Ugandan cooking lesson #2 - Posho/Ugali
Another staple food of Uganda is posho (called ugali in Swahili), an almost-bread made out of maize (corn) flour and water. Unfortunately, like many things that are cooked here, there isn't an exact recipe for it. But here is my general directions for it:
1. Boil some water
2. Mix the same amount of maize flour as water you are boiling with about half as much water
3. Once the water boils, mix the maize paste in and stir for a long time until it gets thick
4. Steam the resulting mixture until it gets firm - this can be done by wrapping it in banana leaves, but if you don't have those, you can do my baking method - put some water in a big pot, then put a smaller pot containing the posho inside, cover the big pot, and boil until the posho is done
Not particularly detailed, I know, but that's how to cook Ugandan style
As you can see, posho is covered with a sauce similar to what you can do for matooke - this one is beans, carrots, and onions. Of course peanut butter sauce is great too.
1. Boil some water
2. Mix the same amount of maize flour as water you are boiling with about half as much water
3. Once the water boils, mix the maize paste in and stir for a long time until it gets thick
4. Steam the resulting mixture until it gets firm - this can be done by wrapping it in banana leaves, but if you don't have those, you can do my baking method - put some water in a big pot, then put a smaller pot containing the posho inside, cover the big pot, and boil until the posho is done
Not particularly detailed, I know, but that's how to cook Ugandan style
As you can see, posho is covered with a sauce similar to what you can do for matooke - this one is beans, carrots, and onions. Of course peanut butter sauce is great too.
How do you make peanut butter sauce? We might have to try that at our Bead for Life party next week.
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