Did you know that tea is one of Kenya’s main exports? In fact, Kenya exports more tea than Sri Lanka, India, and China! Chai is Swahili for tea and also is used in reference to a bribe. Tea time in…
Poison Brew
I have stated that chai was probably the favorite beverage in Kenya. What I meant was it is the favorite non-alcoholic drink. Chang’aa seems to be a very popular alcohol beverage. The same day I drank six large mugs of…
Dinnertime Recipes
An average Kenyan household generally eats ugali na sukuma wiki or chapati na sukuma wiki. Ugali is a stiff porridge (reminds me of play dough) made out of maize meal (white corn meal). Sukuma wiki is similar to collard greens…
Dinnertime in Kenya
A lot of Kenyan families only eat one meal each day. That meal is dinner. Dinner is usually served around 7 or 8 in the evening and is served in what we would call the living room. The kitchen is…
Alternate Names For Food in Kenya
Legumes: American British Swahili Indian garbanzo beans (chick peas) grams dengu channa lentil lentil masoor moong green gram mug black gram urad cow peas cow gram kunde lobhia red gram toovar or arhar kidney beans kidney beans maharagwe rajma soya…