Recipes

Ugali is a cultural dish from many parts of Africa. It can be made with different types of flour, but I like to use corn flour. You can serve it with salad, vegetables, or meat sauce if you like. We eat it a lot in my family and it is very easy to cook. Before I came to Canada, I lived in Kenya and we made this a lot. I now cook it for my family even though we live in B.C.. Writing our cultural recipes is a nice way to share our culture together, even though we are so far away from our homes. I hope you like this one. Enjoy!  

Ingredients

• 1 cup(or more) corn flour/maize flour.
• 3 cups of boiling water.

Tools

• saucepan
• wooden cooking spoon.

DIRECTIONS

1. Bring the water to a boil very well.
2. Add the flour to the bubbling water.
3. Stir with a wooden spoon to break the lumps very well.
4. Add more flour to thicken as needed.
5. Fold up and down and smash it on the sides until all the liquid is gone and it is soft like dough.
6. Shape it like a cake when it is done.
7. Cook about 10 minutes more on the lowest heat to absorb all the moisture.
8. Enjoy with your favorite side dish.

TIPS

• Serve with either vegetable sauce or meat sauce.
• Use vegetables like kale, spinach, cauliflower, green pepper, tomatoes to add a healthy touch.
• You can add margarine(1tbs) or milk(300ml) to taste.