Githeri

                          Select the good quality maize and bean seeds and mix them in a ratio of 1:1. Wash them and boil them for about 4 hours until soft. Drain the excess water. Now heat a pan and add some oil. Add onions till golden brown. Then add tomatoes, salt and heat for 3 minutes. Now add the boiled maize and beans mixture. Cook for 4 minutes and serve hot.

                          Note that other ingredients may be added before adding the boiled maize and beans, like potatoes and some vegetables. Usually, the maize and beans may be soaked overnight to cut on the boiling time.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Mokimo

                          Mokimo, too, has its origins in the Agikuyu people. And it is one of the traditional foods in Nairobi loved by the locals.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_Mokimo
                          Source: African Cube

                          How to prepare Mokimo

                          Mokimo is prepared from githeri. Usually, potatoes are cooked until soft, and then the maize and beans mixture is added. The resulting mixture is mashed together to get Mokimo.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Matoke

                          Matoke is a food whose origin is Uganda but is a delicacy locally. It is prepared from green bananas.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_matoke
                          Source: Tripadvisor

                          How to prepare Matoke

                          Peel the bananas, and once done, boil them. Once soft, add salt and serve. Alternatively, you can fry them and add potatoes or beef. Sometimes the bananas may be mashed for a cake just like ugali.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Omena

                          Omena is a delicacy among many Nairobians, especially the Luo, and eaten by other communities. It is usually eaten with ugali. It is a species of fish the size of fingerlings.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_Omena
                          Source: Nairobiwire

                          How to Prepare Omena

                          Sort the fish by removing dirt and other objects. Now boil water and remove it from the heat. Add the omena to hot water and stir for a minute. Drain the water away. Heat a pan and add oil. Add onions until brown. Add the fish and fry. After 3 minutes, add tomatoes and salt. Cook for one more minute, and add a few spoons of lemon juice.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Sukuma Wiki

                          The vegetable accompanying ugali in Nairobi is most likely to be sukuma wiki (kales). Sukuma wiki, when loosely translated, means ‘to push the week’. And Nairobians literary push weeks as they wait for their end of month pay.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_sukumi wiki
                          Source: International Cuisine

                          How to prepare Sukuma Wiki (kales)

                          Clean the leaves using water and chop them into smaller pieces. Heat a cooking pan, add some oil and fry onions until brown. Add tomatoes and salt to your taste and heat for two minutes. Add the finely chopped Kales and stir. Cook for three minutes and add salt to taste; serve when hot.

                          The best foods in Nairobi will be a plate of Ugali served with beef and sukuma wiki.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi: Muthokoi

                          This is food that has its origins in the Kamba Community. It is also one of those foods that you will find several people enjoying here.

                          Traditional foods in Nairobi_muthokoi
                          Source: KBC English Service – Facebook

                          How to prepare Muthokoi

                          Muthokoi is prepared just like githeri except that the maize coat is removed, and there are no beans but, in most cases, peas.

                          Other traditional foods in Nairobi

                          You will be surprised to learn that Nairobians also cook other foods eaten worldwide. These include:

                          • Chips (French fries) are often eaten with fried chicken or fish.
                          • Nyama Choma (roast meat). This is a delicacy that most of the time is served with Ugali. However, it can be eaten alone.
                          • Baggia is also a delicacy that often substitutes French fries and is best prepared by the Indian community in Kenya.
                          • Wali is also one of the foods loved by many in Nairobi. Its origins are the Swahili culture of coastal Kenya.

                          I cannot give all the details of the traditional foods in Nairobi. The best thing to do is to come and find for yourself. And there are many delicious dishes you will come across here.

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